Bioeconomy

21st Century Value Added Bioeconomy Not an Option

Forest Management

Climate Change & Fossil Fuel Substitution

Sustainable Job Creation

Forest Service 100th Anniversary

1912 2012

“ Fire Suppression contains one of the few great bodies of AAC/Tenure Disputes commercial timber left in the world which are not Climate Change yet materially reduced by Burns Lake Timber destructive timbering.” Supply? Management Objective: Management Objective: Conversion Log Supply

Fiber is Fabulous?

Switching to “fiber management” rather than “timber management” can allow us to manage for resilient forest ecosystems. “Forest” Management?

Management Objective: Resilient, Adaptive Forests

Economic Challenge: What can we make from forest fiber? Climate Change

Eventually … we’ll have to really address this global elephant!

 GHG Reductions  Fossil Fuel Substitution  Carbon Sequestration

Where do you want your taxes to go?

Old Economy New Economy Subsidize Assist with risk “ethical oil” or mitigation to “sustainable stimulate the mining”? emergence of the bioeconomy?

Sustainable Job Creation

Unsustainable Sustainable? Oil & Gas Forestry Mining Agriculture Service Sector Fisheries Bio-Economy Committee

Members

John Yap, Chair Parliamentary Secretary for Clean Technology

Bob Simpson MLA Cariboo North

John Rustad MLA Nechako Lakes

Eric Foster MLA Vernon-Monashee

Ron Cantelon MLA Parksville-Qualicum

9 What is the bio-economy?

Our definition of bio-economy: “The use of biological systems to achieve sustainable economic objectives.”

10 Voices we heard

Ministry of Forests, Lands and Natural Resource Operations Ministry of Agriculture Climate Action Secretariat

11 Main conclusion

Government must take a leading role in the further development of B.C.’s bio-economy.

12 5 key recommendations

1. Establish a clear, long-term bio-economy vision. 2. Improve access to fibre and feedstock. 3. Establish a technology development strategy. 4. Develop markets for B.C. bioproducts, and aggressively market B.C.’s advantages. 5. Integrate the bio-economy’s infrastructure needs into provincial initiatives.

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Government Leadership

Public Resource Regulated Access Risk Mitigation Collaboration