The sustainability of our forests is key to the forest industry’s continued success. Responsible forest management helps to guarantee the long-term welfare of not only our environment but also communities, landowners, and businesses across Manitoba.
FIAM is firmly committed to the principles of sustainability. Through careful collaboration with experts in biology, hydrology, geology, archaeology, and ecology, government and industry are making sure Manitoba and its landscape stay healthy long into the future.
Industry renews harvested areas to forests, with millions of trees planted every year and natural regeneration encouraged by way of proper harvesting practices. Technical analysis and renewal assessments ensure industry never harvests more than our forests grow.
Manitoba loggers actively protect our forests from health and fire risks by harvesting, aging, over-mature, diseased, and insect-afflicted timber that could fuel destructive forest fires while it still has value.
These forestry teams are the ‘boots on the ground’ that bring forward potential fire issues and other forest health risks to provincial or federal agencies. Industry members offer personnel and equipment to help the province address these issues before they put forests at further risk.
Manitoba forestry’s long-term strategic forest management plans look far into the future. These plans aim to keep our forests healthy for generations, using high-powered modelling software to find forest management scenarios that meet provincial government objectives 200 years from today. Companies use short-term operational plans to make sure all operations are completely aligned with these long-term objectives.
Forestry companies take important steps to minimize waste in their operations, using technology like advanced digital scanners to maximize the lumber harvested from each log. Biproduct fibre materials are often used to heat and power facilities and equipment, reducing fossil fuel use and minimizing carbon footprints.
Manitoba forestry is doing its part toward Canada’s commitment to planting two billion trees by 2030. This will substantially reduce greenhouse gas emissions—equivalent to taking over two million cars off the road each year by 2050.
