By Rob Keen, CEO of Forest Recovery Canada and Forests Ontario Vast, beautiful, healthy forests define Canada, making up 38 per cent of our land, but they are under attack. Wildfires engulf huge swaths of woodlands in British Columbia; smoke from similar infernos in north-west Ontario reaches as far as Toronto, Windsor and Ottawa….
KINGSEY FALLS, QC, CNW Telbec – Cascades has announced that the Science Based Targets initiative (SBTi) has approved its greenhouse gas (GHG) emission reduction targets. The targets submitted are therefore in line with the methodology developed by the organization, which is a partnership between the Carbon Disclosure Project (CDP), the United Nations Global Compact, the…
CORRECTION: Editor’s Note: The Kaingora Forest in New Zealand is considered the largest man-made forest at 190,000 hectares. See more HERE: The Kaingaroa Forest, spanning 190,000 ha of plantable land, is one of the crown jewels of international forestry and one of the oldest and largest softwood plantations in the world. It is recognized…
Did you know that forest-based lignin can be used to replace fossil-fuel-based chemicals and products? Lignin is an abundant raw material that can be extracted from wood, and has the potential to play a crucial role in Ontario’s bio-economy, and help create a more sustainable future. It can be used in a wide variety of…
By Michelle Visconti, Forests Ontario When asked about bats, most people think about vampires, Halloween, or Dracula, but many fail to realize just how unique and important these creatures are. Bats are vital to our environment. They are insectivores and consume great quantities of pests that threaten us, our forests, and our agricultural fields. This…
PENTICTON WESTERN NEWS — The Garrison Lake fire, 33 km from Princeton, jumped Highway 3 Saturday, Aug. 14. A spokesman from BC Wildfire told the Spotlight Sunday morning that more aggressive fire behaviour is expected, and it’s possible Highway 3 will be closed as a result. “We might see a really bad uptick in fire…
CBC NEWS — Some companies in Nova Scotia’s forestry sector have launched a lobby group to support restarting the idle pulp mill in Pictou County. The group, called Friends of a New Northern Pulp, launched a website and social media pages this week to build support for Northern Pulp’s new $350-million plan to reopen the mill. “We’d like to see the public…
The 20th Commonwealth Forestry Conference will bring together more than 186 speakers who will share their knowledge of the most pressing topics in forestry today from their homes and offices located in 46 countries in 17 time zones. Hosted by the Faculty of Forestry at UBC from August 16-18 2021, the Conference will foster one of the most…
IndexBox has just published a new report: ‘U.S. – Particle Board – Market Analysis, Forecast, Size, Trends and Insights’. Here is a summary of the report’s key findings. Last year, the American particleboard imports grew by +13.2% y-o-y to 6.1M cubic meters or $2.1B in value terms due to an intensive housing building. Canada remains the…
MOSCOW, THE WASHINGTON POST — For Russia, there are two types of fires raging across Siberia: the kind the authorities are fighting and the others they are allowing to burn. That’s because Siberia is so vast that huge fires can burn without threatening any major settlements, transportation systems or infrastructure — but are still part…