The Association of BC Forest Professionals is responsible for registering and regulating British Columbia's professional foresters and forest technologists. Here in BC, the practice of professional forestry has been regulated since 1947 when foresters first agreed to help protect the public's interest in the province's forests in return for the exclusive right to practise forestry. Today, we are the largest professional forestry association in Canada and the first to include forest technologists.
Our mandate flows from the Foresters Act. It is our duty to serve and protect the public interest in the practice of professional forestry by administering and enforcing the Foresters Act. We make sure the province's forest professionals are competent, ethical and accountable to the association. We set and enforce codes of conduct and standards of practice for our members. And we advocate for and uphold principles of forest stewardship.
We are committed to protecting the public interest in the practice of professional forestry and to advancing the stewardship of BC's forests. We and our members are recognized locally, nationally and internationally as knowledgeable, trusted and accountable sources of information and expertise on the sustainable management of forest resources and for whom the public interest is paramount.
We have a broad and inclusive membership of the best and brightest drawn from a variety of educational and experiential backgrounds encompassing the full scope of forest resources management. We are a dynamic, financially solvent organization which operates to high standards of governance and enjoys an informed and engaged membership.