News about the boreal forest of Quebec http://www.foretnordique.com/en/ http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss Wed, 28 Jul 2010 09:30:01 -0400 Wed, 28 Jul 2010 09:27:20 -0400 FeedForAll v2.0 (2.0.2.9) http://www.feedforall.com Russian emergency crews are fighting 334 forest fires covering an area of 81,321 hectares (just over 200,000 acres), RIA Novosti reported, citing an unidentified Emergency Situations Ministry official. http://www.bloomberg.com/news/2010-07-28/russia-fights-334-forest-fires-covering-81-321-hectares-ria-novosti-says.html 908FCEA0-BFCF-4787-88AC-525A304FC8C3 Wed, 28 Jul 2010 03:07:00 -0400 A Canadian industry, reliant on clearcutting huge stretches of boreal forest, realized it needed a Plan B. Industry leaders came to the table with environmentalists and found a way to market themselves as green. http://crosscut.com/2010/07/28/environment/20004/How-a-Seattle-group-helped-save-the-north-s-forests-/ 444B1254-22BC-47BC-83C8-E4AC5C3C71F7 Wed, 28 Jul 2010 01:00:00 -0400 The spread of the mountain pine beetle epidemic in B.C. and the decline of the forest industry is stimulating investment in the construction of infrastructure to support the expansion of the mining, energy and transportation industries. http://www.journalofcommerce.com/article/id39864 E8689FF3-056D-4C49-989B-48B01DA3928E Wed, 28 Jul 2010 01:00:00 -0400 July 28 (Bloomberg) -- Bloomberg's Olivia Sterns reports on forest fires in Russia raising concerns over higher food prices and an inflation increase. (Bloomberg) http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/video/2010/07/28/VI2010072802050.html 9E2BC1E2-D90D-4BAA-B147-DB1B652AF7B5 Wed, 28 Jul 2010 01:00:00 -0400 On Tuesday cleaner air is flowing in from the south-west, but on the following day more hot air will move into the south-east, bringing impurities from the blazes. This hot smoky air mass is expected to reach the rest of southern and central Finland on Wednesday night. The Meteorological Institute says that it will spread into northern Finland on Thursday. http://www.yle.fi/uutiset/news/2010/07/smoke_from_russian_fires_approaches_finland_1859791.html 2CB5E578-E9C9-4C18-8308-4C7FD36172E4 Tue, 27 Jul 2010 06:34:00 -0400 COUNTY - For the first time since the 1980s the province is undergoing a comprehensive forestry strategy reform. http://www.southshorenow.ca/archives/2010/072710/news/index020.php 8118DE2A-5EA0-48A4-B9A6-7B09940A6A99 Tue, 27 Jul 2010 01:00:00 -0400 (SitNews) - Alaska Governor Sean Parnell signed House Bill 162, legislation that established a State Forest in Southeast Alaska, into law on June 28, 2010. This new forest, covering 25,291 acres, is the third in the Alaska State Forest System and the first addition since the Tanana Valley State Forest was established in 1983. http://www.sitnews.us/0710news/072710/092710_state_forest.html 8ADEC382-8FEE-4415-BEF1-1829E0FB8DD3 Tue, 27 Jul 2010 01:00:00 -0400 Prince George, B.C. - The Central Interior Logging Association office has recently seen an increase in the number of calls and emails looking for skilled workers. http://hqprincegeorge.com/news/7415/LABOUR%20SHORTAGE%20APPROACHES%20FOR%20FORESTRY%20INDUSTRY/ 0E7EC83C-6651-42D6-8527-07DE384E7B1B Tue, 27 Jul 2010 01:00:00 -0400 First Nations have given Ottawa until Aug. 27 to create an emergency plan to halt development in areas of northeastern Alberta that they say are critical to the woodland caribou population. http://www.cbc.ca/canada/edmonton/story/2010/07/26/edmonton-first-nations-woodland-caribou-protection.html D6E7DDAF-D5D1-48C5-B456-A9B99F498622 Mon, 