In my opine, the forest resources in BC are sustainable in the future and now. There are two reasons to support my perspectives, Clearcutting/Silviculture and Selective Logging.
According to the report, “2018 Economic State of the B.C. Forest Sector”, in BC in 2018, total demand for forestry resources declined but export financing increased. In another word, this report illustrates that forest resources may seem to be a sustainable resource in the future because the requirement in BC’s citizen is decreasing. Simultaneously, the government implement clearcutting/silviculture and selective logging to use forest resources and to make sure it keeps sustainable. Clearcutting is one specific way of silviculture to create certain types of forest ecosystems and to replant the species people need. “Since 1987, the area of Crown forest harvested annually has ranged from 150,000 hectares to 250,000 hectares, with an average of approximately 209,000 hectares.” The amount of those forests not only exceeds the number of trees that have been cut down, but it can also generate some revenue for Vancouver by exporting.
The government also create a program named Forests for Tomorrow in 2005 to respond to catastrophic wildfires and the mountain pine beetle epidemic. Also, the government will give some companies and individuals licensed to cut down trees, which is another way to ensure the sustainability of forestry in the future. When loggers cut down trees, they widely use selective logging rather than clearcutting. It is easy to understand that different kinds of trees have various features, and these features are appropriate to use when we cut down trees, so loggers are selective in choosing different types of trees.
In a word, no matter which way to cut down trees, they are helpful to maintain the sustainability of forestry.
http://www.env.gov.bc.ca/soe/indicators/land/silviculture.html
https://www2.gov.bc.ca/gov/content/industry/forestry/forest-tenures/timber-harvesting-rights
http://www.mleziva.info/unit15/U15L07.htm