SAO PAULO -Voith Paper has completed the successful start-up of the TM 6 XcelLine machine at SEPAC, a company headquartered in the Brazilian state of Paraná that is among the country’s five largest manufacturers of tissue paper for sanitary purpose. Installed in the company’s Mallet plant in Paraná, the TM 6 machine went into service…
Ottawa, ON – Project Learning Tree (PLT) Canada and the Canadian Parks Council (CPC) announced a partnership to place 600 youth in summer jobs in Canada’s provincial and territorial parks in the summers of 2018 and 2019. PLT Canada has received approximately $4 million through the Government of Canada’s Summer Work Experience program to offer…
Ottawa, ON – Project Learning Tree (PLT) Canada will be placing 1000 youth in green jobs using the Sustainable Forestry Initiative’s (SFI) diverse network of program participants, conservation leaders, Indigenous partners, and community groups. PLT Canada has received approximately $7 million in federal funding from the Government of Canada’s Summer Work Experience Program to get…
TIMMINS – EACOM Timber Corporation Timmins’ sawmill was the stage for a safety celebration as leadership, staff and production crew gathered at a town hall meeting. Kevin Edgson, EACOM president, and CEO, offered a $10,000 cheque to the Threads of Life local committee to support the organization’s flagship event – Steps for Life. This fun,…
TOKYO/SAN FRANCISCO – As key decision-makers for the Tokyo 2020 Olympics met on March 29th JST, Rainforest Action Network (RAN) delivered over 110,000 signatures to the International Olympic Committee (IOC) and Tokyo 2020 Olympic authorities, raising concerns about the use of rainforest wood and human rights violations associated with the construction of Olympic facilities, and…
The Ontario Woodlot Association is hosting their annual conference and annual general meeting on April 12-13, 2018 in Shakespeare, Ontario. The theme of this must-attend event for woodlot owners is “Forest Management in an Agricultural Landscape”. More details
At this year’s Forest NB AGM, Gregor MacAskill of Gardner Pinfold presented an outlook on forestry titled, Economic Impacts of the New Brunswick Forest Sector. “Over the years, the forest industry has experienced many challenges,” says Mike Legere, executive director of Forest NB. “As we all work to build a sustainable sector, we wanted to…
Statement by Monika Patel, Director of Programs and Communications, FSC Canada: You may have seen the news this week that Greenpeace International has decided to change its role in the Forest Stewardship Council. Following its restructuring three years ago to decentralize the organization, Greenpeace International has decided to decentralize its membership in the Forest Stewardship…
CBC News -Unifor has selected Resolute Forest Products as the target company in a new round of “pattern bargaining,” which the union hopes will set a precedent for all of eastern Canada’s forestry industry, a Unifor spokesperson told the CBC. Pattern bargaining involves the union working out a deal on major, industry-wide issues such as…
BILLINGS, Mont. (AP) — After a career spent battling wildland fires across the West, U.S. Forest Service interim Chief Vicki Christiansen must now confront another sort of crisis: the harassment and bullying of women that’s persisted in the agency’s male-dominated culture despite numerous efforts at reform. Christiansen’s ascension to the top of the 35,000-employee agency…