26 Jul 2010 14:14:00 -0400 Air currents have carried impurities from brush fires in Russia into parts of south-east Finland. Although air quality remains satisfactory, it is expected to get worse by Wednesday. http://www.yle.fi/uutiset/news/2010/07/russian_forest_fires_affect_air_quality_in_southern_finland_1856349.html E06377A6-6F32-46C2-A0A0-269BAB6A65F2 Mon, 26 Jul 2010 02:28:00 -0400 Prince George, B.C. - The Province has introduced a new service that significantly changes the mandate of the Ministry of Forests and Range. http://hqprincegeorge.com/news/7362/PROVINCE%20INTRODUCES%20SERVICE%20TO%20FORGE%20FOREST%20INDUSTRY%20CONNECTIONS/ DBD57273-4FDB-42A2-B7B4-A4FD5737E897 Mon, 26 Jul 2010 01:00:00 -0400 Many hotels around the world offer guests the chance to get closer to nature, but only this one, in the forests of Swedish Lapland, lets them disappear within it. http://www.ft.com/cms/s/2/75d76d40-95e8-11df-bbb4-00144feab49a.html AAE85BAB-A124-4649-8C7B-4D7F72E79816 Sat, 24 Jul 2010 00:35:00 -0400 Efforts to save the Khimki forest suffered a major blow when activists camped out to prevent its destruction were attacked by masked assailants and later arrested. http://www.rferl.org/content/Russian_Police_Detain_Khimki_Forest_Protesters_Near_Moscow/2107674.html?page=1&x=1#relatedInfoContainer C1F5C5A5-ECD3-45C2-BEA4-4DFC2781F0B2 Fri, 23 Jul 2010 16:52:00 -0400 The certification programs pointed out that wood is one of the best environmental choices for construction as long as it is from a responsible source – and that fibre certified to the 26 national forest certification programs recognized by the Programme for the Endorsement of Forest Certification (PEFC) meets this demand. http://www.azobuild.com/news.asp?newsID=11113 691D5A6E-E757-4910-9F21-C25A26482550 Fri, 23 Jul 2010 01:00:00 -0400 B.C.’s Forests Minister says out-of-date information was used in an analysis that projects thousands of jobs will be lost around the province because of the mountain pine beetle infestation. http://www.theglobeandmail.com/news/national/british-columbia/province-disputes-projected-forestry-job-losses-due-to-beetle/article1649144/ 88455F3B-1914-40DB-B1AF-1020CB4D5961 Thu, 22 Jul 2010 23:41:00 -0400 A Colorado State University scientist using NASA satellite data has produced a map that provides the first global picture of the height of Earth's forests. http://news.discovery.com/earth/measuring-the-earths-forests.html 2B69B58E-1D70-477F-842F-4622DFFD3A62 Thu, 22 Jul 2010 17:09:00 -0400 For 18.5 years I worked as a biologist with the Habitat Division of Alaska Department of Fish and Game in the panhandle of Alaska, which encompasses our nations largest National Forest, the Tongass. http://www.denverpost.com/opinion/ci_15570573 57F3DBF8-160B-48C6-B81D-CC921A4CA3DB Thu, 22 Jul 2010 01:00:00 -0400 The Gitxsan Hereditary Chiefs announced a 1.5 million dollar investment in the Gitxsan Forest Enterprises Inc. last week which will be used to create more jobs as well as maintain current licenses. http://www.bclocalnews.com/bc_north/interior-news/community/98875769.html 7B33F18A-7695-46D7-B169-6B1D8DCCE90E Wed, 21 Jul 2010 08:00:00 -0400 The Maine Forest Products Council is asking Gov. John Baldacci and the Canadian government for help with what they say could become a shortage of wood for Maine mills. At issue is a new law that prevents Canadian loggers working in Maine from collecting unemployment during mud season. The Council says the new law is discouraging Canadians from working on this side of the border, and making it difficult to harvest