Forest workers ready to strike in British Columbia
Forestry workers in British Columbia‘s southern interior are ready to strike.
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SFI Conservation Grant Supports Dalhousie University Forest Road Research
HALIFAX, Nova Scotia, Canada, April 19, 2011 -- Dalhousie University's School of Resource and Environmental Studies has received a Sustainable Forestry Initiative® (SFI®) Conservation and Community Partnerships Grant to develop best management practices for forest road crossings in Atlantic Canada to avoid disrupting water flows in wetlands.
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Speed construction demonstrated in Beijing
Three storeys, nine apartment units, 8,352 sq. feet and in just 60 hours. Green Home Canada was built at the Beijing International Convention Centre between 24 March 24 and the evening of 27 March to demonstrate the speed, ease and environmental benefits of modular wood construction at the Beijing Green Building Show.
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$8.4 m pilot plant for stronger structural materials
Tembec, an integrated forest products company with operations in Canada and France, has announced plans to build a C$8.4-million pilot plant to develop stronger and more durable structural material made from pulp and modified phenolic resin.
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Forests require flexible management
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East Asia Minerals announces acquisition of 50% of Carbon Conservation Pty Ltd.
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Huntsman Polyurethanes joins Bark Biorefinery Consortium
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Forestry industry maps out a greener, more sustainable future
EDMONTON - Canada’s forestry industry has been under the gun this decade, facing devastating beetle damage, softwood-lumber tariff battles with the U.S. and attention from environmental groups over logging practices and pollution.
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First wood framed housing project in Richmond, B.C. lost in massive fire
A massive fire destroyed the controversial wood-framed housing project being constructed in Richmond, British Columbia last night.
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Jet fuel will be made from wood in White River, Ontario
Rentech Inc. has accepted a wood supply offer from Ontario and has big plans for White River, Ontario.
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Transportation bottleneck in British Columbia
Wood products from British Columbia traditionally have moved south to the United States by way of rail or truck, and to a lesser degree, by sea.
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Ontario passes Ontario Forest Tenure Modernization Act
Ontario passed its Ontario Forest Tenure Modernization Act (Bill 151) in its legislature today.
The Act changes the forest tenure system and provides a more competitive market environment in the allocation and pricing of Crown timber.
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Canadian Boreal Forest Agreement celebrates 1st anniversary
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Fire Safety of Wood Buildings is not on Trial!
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Wet’suwet’en win harvesting injunction against Canfor in B.C.
The British Columbia Supreme Court has granted an injunction which restrains Canadian Forest Products Ltd. (“Canfor”) from engaging in timber harvesting activities within a culturally vital portion of Ilk K’il Bin Territory known as Redtop.
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SINO-FOREST COMMENTS ON SHARE PRICE DECLINE
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North America's largest forest carbon project launches, sells $4-million in credits
The Nature Conservancy of Canada is receiving more than $4-million in what it says is the largest forest carbon project to date in North America and the first deal of its kind in Canada.
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The Miramichi region of New Brunswick was hit hard when the forestry sector collapsed. For a time last year, there wasn’t a single mill left operating on the Miramichi.
Here is the current state of the Miramichi mills:
UPM-Kymmene mill
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Biomass Secure Power announces approval of new pellet plant in B.C.
Biomass Secure Power Inc.has announced a Project start date of July 1st 2011 for the construction of their first 500,000 tonne/yr whitewood pellet plant has been accepted by its Board of Directors.
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Exclusive: OneWest gains a ray of hope for Paulson in glum times
(Reuters) - John Paulson's roll of the dice on a lender that rose from the wreckage of the financial crisis is emerging as one of the few big winners for the hedge fund manager in what is shaping up as a downbeat year.
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Boralex and WWF France Join Forces in the Development of Renewable Energy
MONTREAL, June 28, 2011 /CNW Telbec/ - Boralex Inc. ("Boralex" or the "Corporation") has become a strategic partner of WWF France through its French subsidiary Boralex SAS.
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Greenwood Management Hits Final Stage of Canadian Christmas Tree Project
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Government of Canada Launches Call for Proposals for Forest Industry Transformation FundingOTTAWA, Canada -- The Government of Canada today officially launched the second and last Call for Proposals under the Investments in Forest Industry Transformation (IFIT) program. The IFIT program aims to support Canada's forest sector in becoming more economically competitive and environmentally sustainable through targeted investments in advanced technologies.
