The total area of the province of British Columbia is about 95 million hectares. The forested land base would be about 55 million hectares, and the land available for harvesting in British Columbia is about 22 million hectares. Less than 1% of that forest is harvested annually.
In British Columbia, forest companies that harvest are required by legislation to replant within a fixed period of time. In British Columbia, for example, that means 200 million trees are planted annually with every hectare that is harvested being replanted.
It's also important to note that 52 million hectares of B.C. forests are covered by third party certification, which is more than any other single country in the world. We estimate that trees that have been planted in British Columbia capture about two billion tonnes of carbon.