BC commits $19M to boost role of forests in fighting climate change

The B.C. government has set aside $19 million of its CleanBC funding to increase carbon stored in B.C.’s forests and to develop Indigenous-led low-carbon forest-based products. More than $15 million of the funds will go towards increasing carbon storage in forests and enhancing forest management, including the fertilization of around 8,500 hectares of forests, the…