by Working Forest | Dec 17, 2015 | Archives
The side deal that Canada and Japan cut to the Trans Pacific Partnership trade agreement on Canadian restrictions to raw log exports includes a mechanism aimed at smoothing over future irritants. The mechanism is a bilateral committee on forest products, which is to...
by Working Forest | Dec 17, 2015 | Archives
On a routine basis, district forest managers raise red flags over forestry practices that pose potential public safety hazards, threaten wildlife and community watersheds, and could trigger landslides, but have no authority to stop it. That’s the conclusion of a...
by Working Forest | Dec 15, 2015 | Archives
Despite declarations by special interest environmental groups that there is a caribou crisis in Ontario, a review of Ministry of Natural Resources and Forestry (MNRF) research, scientific evidence, and an assessment of all available and up-to-date data demonstrates...
by Working Forest | Dec 15, 2015 | Archives
The Forest Products Association of Canada (FPAC) is pleased with the landmark global climate deal reached in Paris including its recognition of the fundamental role played by the world’s forests. Nearly 200 countries, including Canada, have agreed to hold the increase...
by Working Forest | Dec 15, 2015 | Archives
Communities along the West Coast of Vancouver Island say the provincial government needs to step in to save the ancient, massive trees that grow in the Walbran Valley. Business leaders in Port Renfrew, B.C., a community that once thrived on forestry, are calling for a...
