IPM IN THE FORESTS OF BRITISH-COLUMBIA, CANADA

The 51.2 million ha of productive forest land in British Columbia are surveyed annually by the Forest Insect and Disease Survey of Forestry Canada. The development of provincial pest management capabilities is reviewed from their creation in 1980 through to their present organiza tion in six regions across British Columbia. Basic research is carried out at Universities and at Forestry Canada while the operational impl ementation of pest management is the responsibility of the pest manage ment (forest health) personnel in the B.C. Ministry of Forests.