Dec 23, 2016
BC Forest Practices Board
As 2016 draws to a close, we at the Board have been looking back to see what the trends and issues have been this year. Probably the most significant trend to note is that the Board has received double the normal number of public complaints and concerns with forest management and practices this year. (Public concerns are the first step towards a complaint investigation.) We will see if this trend continues into 2017. The Forest Range and Practices Act (FRPA) was implemented nearly 15 years ago as lean, innovative, results-based legislation designed to maintain and enhance, where possible, the standard of forest management and practices while reducing regulatory costs and time to access forest resource–the red-tape. Many of the goals of FRPA have been realized but, like any regulatory system, implementation is ongoing and there is always room for improvement.
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