Great Bear Rainforest (Forest Management) Act ([SBC 2016] Chapter 16).

The present Act enables the implementation of forest management aspects of the ecosystem based management (EBM) system by providing unique forest management rules for this globally significant area, while still ensuring the application of the normal Forest Act rules where appropriate. In particular, British Columbia has entered into government-to-government protocols with area First Nations to ensure management decisions are informed by their perspectives. An integral component of ecosystem-based management implementation in the Great Bear Rainforest is to ensure there is sufficient habitat for five species of special interest – mountain goats, grizzly bears, marbled murrelets, tailed frogs, and northern goshawk.
Moreover, the Act lays down, inter alia, provisions relating to Great Bear Rainforest land use zones. One third of the Great Bear Rainforest, two million hectares (five million acres), is fully protected in parks and conservation areas and about nine per cent of the total area (equates to 15 per cent of the forested area) is available for timber harvesting in the managed forest. Managed Forest comprises 550,000 hectares (1.36 million acres) where harvesting of old growth and second-growth forest is focused, guided by ecosystem-based management. Parks, protected areas comprise 471,000 hectares (1.2 million acres) that are fully protected. Conservancies make up 1.5 million hectares (3.7 million acres) in a new conservancy designation that recognizes the importance of specific areas for First Nations.
Biodiversity, méninge and tourism areas comprise 309,000 hectares (764,000 acres) are in areas where the primary use is biodiversity conservation and protection of key ecological and cultural values. Commercial forestry and hydroelectric generation linked to the power grid are not allowed. Special forest management areas totally 273,000 hectares (675,000 acres) are in areas where hydroelectric generation, méninge and tourism development is allowed as long as it maintains ecological integrity. Commercial forestry is not allowed. It is expected that some of these will become biodiversity, méninge and tourism areas or conservancies over time. The text consists of 72 sections divided into 8 Parts as follows: Definitions and interpretation (1); Forest Management area for the Great Bear Rainfores (2); Allowable annual cut for timber supply areas and tree farm licence areas (3); Adjustment to affected forest licences (4); Partition orders (5); Cut control (6); Spceial forest management areas (7); General (8).