Couvert anglais.qx 10/5/99 3:22 PM Page 1 UÉBEC’S FOREST RESOURCES AND QINDUSTRY A STATISTICAL REPORT • 1999 EDITION Quebec Début ang.qx 9/20/99 8:43 AM Page 1 UÉBEC’S FOREST RESOURCES AND QINDUSTRY Début ang.qx 9/20/99 8:43 AM Page 2 DESIGN, RESEARCH AND TEXT Blaise Parent, F.E. Ministère des Ressources naturelles Direction du développement de l’industrie des produits forestiers 880, chemin Sainte-Foy, bureau 6.50 Québec (Québec) CANADA G1S 4X4 Tel: (418) 627-8644, ext. 4112 Fax: (418) 643-9534 Electronic publishing: Compélec inc. PUBLISHED AND DISTRIBUTED BY THE Ministère des Ressources naturelles Direction des communications 5700, 4e Avenue Ouest, 3e étage Charlesbourg (Québec) CANADA G1H 6R1 Tel: (418) 627-8600 or 1-800-463-4558 Fax: (418) 643-0720 http://wwww.mrn.gouv.qc.ca N.B. The preparation of this report required the collaboration of all administrative units within the Secteur des forêts. Unless otherwise indicated, the data have been provided by the administrative unit responsible for the subject being discussed within the ministère des Ressources naturelles. © Gouvernement du Québec Ministère des Ressources naturelles, 1999 Legal Deposit, Bibliothèque nationale du Québec, 1999 ISBN 2-550-34162-7 ISSN 0827-1771 Distribution Code: RN99-3034 Également disponible en français sur demande. Code de diffusion: RN99-3033 Début ang.qx 9/14/99 11:17 AM Page 3 FOREWORD In recent months, the ministère des Ressources naturelles (MRN) has taken a number of con- The chapter on the forest educative network, now called “Forest Use for Educational and crete steps toward consolidating its goal of sustainable forest management. In particular, it Recreational Purposes,” discusses the main activities related to wildlife and their economic amended the Forest Act and the Regulation respecting standards of forest man- spinoffs. The chapter on logging includes an estimate of the number of forest management agement for forests in the public domain, and adopted various measures to ensure and logging jobs by region. the protection of forest biodiversity. A new chapter analyzes the consumption of Québec primary wood processing plants, their With the amendment of the Forest Act in June 1996, Québec committed to promoting sus- main production, wood chip inventory and roundwood/chips imports and exports. tainable forest development in order to meet the economic, environmental and social needs of present and future generations while giving proper consideration to the other potential uses of For standardization purposes, we have used Statistics Canada data on the number of wood the forest. Public and private forests will henceforth be managed to preserve biological diversi- industry establishments. Lumber production is now presented by species group. We have indi- ty, conserve soil and water resources, and maintain and improve the condition and productivi- cated export volumes and value by world region. We have indicated saw-timber consumption ty of forest ecosystems. in Canada and the U.S. by subsector and the mean lumber output of sawmills. A section has been reserved for the particle board industry, more specifically oriented strand board (OSB). The Regulation respecting standards of forest management for forests in the We have indicated Québec’s trade balance for wood products and for all products. public domain was also overhauled to enable the MRN to comply with the resolutions for- mulated in its Forest Protection Strategy. For example, the revised regulation, in force In the chapter on the pulp and paper industry, we have indicated the consumption of sec- since May 1996, prohibits any cutting without protection of regeneration and soil (CPRS) and ondary fibres, that is, the volume of recycled paper and cardboard, de-inked or not, used by substantially reduces the size of a single-block area of cutting. The new regulation will facili- this industry. We have also presented Québec’s trade balance for pulp and paper products tate the environmental certification of Québec forest products, which is vital to our industry. and for all products. We have added a section on the environment, which discusses protective measures, the main contaminants in mill effluent and emissions, and the major investments The MRN also published a report on Québec’s forest biodiversity, in which it committed to made by the pulp and paper industry in recent years to clean up its atmospheric emissions. enhancing our knowledge about the forest, providing better protection for fragile and out- standing ecosystems, and continuing to apply the Forest Protection Strategy. To meet The chapter on the forest sector in Québec’s economy contains an estimate of the number of these commitments, it is currently developing a new approach to the maintenance of forest jobs