Price and rate increases
| Increases in labour costs, power and fuel prices, insurance costs, equipment prices and the cost of supplies |
Land use issues
| RLP | Regional level planning impacts (e.g., CORE, LRMPs) |
| PAS | Area designations that have excluded timber harvesting (PAS, Parks) |
| SIA | Special Issue Areas (e.g., Clayoquot Sound, Spotted Owls, other deferrals) |
Non-code regulation
| PT | Property tax increases (TFL private lands, managed forest land) |
| CR | Changes in contracting regulations |
| WCB | Worker safety/increases in WCB assessments |
| WM | Changes in waste management requirements and other environmental regulations |
| PC | Impact of pre-Code guidelines (e.g., CFFG, local harvesting guidelines) |
Tenure administration
| TSR | Timber Supply Review and AAC determinations |
| CA | Chart Areas and Planning Cell allocations (local quota areas) |
| CC | Cut control regulations |
Items under company control
| UTIL | Changes in wood utilization levels |
| STU | Stumpage, royalty and rent increases |
| BD | Business decisionsóchoosing to incur costs in order to optimize operations |
| HL | Impact of historical level of harvesting in an area (distribution and quality of remaining timber) |
Other
| FN | Impact of First Nations issues (access problems, joint ventures, training) |
| GM | Global market influences (global demand for different products, sustainable forestry certification, etc.) |
| WS | Impact of work stoppages (labour problems, fire, rain and snowfall closures) |
| ONC | Other non-Code-related cost drivers |
CODE-RELATED COST DRIVERS:
Planning and administration
| IPR | Increased planning requirements |
| ADM | Administrative delays in the approval process |
| C&E | The penalty systems component of the FPC which has resulted in a cautious, conservative approach to problems and situations |
| MS | Differences among regions and districts in MoF and MELP management systems and Code implementation (e.g., district-specific standards which may exceed regulatory requirements) |
Forest Practices
| VQO | Visual quality objectives |
| GU | Green-up and adjacency requirements |
| ROC | Rate of cut restrictions (e.g., ECA restrictions in watersheds) |
| FEN | Old growth and mature reserves (e.g., Forest Ecosystem Networks) |
| IW | Managing for special or "identified" wildlife habitat requirements |
| SC | Soil conservation requirements (e.g., slope stability, geotechnical assessments, gully management, soil disturbance levels, required changes in harvesting equipment) |
| R&L | Road and landing requirements (e.g., road building, maintenance and deactivation) |
| WTR | Wildlife tree requirements |
| RMA | Riparian reserve and management zone requirements |
| CBS | Cut block size requirements |
| PROT | Protection requirements (fire and forest health-insects and disease) |
| OC | Other Code-related cost drivers |
