Regenerative Forestry

Forestry has long been a pillar of the economy on Vancouver Island and the coast. We focus our investments on ecologically responsible and regenerative forest stewardship that keeps Indigenous and rural communities, and the economies that depend on the forest, healthy and resilient.

We encourage proposals that move the coastal forest sector to maximize local benefits for resource-reliant communities and actively renew the landscapes the sector depends on. Like regenerative and organic farming, regenerative forestry produces what we use while improving the forests, watersheds, and communities it operates within. On this coast, that means investing in value-added and second-growth manufacturing, Indigenous-led stewardship that generates new revenue, and the economic opportunities that come from a healthier, working forest.

Through investments in regenerative stewardship and value-added wood manufacturing, we help build a forest economy that can thrive over the long term: one that renews the landscapes it depends on, supports good jobs in forestry-dependent communities, advances Indigenous stewardship and leadership, and keeps more of the value of the forest in the communities that steward it.