in the primary processing and secondary manufacturing industries and tables illustrating biodiversity throughout Québec. The next five-year report on the state of Québec forests will the economic importance of manufacturers of equipment destined for the forest industry. The provide an update on the progress made in each of these areas. section on the trade balance for the forest products industry contains all useful data on Québec and Canadian forest product imports and exports and a new table on the change in Furthermore, in keeping with its mission, the MRN continues to make different tools available forest products’ share in the gross domestic product (GDP). Finally, in the chapter on financial to anyone interested in our forests, including this document. As in past years, the 1999 edition indicators, we have added average exchange rates for the Canadian dollar, pound sterling, of Québec’s Forest Resources and Industry provides a succinct report on Québec’s deutsche mark, and yen as well as estimated revenues from wood chips. forest sector. After consulting our readers, we have made some major changes to the previous edition, including the addition of a data flow summary in the initial pages, along with a dia- We hope you find this year’s report as useful as past editions and, as always, we welcome gram of Québec primary wood processing industry supplies and a more complete table of the your comments. main conversion factors and production ratios used for manufactured products. To facilitate the report’s comprehension, we have included highlights at the beginning of each chapter. The geographical distribution of Québec’s forests is based on the new map of vegetation zones and bioclimatic domains and the accompanying definitions. We have also devoted an entire section to lands with special status (parks, reserves, controlled zones and outfitting oper- ations), updated the map of the government’s administrative regions, integrated the map of common areas and the new map of regional private forest development agencies, and added the maps and production schedule for the 3rd inventory program (1995-2002) in the section discussing types of ownership and surveyed zones. The section on forest fires has been completely overhauled, and now contains maps illustrating burned sites, changes in the fire regime and sensitive areas based on fire frequency. The remaining data has been presented in relation to the two protection zones, namely intensive and restricted. We have also included a new chapter on sustainable development. It discusses the six criteria underlying sustainable development, the distribution of protected areas and the plant and ani- mal species designated threatened or vulnerable. The chapter on forest management includes a new section on forest management that inte- grates wildlife, the number of penalty records and the fines levied. In the section on forest dues, we have indicated average Québec-wide unit rates by species and grade. 3 Début ang.qx 9/14/99 11:17 AM Page 4 NOTE Readers wishing to use data contained in this publication should bear in mind the changes affecting some of the tables illustrating statistical trends. An attempt to compare this year’s tables with those of previous years may be difficult and lead only to confusion. For further information, please contact the author, Blaise Parent, at the address and telephone number provided in the foreword. SYMBOLS USED cm: centimetre G: billion cm3: cubic centimetre sq. ft.: square foot dm3: cubic decimetre “: inch ha: hectare bd ft: board foot hl: hectolitre t: ton kg: kilogram mt: metric ton km: kilometre BDMT: bone-dry metric ton km2: square kilometre %: percent L: litre $: dollars lb.: pound FSPL: fir, spruce, jack pine, larch m: metre ngrv: nominal gross raw volume m2: square metre DM: deutsche mark m3: cubic metre L: pound sterling M: million Y: yen no.: number CONVERSION FACTORS 1 cord of wood = 85 solid cubic feet = 2.41 cubic metres 1 cunit = 100 solid cubic feet = 2.831 cubic metres 1 board foot (bd ft) = a piece of wood 1 inch thick by 1 foot wide by 1 foot long 1000 board feet (bd ft) = 2.36 cubic metres (net value) 1 cubic metre = 432.7 bd ft = 35.3 cubic feet = 0.353 cunits = 1.5 stacked cubic metres 1 metric ton (long ton) = 1000 kilograms = 2205 pounds 1 Imperial ton (short ton) = 2000 pounds 1 square kilometre = 100 hectares = 0.386 square miles 1 hectare = 2.47 acres NB: Each table, chart and map has been assigned a reference code, which is indicated in the upper right-hand corner. The first two figures in this code correspond to the chapter, the next two to the section and the last two to the illustration. For example, code 02.01.03 designates the third illustration of the first section of chapter 2. 4 Début ang.qx 9/14/99 11:17