Environment and Climate Change Canada continues to support sustainable forest practices with the third federal offset protocol for use under Canada's Greenhouse Gas Offset Credit System—Improved Forest Management on Private Land.

Minister of Cyber Security and Digital Solutions of Nova Scotia Colton LeBlanc and Minister of Agriculture and Forestry of Finland Sari Essayah signed the joint action plan on forestry on April 26. Photo courtesy Government of Finland.

April 27, 2024 by Finnish Government

The FTG Certification Program is a series of online training modules designed to provide members of the forest sector with the tools, strategies, and insights needed to navigate the complexities of fostering diversity, equity, and inclusion (DEI) in their workplace.

by The FTG Team Apr 25, 2024

The Canadian Wood Fibre Centre is happy to announce that our new Director of Strategic Operations is Adam Dick. Adam is a forester with an undergraduate and master’s degree from the University of New Brunswick. From 2007 to 2012, he was the Coordinator of the New Brunswick Growth and Yield Unit, a collaborative position between government and industry. From 2012 to 2018, he worked for the New Brunswick Department of Energy and Resource Development. In this position, he led the modernizing of the provincial forest inventory system. Since joining the CWFC in 2018, Adam is a valued member of the CWFC team and was instrumental in advancing many files including initiatives on Enhanced Forest Inventory and digitalization of the forest value- chain. He works out of the Atlantic Forestry Centre in Fredericton.

People have to be vigilant, officials say a year after large fire in Charlotte County

by Sam Farley, CBC News, Apr 17, 2024

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The seven NB Forest Products Marketing Boards are in the process of holding their annual district meetings. Check with your local board for dates and times.

You can find a list of the boards and links to their websites on the Resources tab above.

West Fraser (WF), one of Canada’s largest forestry companies, has announced not only are they not using glyphosate any longer, they actually halted its use in B.C. in 2019, and all other herbicides too.

Draft bylaw updates impacting owners of portable and stationary sawmills

Report reveals stark imbalance in wood production and consumption even as public pressure to halt harvesting grows

By Caitlin Littlefield and Basil Waugh, University of Vermont, March 28, 2024

Made from heating wood and other biomass at high temperatures with no oxygen, biochar mixed in soils dominated the carbon offset marketplace last year in tons of warming gases absorbed from the atmosphere.

By Lindsey Byman for InsideClimateNews.org, March 29, 2024

By Jordan Omstead, The Canadian Press, April 2, 2024