5620 x 3733 px | 47,6 x 31,6 cm | 18,7 x 12,4 inches | 300dpi
Aufnahmedatum:
2007
Ort:
Campbell River Vancouver Island BC Canada
Weitere Informationen:
British Columbia is Canada’s leading supplier of wood construction and finishing wood products, and one of the world’s largest exporters of wood fibre – yet it harvests a fraction of one per cent of its forests annually. The province’s strict forest laws protect all forest values, and it provides added assurance of sound practices as a world leader in third-party forest certification. With the growing demand for eco-friendly spaces at home and in the workplace, consumers are choosing products that will support a healthy environment both indoors and out. They are concerned about where their wood products are coming from, how they are being made, and how the forests from which they came are being managed. On the west coast of Canada, Vancouver Islands Cowichan Valley shelters forests of tall, straight trees that once lured loggers and now support communities of forestry workers. British Columbia has 40 different species of native trees. Softwood trees are the predominant species in the forests of British Columbia, making this province the world's leading softwood producer, growing 34 per cent of the world's softwoods. Western hemlock, western red cedar and Douglas fir come from the temperate rainforests along the Pacific Coast. Many pines and spruces come from the dry and cooler forests of the interior of British Columbia. A variety of construction and appearance grade wood products come from these productive and abundant forests. British Columbia also has four predominant hardwood species: red alder, bigleaf maple, western white birch and trembling aspen. These are used for appearance and millworking applications.
