Forestry Branch | Conservation | Province of Manitoba

The Sustainable Forestry Unit

Manitoba’s Sustainable Forestry Unit (SFU) works to promote a sustainable, diversified, innovative approach for Manitoba’s forests and forest industry while encouraging:

meaningful participation in forestry development by Aboriginal people
value-added processing of both timber and non-timber forest products
interaction between primary and secondary industries

The SFU is guided by policy set out in Next Steps: Priorities for Sustaining Manitoba’s Forests and for further detail about the SFU, check out Manitoba Forestry: Growing Opportunities for a Sustainable, Inclusive Forest Industry.

Manitoba formed the SFU in 2003 to help promote forest industry based economic development. The SFU is part of Manitoba Conservation’s Forestry Branch which administers The Forest Act.

While the SFU is housed within Manitoba Conservation, it receives strategic direction and approvals from an inter-departmental steering committee of deputy ministers.

The SFU operates through negotiation, partnership, and collaboration. The SFU provides service to industry and is a source of information and contacts.

Manitoba Conservation supports forestry development in our province. The SFU can help you consider options and discover new opportunities.