Publications & Resources

Useful Links

Base Mapping and Geomatic Services: Integrated Land Management Bureau, an online service which allows you to order and purchase Land and Resource products from the Base Map Online Store.

Biometrics Information Pamphlets: Ministry of Forests and Range, a repository of information pamphlets on topics ranging from climate change to gene conservation.

Center for International Forestry Research (CIFOR), is an international research and global knowledge institution committed to conserving forests and improving the livelihoods of people in the tropics.

Collaborative Adaptive Management Network (CAMNet), is dedicated to the proposition that adaptive management that involves active stakeholder collaboration is the preferred paradigm for resolving many complex natural resource management problems.

Ecosystem-Based Management (EBM), The purpose of ecosystem-based management (EBM) is to achieve healthy ecosystems and healthy human communities. In April 2001, as part of several agreements between the Province of British Columbia, First Nations, local governments, and non-government interests, a coastal consensus on the definition, principles and goals of ecosystem-based management was established for what would become the Coast Information Team (CIT) analysis area.

Electronic Forest Management (e-FM) Initiative, an initiative which includes a suite of ministry applications that are available to Ministry business partners and focuses on business transformation, efficient approval processes and electronic transactions and records.

The European Forest Institute, is the leading institution conducting and advocating forest research and facilitating forest research networking at the pan-European level. It is an acknowledged provided of and a major contact point for unbiased, policy-relevant information on European forests and forestry.

1:50,000 British Columbia Watershed Atlas, is a topologically structured digital representation of all aquatic-related features (streams, lakes, wetlands, obstructions, dams, etc. and associated annotation) existing on the 1187 federal 1:50,000 scale National Topographic System Map Series (NTS) that cover British Columbia.

Forest and Range Evaluation Program (FREP), FREP's vision is to be recognized worldwide as an effective monitoring program providing benefits to generations of British Columbians through informing decision-making to achieve sustainable forest management.

Forest and Range Practices Act, and its regulations govern the activities of forest and range licensees in British Columbia, Canada. The statute sets the requirements for planning, road building, logging, reforestation, and grazing.

Forest Practices Code Guidebooks, provides documentation in web format and pdf.

Forest Stewardship Council, is an international certification and labeling system that guarantees that the forest products you purchase come from responsibly managed forests and verified recycled sources.

Forest Tenure GIS, Integrated Registry Branch, is responsible for developing and implementing a current and complete geographic Atlas of tenures issued under the Forest Act, the Range Act and Recreation interests under the Forest Practises Code of British Columbia Act.

GeoConnections, supports projects that enable decision-makers to use location-based information to benefit public health, safety and security, the environment, and Aboriginal communities.

Growth and Yield Stand Modelling PrognosisBC, is a growth and yield computer model for simple and complex forest stands. The model forecasts future stand conditions based on the expected growth and mortality of individual trees within a stand.

Learning for Sustainability, a guide to on-line resources (formerly NRM-changelinks) designed for government agency staff, NGOs and other community leaders wanting to improve social learning and collective action initiatives to support sustainable development and foster community resilience.

McGregor Model Forest, encompassing 7.7 million hectares of land in the north central interior of British Columbia, is located in the heartland of Canada’s softwood lumber producing region.

Pacific and Yukon Region Environmental Indicators, consists of a dynamic set of environmental indicators on priority issues for which Environment Canada maintains monitoring programs.

Resources Information Standards Committee, is responsible for establishing standards for natural and cultural resources inventories, including collection, storage, analysis, interpretation and reporting of inventory data.

SIMFOR - Socio-Economic Indicators for the Model Forest Network, is a network of 12 associations across the country with a total of over 350 contribution partner organizations. The Model Forest Network represents a wide variety of forest ecozones, forest practices, and social infrastructures. Each forest and its constituent partners are interested in their specific forest resources, as well as regional issues and concerns, with a focus on sustainable forest management within their respective environment and socio-economic conditions.