Dr. Kurt Niquidet is the Vice President and Chief Economist of the Council of Forest Industry (COFI). He joined us in this episode to discuss the importance of the forest industry to the provincial economy, the impact of incoming tariffs from the States, the role of the BC Timber Sale (BCTS), the value-added sector, tenure reform and many more.

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(00:00) Intro(04:13) BC Forest Economy (09:05) Incoming 25% Tariffs from USA(15:00) BCTS Under Review (23:32) Is the value-added sector the future of the BC forestry industry?(36:59) Is the BC forest industry highly subsidized?(40:09) The Complexity of Forestry and How Economics Can Help?(42:17) Is Small-Scale, Community-Owned Forestry Industry the Future?(47:41) Raw Log Export (51:15) How to Balance the Diversed Value BC Forest Provides?(56:24) Investment Climate in the Forest Sector in BC(59:16) How Do We Diversify Forest Economy?(1:03:12) BC Forest Carbon Accounting (1:06:38) Is Selective Logging the Future?(1:14:40) Tenure Reform(1:20:57) Create/Amendment/Remove One Policy in Forestry(1:23:36) Messages for Forestry Students