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• Sustainable Forest Management
• Wood First
  • Business Innovation Program
• Educational Resources
• Invest in the B.C. Forest Sector

Wood First

Building with wood makes good sense. Wood is renewable, good for the environment, and can be used in almost any commercial situation. Using more wood products supports forest communities and helps achieve climate action goals.

The B.C. government’s Wood First Initiative promotes broader wood use in commercial, institutional and other building systems. It has been supported by changes to the B.C. building code allowing six-storey, wood-frame residential construction.

FII supports the province’s “Wood First” vision primarily through investments in the Business Innovation Program, the Canadian Wood Council’s WoodWORKS! B.C. (CWC-WWBC) program, with its mandate to pursue opportunities for increased wood consumption in non-residential construction, and the new Wood Enterprise Coalition (WEC), a partnership of the Canadian Wood Council – WoodWORKS! BC, B.C. Wood Specialties Group and FPInnovations that is focused on promoting greater use of wood products in non-traditional applications.