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Climate Change & the Environment

Forests and forest conservation platforms

Here's what the 2026 BC Provincial Election parties are promising.

BC NDP
  • Provide $50M to convert old-growth deferrals into permanent protections

    "Protecting old-growth trees: $50 million to convert old-growth deferrals of the most irreplaceable and rarest forests into permanent protections, while supporting mills to retrofit and make more value-added products with second growth." — bcndp.ca, retrieved 2026-10-13

BC Conservative
  • Increase the number of forestry permits, with a floor of 45 million cubic metres

    "Provide predictable access to fibre. Under the NDP, the harvest has consistently run well below the allowable annual cut. Permits will increase sustainable access to fibre with a floor of 45 million cubic metres. Where the Crown reallocates tenure, licensees and Bill 13 contractors will be compensated fairly and on time." — Ready to Deliver, retrieved 2026-10-18

  • Protect original old growth and the most endangered and rarest ecosystems, and return remaining land to the working forest

    "Resolve the old growth deferrals, which have dragged on under the NDP. We will protect original old growth and the most endangered and rarest ecosystems and return remaining land to the working forest." — Ready to Deliver, retrieved 2026-10-18

BC Green
  • Permanently protect big-treed old growth and large second-growth forests from logging
  • Fully implement all 14 recommendations of the Old Growth Strategic Review

    "Permanently protect big-treed old growth and large second-growth forests from logging, fully implement all 14 recommendations of the Old Growth Strategic Review in partnership with First Nations, and provide conservation financing to support Indigenous-led protection and replace foregone forestry revenues where needed." — Believe in Better, retrieved 2026-10-13

  • Provide conservation funding to support Indigenous-led forest protection and replace foregone forestry revenues where needed
  • Reject the proposed Working Forest Model, and instead determine sustainable harvest levels through regional, area-based forest planning

    "Reject the proposed Working Forest Model, including the 45 million cubic metre harvest objective and “no net loss” approach, and instead determine sustainable harvest levels through regional, area-based forest planning." — Believe in Better, retrieved 2026-10-13

  • End conventional clear-cutting across public forests, and work with First Nations, communities, workers, and industry to transition away

    "End conventional clearcutting across BC’s public forests. Work with First Nations, forest communities, workers and the industry to transition away from conventional clearcutting and toward forestry that maintains forest structure and reflects the ecology of each landscape." — Believe in Better, retrieved 2026-10-13

  • Shift forestry towards partial harvesting, selective logging, commercial thinning, and longer rotations

    "Shift forestry toward partial harvesting, selective logging, commercial thinning, longer rotations and other practices that maintain more forest structure and better reflect the ecology of each landscape." — Believe in Better, retrieved 2026-10-13

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