Historically, in BC’s silvicultural sector there
was a need to promote a high level of production
in terms of quantity; basic silviculture was empha-
sized.
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Even as recently as the early 1990s, forestry
investment focused on the rapid regeneration of
backlog not-satisfactorily restocked lands in BC.
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Since efforts at reducing regeneration delay were
the primary concern in this investment, emphasis
was placed on the quantity of trees planted rather
. than subsequent stand performance (quality) . The
demands of basic silviculture are relatively low in
terms of technical requirements, and this tends to
promote the use of piece rates that encourage
shirking with respect to quality. Although responsibility for regeneration was transferred from the