The Timber Industry Magazine

On April 29, 2026, the Canadian Food Inspection Agency (CFIA) published a revised version of directive D-14-02: Hardwood Export Program.

This directive has recently been renamed and revised to reflect changes in terminology to support the integration of the Hardwood Export Program into our digital platform (6th revision), The 7th revision was to add Norway to the countries to which this directive applies. The 8th revision was to add chestnut and oak to the wood species that must meet the requirement of this directive for exports to the European Union (EU). This version is to remove the heat treatment option for ash lumber to Türkiye.

For more information regarding the application of this directive, please consult a local CFIA office (https://inspection.canada.ca/en/plant-health/invasive-pests-and-plants/directives/forest-products/98-08#a12)

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The Canadian Press

National Tree Seed Centre is sending 5 seed species into space

CBC News

Canada's National Observer

https://www.canadianbiomassmagazine.ca/

The project will lower the pulp mill's carbon footprint by 3.4 per cent

CBC News

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February 19, 2026 | Author: UBC Faculty of Forestry & Environmental Stewardship

photo:Flooding in Abbotsford in 2021. Credit: BC Government.

A new study finds old-growth forests in Sweden store far more carbon than the industrial tree plantations that are rapidly replacing them, with soil accounting for most of the difference. Protecting undisturbed areas could do more to mitigate climate change than previously thought.

Stanford Doerr School of Sustainability

Canadian Forest Owners