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New nano material developed from wood and straw pulp is stronger than steelIt’s super strong, it’s green and it’s providing new opportunities for business in Alberta. It’s called nanocrystalline cellulose (NCC) and Alberta is about to become a leader in its production and study.
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Mill opening signals resurgence of forestry in Northwest B.C.The sawmill at Kitwanga was officially reopened Friday under new owners, marking the return of lumber production to the province’s Northwest after a two and a half year absence reports Vancouver Sun.
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B.C. lumber exports to China surpass exports to U.S. for first timeTrade figures show the value of softwood lumber exported to China has surpassed the U.S. for the first time, sending powerful signals about the importance of the Asia-Pacific markets for B.C.'s economy and job prospects.
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Future of Canada’s forestry sector is renewablePush aside dated notions of Canada’s forest sector as dominated by lumberjacks focused solely on logging trees and processing the wood.
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Hypothetical offsets may not really be there
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Herbicide’s collateral damage in B.C. forests under attack Each year in British Columbia about 16,000 hectares of forest are sprayed with a herbicide that contains glyphosate. It is one of the most popular weed killers in the world, according to the manufacturer, Monsanto.
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Wood chip prices in Eastern Canada rise, fall in Western CanadaFor most of the past 20 years, pulp mills in Western Canada have had lower wood fiber costs than pulp mills in the Eastern provinces. In fact, one year ago, pulp manufacturers in British Columbia paid almost C$60/odmt (Oven Dry Metric Tonne) less for softwood chips than did pulp mills in Ontario and Quebec, and five years ago the difference was almost C$100/odmt, according to the North American Wood Fiber Review.
A competitive disadvantage
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DR Congo entrusts forest management to Canada's ERAKINSHASA — The Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) has entrusted a Canadian company with managing a vast section of its forest, including containing deforestation, the environment ministry has announced.
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Softwood lumber dispute’s next round set to begin August 9On August 9, the United States will makes its case to the London Court of International Arbitration that British Columbia is subsidizing timber prices for pine-beetle damaged trees.
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PRT sees 41% increase in seedling order volume over last yearPRT Forest Regeneration Income Fund has seen a 41% increase in seedling order volume over 2010, mainly attributable to improving forestry markets due to stabilization of the US housing market and growth in Chinese lumber exports.
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DuPont volunteers to suspend sales of its herbicide Imprelis®DuPont Chemical produces a herbicide, called Imprelis®, that was developed by its scientists to be “a post-emergent broadleaf weed control product that provides turf professionals with an innovative solution to control a wide spectrum of broadleaf weeds.”
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China imports of BC lumber jump 97%According to the latest import statistics from China Customs, Canadian lumber shipments to China (almost all from B.C.) increased by a whopping 97% in the first six months of 2011 over the same period in 2010.
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Nova Scotia’s long awaited Natural Resources Strategy to be released next weekNova Scotia is finally going to release its new Natural Resources Strategy next week.
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New Report Shows B.C. Lagging Behind in Creating Sustainable Forestry Jobs The Canadian Centre for Policy Alternatives is calling out B.C.'s forest industry for lagging behind developing sustainable jobs. A new report says the province risks losing further ground on the processed wood market if efforts are not made to both renew our forests and create more long-term jo
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Dirk Brinkman has been selling trees since 1970, before carbon had anything to do with it.
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Burns Lake Community forest fined for visual quality objectives infractionWhat is valued and significant and what is not?
The interpretation of scenic vistas in the local area is highly subjective and difficult to interpret say two local forest industry representatives.
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Grassy Narrows First Nation win legal battle that may end clearcut logging in their TerritoryThe Grassy Narrows First Nation (Asubpeeschoseewagong Netum Anishinabek) won a major victory yesterday in their more than decade long battle to stop clearcut logging in Grassy Narrows’ traditional territory in Northwestern Ontario.
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Forestry sector lays the roots for a future in bioproductsWhen they look at a forest, most people see a source of paper, cardboard and lumber. But jet fuel?
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Nexterra Biomass System at UNBC confirmed as one of the cleanest in North America
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New school in Fredericton to be heated with wood pelletsA new school being constructed in Fredericton, New Brunswick will be the first in the province to be heated with wood pellets.
The school will be equipped with a wood pellet fired hot water boiler.
