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Jobs & Trees - The forest economy in British Columbia

"We don't have to choose between jobs and trees. If our forest industry was managed properly, we would have plenty of both." - Pulp and Paper Woodworkers of Canada, 1993

The Facts:

• Canada is the largest exporter of forest products in the world, and British Columbia is responsible for half of that production B.C. gets only 1/5 as many jobs per cubic metre of timber logged as California AND has one of the worst records of job creation in the world.
• Logging has increased dramatically over the last 20 years from less than 40 to more than 70 million cubic metres per year (Ministry of Forests), but in the same period forestry has decreased its contribution to GDP by one half, from over 10% to around 5% All primary industries combined (eg. forestry, mining) directly provide only 4.7% to provincial employment.
• The BC timber industry enjoys a $2.5 billion per year subsidy 4 groups of companies control 93% of the trees logged in BC's public forests "If we allow the timber companies to control the future, they will ensure that vibrant rural communities become ghost towns and our ancient forests become an ever-expanding clearcut wasteland". -Tzeporah Berman, Forests Campaigner, Greenpeace. Greenpeace report - Jobs and Trees: The Forest Economy in British Columbia.

READ MORE: Greenpeace report - Jobs and Trees: The Forest Economy in British Columbia. [An ADOBE document.]