The largest species of tree found in BC forests, and accounts for 10% of forests along the coast
Douglas Fir
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What year was the Softwood Lumber Agreement Signed?
2006
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The difference between a Title and a Right
A title is ownership. A right is having the right to use the land.
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BC leads the nation in this
Exports of forest products, production of wood products, supplier of wood products
200
Due to the rarity of forest fires from the large amount of precipitation, trees live to be hundreds to even thousands of years old in this region.
Coast Forest Region
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What year was the Softwood Lumber Agreement Resigned
2012
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What was the first modern treaty in BC?
The Nisga'a Treaty
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The main species of wood harvested
Lodgepole pine, spruce, hemlock, balsam, Douglas fir, and cedar
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This is one of the four sub-regions of the interior forest region. The other three are the Northern Forest, Nechako Forest, and Columbia Forest
Fraser Plateau
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What were the two laws called that the US imposed to tax Canadian lumber entering the US?
Countervailing and anti-dumping laws
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What is the Canada-US softwood lumber agreement?
The US agreed to remove its countervailing and anti-dumping duty orders. Canada agreed to cap its softwood exports at 34 percent of the US market.
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The forest industry only dominated this much of BC's economy by the last 1990s
17% of the economy and 14% of employment
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This sub-region of the Boreal Forest has dense forests, and the trees are processed at pulp and paper mills in Prince George
The Nechako sub-region
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What does MBF stand for?
1000 board feet
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What is stumpage and how is the price determined?
It is the price a private firm pays for the right to harvest timber from a given land base. The price was determined on a basis of the number of trees harvested, or “per stump”.
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The processing of this supports a major manufacturing industry
The processing of timber into lumber, pulp, newsprint, paper products, shingles, and shakes
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The amount of the province covered by forests.
60%
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What’s the benchmark price in US$____MBF where additional export charges have to be applied?
US $353 MBF
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What is one of the reasons that harvesting levels have declined on the southern coast?
Economics of operating on the coast have become increasingly difficult.
Global competition and product substitution.
Low returns on investment.
Lack of reinvestment.
Restricted market access (the SLA).