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Enligna Canada in receivership; Pellet mill closes in Nova ScotiaEnligna Canada closed its wood pellet mill in Upper Musquodoboit, Nova Scotia several days ago.
Today comes the news that the company has formally been placed in receivership and 50 people are out of work.
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Southern Ontario County fines landowners for cutting down their own treesDon and Donna Kowaluk live in a rural, agricultural area of southern Ontario, near Strathroy.
About 15 years ago, 22,500 trees were planted on the Kowaluk’s property.
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Minister responds to MP’s columnsIn response to Alex Atamanenko’s claims in his Aug. 2 and Aug. 16 columns, I believe the readers of your newspaper deserve and need to know the facts.
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New solutions needed for wildfire woesIn the aftermath of the disastrous wildfires in 2003 that burned hundreds of homes and caused millions of dollars in property damage in and around the communities of Kelowna and Barriere, the City of Cranbrook began doing what hundreds of other communities across B.C. must do if they wish to better protect themselves from future wildfires.
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Missing out on green job potential Ever since United States house prices peaked in mid-2006 and the great economic slump began south of the border, British Columbia's government and forest industry alike have been understandably anxious.
Dependent as we have been on the U.S. market for billions of dollars in forest product purchases, B.C. naturally yearned to open up new markets.
Given its spectacular economic growth, China became the focus, and before long B.C.'s marketing efforts yielded gains in both the volume and dollar value of forest products exported.
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How we all pay to 'conserve' forestsIn January, a deal was struck between the Pacific Carbon Trust (the provincial Crown corporation responsible for buying carbon "offsets") and one of British Columbia's biggest logging companies - a deal that would allegedly result in hundreds of thousands of tonnes of additional carbon being stored in trees.
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So what happens now to the plan to burn wood for power in Port Hawkesbury?Remember the plan to burn wood in Port Hawkesbury to create power for Nova Scotia Power?
You may have been thinking that plan was dead now that the NewPage mill is being idled, but you may be wrong.
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Japan still matters to the B.C. economy
Canadians are coming to recognize that the balance of power in the international economy is shifting inexorably toward Asia. Already home to three-fifths of humanity, the next two decades will see Asia grow to account for half or more of global output.
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B.C. should use policy, not dollars, in carbon fight
In the late 1990s and early 2000s, natural gas prices were high and many major gas consumers worried that continued high prices posed serious risks to future profitability.
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Exports of logs and lumber from the US and Canada to China to reach recordLumber shipments from Canada alone could reach 1.2 billion dollars this year. The North American share of log and lumber import volumes to China has increased from four percent in 2005 to 18 percent in 2010.
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AbitibiBowater Changing Name to Resolute Forest ProductsAbitibiBowater announced today that it will change the company name to Resolute Forest Products as of November 7, 2011.
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Forest Sector Backs City of Ottawa Commitment on Green Construction
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First Nations want to dissolve Two Feathers Forest Products initiativeTwo Feathers Forest Products is a partnership formed in 2008 between Wabigoon Lake Ojibway Nation, Pikangikum First Nation, Eagle Lake First Nation, and the Wood Tech Group from Finland with the goal of supportin
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Wood WORKS! Award Winners Announced: wood design solutions for diverse building types showcasedOTTAWA, Nov. 3, 2011 /CNW/ - An elite group of Ontario's leading architects, engineers, and project teams received Wood Design Awards at the 11th annual Wood WORKS! awards celebration.
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Greenpeace says burning trees for energy a bad ideaA Greenpeace report says government policies that encourage burning more trees to create energy threaten Canada's forests and climate.
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It's no wonder Canada is a world leader in forestry and wood products. The country has 10 provinces, three territories and endless shorelines along the Atlantic and Pacific oceans.
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Master of Sustainable Forest Management
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Southwest Alberta groups release new recommendations for sustainable forest managementToday sees the release of a new report, Sustainable Forests, Sustainable Communities: The Future of Alberta’s Southwestern Forests.
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Cascades launches a new environmentally sound Christmas tree life size modelKINGSEY FALLS, QC, Nov. 11, 2011 /CNW Telbec/ - Cascades is launching the Massimo Christmas tree, made of 100% recycled cardboard.
