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Inventory Investment
Allowable Annual Cut (AAC) determinations, strategic analyses, emerging
mid-term timber supply issues, First Nations Treaty negotiations, Ecosystem
Based Management (EBM) implementation and carbon estimation all require current
and accurate vegetation resources inventory and estimates of site productivity.
Inventory investment is focused on site productivity and forestry updates on
priority units for mid-term timber supply mitigation in the Interior and on EBM
for the Central and North Coast area.
Ecosystem Based Management (EBM) is
applied throughout British Columbia’s North and Central Coast to achieve an
adaptive approach to managing human activities that seeks to ensure the
coexistence of healthy, fully functioning ecosystems and human communities.
The Inventory Investment category also includes investments in Visual Quality
objectives. Visual Landscape Inventories are carried out to record those areas
in the province that are visually sensitive.
Planning and Delivery
Planning is done through Ministry working groups to identify priorities and rank
investments. Annual activities and targets are identified in the
Land Based
Investment Strategy.
Delivery is done
directly by Ministry staff in conjunction with the contracting community. For
further information on VRI contact Gary Johansen Gary.Johansen@gov.bc.ca; Jacques
Marc Jacques.Marc@gov.bc.ca for
Visuals, or Dorthe Jakobsen
Dorthe.Jakobsen@gov.bc.ca for Ecosystem Based Management.
Activity
Standards
Activity standards for Vegetation Resource Inventories (VRI) are available on
the RISC website.
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