BC Forum on Forest Economics and Policy synthesis papers

· SP 04-01: Changes In The Global Forest Products Industry - Defining The Environment For British Columbia
Don Roberts, Jonathan Lethbridge, and Herve Carreau, CIBC World Markets, 31pp. (.pdf 418KB)

· SP 05-05: Technology and the Competitiveness of the Wood Products Sector
Thomas Maness, UBC Forest Resources Management, 20pp. (.pdf 194KB).
Click here for Appendix 1 of this paper (.pdf 29KB).

· SP 05-06: The BC Forest Products Sector in a Globally Competitive Market: Developing a Strategic Response
Gary Bull, UBC Forest Resources Management & Jeremy Williams, Arborvitae Environmental Services, 67pp. (.pdf 577KB)

· SP 05-01: What is a Value Added Sector and Why is it Important to Forest Sector Competitiveness?
Ray Schultz, BC Ministry of Forests and Range and Al Gorley, Triangle Resources, 19pp. (.pdf 180KB)

· SP 05-02: What are the key success factors for the value added sector in BC?
Deborah Delong, DLDelong Associates, 27pp. (.pdf 186KB)

· SP 05-03: Design: Potential for BC’s Wood Products Industry
Barbara Bell, Formativ Design, 38 pp. (.pdf 700KB)

· SP 05-04: BC Regions: Economic Zoning for Diverse Forest Values
Steve Nicol, Randy Sunderman & Gary Robinson, Lion’s Gate Consulting, 29pp. (.pdf 280KB)

· SP 06-01: BC's Crown Forest Tenure System in a Changing World: Challenges and Opportunities
David Haley, UBC Forestry & Harry Nelson, Forest Economics and Policy Analysis Unit, UBC, 26pp. (.pdf 266KB)

· SP 06-02: Assessing the Socio-Economic Impact of Tenure Changes in British Columbia
Harry Nelson & Ilan Vertinsky, Forest Economics and Policy Analysis Unit, UBC & Kurt Niquidet, School of Forestry,
U. of Canterbury, 44pp. (.pdf 373KB)

· SP 06-03: Ecosystem Tenures: Institutional Arrangements to Promote Stewardship and Sustainability
Hamish Kimmins, UBC Forest Sciences, (upcoming paper)

· SP 06-04: Aboriginal property systems as an alternative to public tenures and private property
Ronald Trosper, UBC Forest Resources Management (upcoming paper)

· SP 06-05: A Business Case for Separating Forest Land Management and Tenure from Manufacturing
Thomas Maness, UBC Forest Resources Management & Harry Nelson, FEPA, UBC (upcoming paper)

· SP 06-06: The Economics of Natural Disturbance
Olaf Schwab & Thomas Maness, UBC Forest Resources Management (upcoming paper)

· SP 04-02: Towards Sustainable Rural Development
Mark Ambard & Mike Patriquin, Canadian Forest Service, 80pp. (upcoming paper)