wood. http://www.mpbn.net/Home/tabid/36/ctl/ViewItem/mid/3478/ItemId/12942/Default.aspx 396F84EB-7D45-43F9-B466-DD00CFB86FD1 Fri, 16 Jul 2010 01:00:00 -0400 Moscow - Russian environmentalists continue their battle in preventing the destruction of the ancient Khimki Forest Park, where construction of a toll highway commenced on Wednesday. http://www.digitaljournal.com/article/294768 8955C66A-0AE6-4449-AA69-A5FC7405E021 Fri, 16 Jul 2010 01:00:00 -0400 Officials say it may be several days before smoke from a northern Saskatchewan forest fire subsides enough to let evacuees return home. http://www.cbc.ca/canada/saskatchewan/story/2010/07/15/sk-foreset-fires-evacuees-10715.html 64F154DA-06F2-4B75-B41A-EAF8C49598FA Thu, 15 Jul 2010 16:46:00 -0400 A battle is shaping up over the Nova Scotia government's promise to change the way trees are harvested in the province. http://www.cbc.ca/canada/nova-scotia/story/2010/07/15/ns-forestry-practices.html 8DCEE9DF-1602-44C5-98E6-DD72029A3A98 Thu, 15 Jul 2010 08:25:00 -0400 MOSCOW -- Russian environmentalists are warning that workers have begun clearing a swath of the Khimki forest for the new Moscow-St. Petersburg highway, RFE/RL's Russian Service reports. http://www.rferl.org/content/Russian_Ecologists_Say_Khimki_Forest_Being_Cut_Down_For_Highway/2101066.html 5152A176-C396-4F23-B0EB-E6D934936240 Thu, 15 Jul 2010 01:00:00 -0400 Kirk Hanson’s quest to change the timber industry began as a small forest landowner with a 30-acre tree farm near Oakville. http://www.thedailyworld.com/articles/2010/07/14/local_news/doc4c3df9a4c8ebe623345557.txt 494AB479-237C-43D7-97B0-3A7545184C9D Wed, 14 Jul 2010 13:09:00 -0400 Moscow. Jul 13, 2010. /Lesprom Network/. Finnish forest industry purchased 4 million cubic metres of timber from private forests in June. The aggregate purchase volume for January-June, almost 11 million cubic metres, is more than triple the amount achieved in the corresponding period of 2009, the Finnish Forest Industries Federation said in a statement received by Lesprom Network. http://wood.lesprom.com/news/44908/ 200D57D7-2571-4FA6-ADBC-654BAFFE6DE3 Tue, 13 Jul 2010 01:00:00 -0400 Finland’s forests are absorbing double the amount of carbon dioxide from the atmosphere than they were 20 years ago. Wooded areas in the country can now take up 42 million tonnes of the greenhouse gas annually, over half of the 70 million tonnes emitted by Finland in 2008. http://www.icenews.is/index.php/2010/06/30/finland%E2%80%99s-forests-working-hard-as-carbon-sink/ 07DA3769-2CDC-4806-99BC-A2B67D46D640 Wed, 30 Jun 2010 01:00:00 -0400 An old dispute between independent woodlot owners and big forestry companies about the province's wood supply has flared up again, fanned by the harsh economic conditions both parties have faced in recent years. http://nbbusinessjournal.canadaeast.com/gleaner/article/1114295 C04179E8-7C05-4206-8072-51073673F83E Tue, 29 Jun 2010 01:00:00 -0400 Moscow. Jun 28, 2010. /Lesprom Network/. In the first five months of the year, production in the Karelian forest segment increased by 30% compared to the previous year, as the regional forest minister Vladimir Yuryev reported to Karelian governor Sergei Katanandov. http://wood.lesprom.com/news/44757/ 56353F81-EC9F-4D36-8DB7-1EFF34553DC3 Mon, 28 Jun 2010 01:00:00 -0400 WINNIPEG -- A continously raging forest fire in northern Manitoba has forced the evacuation of six people from one town, while another remains on standby to evacuate. http://www.winnipegfreepress.com/breakingnews/Northern-forest-fire-forcing-evacuations-96999024.html 7A8560FF-9B3C-448D-B3A5-CFAD93E385B3 