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Forest Industry Applauds Government for Promoting Canadian Wood in AsiaThe Forest Products Association of Canada (FPAC) is pleased that the Minister of Natural Resources, Joe Oliver, has promoted Canadian wood frame construction as environmentally friendly and energy efficient during his trip to China.
Minister Oliver attended a ribbon-cutting ceremony marking the completion of China's first four-storey wood frame structure, a joint Canada-China project using Canadian lumber, located in the Tianjin Economic Development area.
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SCIENTISTS WARN B.C. MINING RUSH WOULD HARM ALASKA AND B.C. SALMON, CLEAN WATER
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Coast Tsimshian Resources signs contract to sell logs to Chinese companyCoast Tsimshian Resources has signed a contract to sell 150,000 cubic metres of logs to Fujian Hijong Wood Industry Co. Ltd. of Putian, China.
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The seeds have been planted, now we're looking to growThe Trees of Knowledge™ program is back for 2012 and will award one eco-conscious school a complete, customized outdoor classroom, valued at $20,000.
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Wood First commitments in 40 local governments in B.C.British Columbia’s Wood Enterprise Coalition (WEC) today congratulated Regional District of Kootenay Boundary on the passage of its new Wood First Resolution in support of the province’s Wood First Act – making it the 40th local government in BC to pass a Wood Fi
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Reporting the Results of Forestry Activities: Compliance with Section 86 of the Forest Planning and Practices Regulation
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The plan was simple: Log and sell as much dead pine as possible before it decayed or burned. But the environmental costs of the large-scale salvaging of Interior forests are still being tallied...
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'Dead' pine forests very much alivePhil Burton calls this place a jungle.
It's not the tropical Amazonian rainforest or even B.C.'s temperate rainforest, but a stand of lodgepole pine located off the Pelican Forest Service Road about an hour's drive southwest of Prince George.
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Forest denizens struggle in clearings
Salvage logging of B.C.'s Interior lodgepole pine forests is having major consequences for wildlife by eliminating vast stretches of habitat used for activities such as feeding, hiding and keeping warm or cool.
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Fiery debate surrounds benefits of salvage operations
Logging B.C.'s beetle-killed pine forests can, in theory, reduce the risk of a wildfire.
But when fire ecologist Bob Gray visits a logging site, he can see just the opposite: a heightened fire risk because of so much uneconomic wood left on the ground.
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Alberta making progress against the mountain pine beetleAerial surveys show Alberta is making progress in its fight against mountain pine beetle infestations in some parts of the province.
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ERA Surpasses 2 Million Tonnes in Carbon Offset SalesERA Carbon Offsets Ltd. is pleased to announce that the company has achieved a new sales milestone, having sold more than 2 million tonnes of forest based carbon offsets to customers and clients around the world.
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Pine beetles part 3: A flood of problems for ranchersWatching the pine beetles kill off the Chilcotin's vast stands of lodgepole pine forest was bad enough for cattle rancher Randy Saugstad.
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'It looks like Armageddon': The destruction of B.C. pine forestsVANCOUVER - Debbie Atha had a dream that went like this: Gregarious woman approaching 30 quits her well-paying pharmaceutical sales job in England to move to the B.C. Interior to invest her time and money building a dude ranch.
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Forestry's 'perfect storm'
The Chilcotin's beetle-killed lodge-pole pine forests are saturated with water. The harvesting crews have been sent home. And logging trucks known as Super-B Trains, hauling 300 to 400 logs apiece, are inching their way through deep mud wallows.
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Pine beetle plague is being exploited to cut healthy treesI wish to commend The Sun and Larry Pynn for the excellent series of articles "In the Wake of a Plague." This sober second look at the issues and myths surrounding the mountain pine beetle panic is long overdue.
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Pine beetle plague is being exploited to cut healthy treesAsk who caused this plague destroying our province's biodiversity.
Those who go to our backcountry are familiar with our huge clearcuts and the damage done.
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Freedom of information requests expose fines in B.C.’s forest industryThe Vancouver Sun has been investigating salvage logging of pine forests in British Columbia.
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It's true: money doesn't grow on treesOTTAWA, Jan. 3, 2012 (RISI) - Beginning in November 2011, another bastion of the Canadian pulp and paper industry fell by the wayside joining sulfite pulp and greenfield newsprint mills. The Bank of Canada began issuing polymer banknotes, beginning with the $100 bill.
