by Working Forest | Feb 12, 2016 | Archives
The CEO of Louisiana Pacific Corporation and Chair of the Board of Directors at the Forest Products Association of Canada (FPAC), Curt Stevens, is pleased to announce that Derek Nighbor will be the association’s new CEO. Nighbor has been senior vice-president of Food...
by Working Forest | Feb 11, 2016 | Archives
Grants were announced today for 19 projects to help further understanding of the conservation benefits of managed forests, and to strengthen the connection between communities and forests. The grants were made as part of the Sustainable Forestry Initiative Inc.’s...
by Working Forest | Feb 11, 2016 | Archives
Swedish researchers from the KTH Royal Institute of Technology and research groups, Innventia and Swerea, claim to have produced the world’s first model car with a roof and battery made from wood-based carbon fibre. This novel material, made of lignin, is said...
by Working Forest | Feb 11, 2016 | Archives
The Nova Scotia government is being accused of making “major concessions” to the Northern Pulp mill when it agreed to ease environmental conditions this week. On Feb. 8, the province raised a paper production cap by 20,000 tonnes and relaxed water usage...
by Working Forest | Feb 11, 2016 | Archives
The sound of water is loud in a land muffled by snow. No human sound penetrates this broad valley between tapering extensions of the Rocky Mountains, 100 kilometres southwest of Grand Prairie, Alberta. A stray beam from the low winter sun washes the landscape in pink....
