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Section 8 Water, Fish, Wildlife, and Biodiversity Riparian Objectives

Objective set by government for Biodiversity Water, Fish, Wildlife, and Biodiversity within Riparian areas

An objective set by government for water, fish, wildlife and biodiversity within riparian areas is, without unduly reducing the supply of timber from British Columbia’s forests, to conserve, at the landscape level, the water quality, fish habitat, wildlife habitat and biodiversity associated with those riparian areas.

 Section 12(3) of the Forest and Range Practices Regulation requires that the all the results or strategies under section 8 address the retention of trees in a riparian management zone.

See section 2 of the Schedule under the Forest Planning and Practices Regulation for factors relating to objectives set by government for Water, Fish, Wildlife, and Biodiversity Riparian Objectives.

 Elements in Regulation

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