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Viridis Energy buys Enligna wood pellet plant in Nova ScotiaViridis Energy Inc. of Vancouver has purchased Enligna Canada Inc. wood pellet plant in Musquodoboit Valley, Nova Scotia.
The purchase is subject to court approval because Enlinga Canada is in receivership. The plant has been closed since August, 2011.
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Federal Government spends $500,000 to promote Atlantic Canadian woodThe Government of Canada is spending $500,000 over two years to encourage the use of Atlantic Canadian wood in regional construction projects.
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Forest Products Sector Council urges collaboration with Aboriginal peoplesDeveloping effective, local partnerships with Aboriginal peoples will be a critical factor in helping the Canadian forest products sector address future labour force requirements, according to a new report from the Forest Products Sector Council (FPSC-CSPF).
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Open letter: Radicals threaten resource developmentAn open letter from the Honourable Joe Oliver, Minister of Natural Resources, on Canada’s commitment to diversify our energy markets and the need to further streamline the regulatory process in order to advance Canada’s national economic interest.
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ForestEthics Launches Petition & WebsiteAfter a month of escalating rhetoric from the Harper government and oil industry front groups and confirmation today from internal government documents that the government explicitly identified environmental and aboriginal groups as "adversaries" in its strategy to increase tar sands ex
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North American pellet grew almost triple the growth rate of European productionDuring the last two years, global wood pellet production increased from about nine million tonnes to some 15-16 million tonnes, while apparent consumption expanded from about nine million to 13 million tonnes.
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Ontario Auditor General urges tighter oversight of reforestationThe government should do more to oversee private-sector forest companies to make sure they do an adequate job of successfully reforesting areas where timber has been harvested, Ontario Auditor General Jim McCarter says in his 2011 Annual Report.
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B.C. Lumber Exports To China skyrocketICTORIA - The B.C. government says lumber exports to China have gone through the roof.
It says in the first 11 months of last year, the province had shipped 4.2 billion board feet of lumber to China, exceeding a goal of four billion set four years ago.
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A word from Hon. Joe Oliver, Minister of Natural ResourcesThe Honourable Joe Oliver, Minister of Natural Resources, today addressed representatives of Canada’s forest industry at a luncheon speech at PaperWeek 2012 in Montreal.
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FOREST PRACTICES BOARD CONFIRMS BELL UNDERSTATED FOREST PROBLEMSThe Forest Practices Board has confirmed that former forest minister Pat Bell has been grossly understating the true problems facing B.C.’s forests.
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Proof Is in: Our Forests Are Badly MismanagedOn the second of February, I attended a presentation at the Western Silvicultural Contractors' Association AGM in Kamloops.
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Forests? Depends on who's counting
B.C.'s foresters are an argumentative lot, and for the past few years, one particular disagreement has repeatedly seized their attention.
It's the question of how much forest land falls into the official category known as NSR - not satisfactorily restocked.
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Forest industry appreciates Prime Minister's promotion of Canadian lumber exports to ChinaThe Forest Products Association of Canada (FPAC) is pleased that Prime Minister Stephen Harper has highlighted the exceptional growth of Canadian lumber exports to China. The industry recognizes the important partnership role the fe
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Charest announces conservation plan for Quebec's northMONTREAL - Quebec will turn 20% of its vast northern territory into internationally recognized protected areas, a plan Premier Jean Charest said is one of the largest conservation projects in the world.
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British Columbia’s Auditor General releases his timber management reportBritish Columbia Auditor General John Doyle has released his latest report, An Audit of the Ministry of Forests, Lands and Natural Resource Operations’ Management of Timber.
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British Columbia moves to protect old growth in Avatar GroveThe Government of British Columbia announced today that all of Avatar Grove, a unique stand of old-growth cedars near Port Renfrew, is now protected in an expanded old growth management area.
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B.C.'s efforts not enough to halt forestry declinesB.C. auditor general John Doyle said in a report released Thursday that the province is ill-prepared to manage the province's beetle-ravaged forests, which are heading toward a long-term decline in both value and diversity.
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Aging Forests Ministry in poor health
The ravages of age usually affect people more than institutions.
But successive reports on two of the oldest government functions in B.C. have found they are in failing health.
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B.C.'s resources need support
We pride ourselves on being Super, Natural British Columbia, province of pristine lakes, spectacular wilderness, friendly resource communities and vibrant, sophisticated cities.
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