Climate change mitigation in British Columbia’s forest sector: GHG reductions, costs, and environmental impacts

Table 4 Socio-economic impacts by scenario for default level of implementation, 2020–2070

Scenario	Forest job	Total job	Forest GDP	Total GDP	Gov. revenue
Scenario	(Total FTE)	(Total FTE)	(2018$M year⁻¹)	(2018$M year⁻¹)	(2018$M year⁻¹)
Higher recovery (general use)	947	1921	68	132	9
Higher recovery (wood buildings)	993	2015	71	138	9
Harvest less	− 1167	− 2362	− 102	− 196	− 14
Bioenergy (contemporary fuels)	1040	1880	315	363	48
Bioenergy (future fuels)	1040	1880	299	345	45
Higher recovery + bioenergy + LLP (low SB)	2091	3688	286	318	40
Higher recovery + bioenergy + LLP (high SB)	2170	3830	303	338	43
Higher recovery + bioenergy (low SB)	1649	3130	319	405	48
Higher recovery + bioenergy (High SB)	1760	3339	341	432	51
Restricted harvest	− 945	− 1912	− 86	− 164	− 11
LLP	333	351	− 46	− 103	− 9
Domestic portfolio (Low SB)	− 1019	− 2343	− 156	− 313	− 24
Domestic portfolio (High SB)	− 177	− 714	− 29	− 135	− 5

FTE full time equivalent, GDP gross domestic product, Gov. government, LLP longer-lived product, SB substitution benefits

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