by Working Forest | Feb 27, 2017 | Archives
Forest geneticists aim to tune up Canada’s working forests with trees better suited to changing climate conditions and that increase timber yields by up to 30 per cent in the bargain. The $5.8-million project won’t be creating genetically engineered trees, rather the...
by Working Forest | Feb 27, 2017 | Archives
It’s all about innovation. FP Innovations and the Canadian Institute of Forestry held an Excellence and Innovation in Operational Planning workshop at Seven Generations Education Institute in Kenora this week. The workshop was held to showcase technology...
by Working Forest | Feb 27, 2017 | Archives
Resolute Forest Products signed a five-year commercial agreement with the Red Rock Indian Band, an Ojibwe First Nation in northwestern Ontario. The agreement is a formal commitment between the company and the band to identify and pursue new economic opportunities and...
by Working Forest | Feb 27, 2017 | Archives
The Ontario government has been ordered to pay four aboriginal people $390,000 after the prosecution decided at the last minute to withdraw illegal-logging charges the men had faced for eight years. In an unusual decision, Ontario court judge Romuald Kwolek found the...
by Working Forest | Feb 23, 2017 | Archives
A Canadian forestry giant is using legislation most often deployed against the mafia to sue Greenpeace over allegations about the firm’s environmental record in the latest legal battle between campaigners and resource companies. Launched by Montreal-based...
by Working Forest | Feb 23, 2017 | Archives
Zion Research has published a new report titled “Global Biomass Pellets Market for Residential and Industrial applications: Global Market Perspective, Comprehensive Analysis and Forecast, 2014 – 2020.” According to the report, global biomass pellets...
