by Working Forest | Jan 28, 2020 | Archives
Researchers from Canada and the United States want to de-escalate the devastating forest wildfires that are increasingly occurring due to climate change while strengthening the development of a forest-based bioeconomy in British Columbia (BC), boosting carbon uptake...
by Working Forest | Jan 28, 2020 | Archives
CBC NEWS — Forestry contractors who need money to try to weather losses from the Northern Pulp shutdown are being offered up to $180,000 in short-term loans. It is an effort to tide them over while they search for new buyers for their wood. Jeff Bishop,...
by Working Forest | Jan 27, 2020 | Archives
We regret to announce that Biomass North Development Centre has ceased operations. It has been a challenging and rewarding five years, and we are proud of the role we have played in the emerging bioeconomy. We’ve brokered meaningful partnerships through B2B activities...
by Working Forest | Jan 27, 2020 | Archives
Last June, Sidewalk Labs announced a plan to design the world’s first all-timber high-rise neighbourhood, located on Toronto’s eastern waterfront. Of course, building with timber is not a new idea — people have been doing it since at least the Neolithic Age. Yet...
by Working Forest | Jan 27, 2020 | Archives
Vancouver, B.C.– The BC Council of Forest Industries (COFI) has announced that it is now accepting applications for the 2020 Forestry Scholarship. Each year, twelve $1500 entrance scholarships are awarded to students pursuing post-secondary education or training in...