Wed, 23 Jun 2010 13:33:00 -0400 After a long, cold winter, the summer is finally here. For most Americans, this is the season of cookouts, bonfires and fireworks. But these warm months also bring a different, dangerous kind of blaze: forest fires. http://www.biomassmagazine.com/article.jsp?article_id=3876 BF830678-9BEA-487A-A114-CC789694B677 Mon, 21 Jun 2010 01:00:00 -0400 FREDERICTON - If the New Brunswick forestry industry can overcome certain challenges, it may be able to tap into a vast Chinese demand for wood, say members of a delegation that travelled to China in May. http://nbbusinessjournal.canadaeast.com/journal/article/1097984 D0117DC8-4159-4A6A-A38D-41D9826C503B Thu, 17 Jun 2010 13:00:00 -0400 In April 2010, the Committee On the Status of Endangered Wildlife In Canada (COSEWIC) released its designations updated from 2003 on Atlantic cod. http://www.gfwadvertiser.ca/index.cfm?sid=343828&sc=294 0C25BFBE-1695-40EA-AA39-BF314B040419 Thu, 17 Jun 2010 08:30:00 -0400 The Federation of Northern Ontario Municipalities has launched an e-mail writing campaign in order to address the concerns of Northerners and of the Northern Ontario forest industry which is facing a costly and unnecessary permitting process under the Endangered Species Act, 2007. http://www.sootoday.com/content/news/full_story.asp?StoryNumber=46996 712DCF14-DFD8-47C2-972C-DE0F1EDECD95 Wed, 16 Jun 2010 13:00:00 -0400 Coast Forest Products Association president Rick Jeffery is a man who seems to be ahead of his time. Jeffery claims that it's "unfortunate" that the economic benefits of the harmonized sales tax are being "lost in rhetoric" of those who oppose the new tax. http://www.canada.com/unlikely+saviour+forest+industry/3160573/story.html 14151BA8-BD5E-4D4A-A628-ECC754232F54 Wed, 16 Jun 2010 13:00:00 -0400 SAINT-FELICIEN, Que. — Does your dad like animals, nature walks, canoeing, films or pioneer history? If so, why not take him on a Father’s Day outing to the Zoo Sauvage de Saint-Felicien, which incorporates all this and more http://www.torontosun.com/travel/canada/2010/06/15/14399521.html A904F4DE-DC6D-4550-BECC-44D41A69D4D0 Wed, 16 Jun 2010 12:00:00 -0400 British Columbians have entrusted the B.C. Forest Service to manage their provincial forests for nearly a century. The original concept of public management of public lands was built on the premise that forest management would be independent of politics and it would be based on the effective management of the Crown forest resource by qualified professional staff. http://www.timescolonist.com/Forest+land+failure+threatens+future/3146818/story.html F8174517-521C-4896-BF05-FFB36E800962 Sat, 12 Jun 2010 13:00:00 -0400 It’s a shame that voters are more upset about the way the HST was announced than about the tax itself. Unfortunately, the benefits the harmonized sales tax will bring to the province are being lost in rhetoric as the grassroots revolt led by ex-premier Bill Vander Zalm continues to gain steam. With Vander Zalm’s tarnished history in this province, one has to wonder about his true motivation and agenda. http://www.straight.com/article-328841/vancouver/rick-jeffery-hst-will-help-coastal-forest-industry-bc 22EA1E76-17E9-4936-B77D-98480117F84A Fri, 11 Jun 2010 13:00:00 -0400 A goodwill gesture by the mayor of Port Alberni to connect potential foreign investors with Catalyst Paper, one of the central Vancouver Island community's biggest employers and taxpayers, seems to have blown up in his face. http://www2.canada.com/nanaimodailynews/news/story.html?id=423a1efc-c41e-41f7-92f0-72c34286dbe4 682904D9-9847-41CD-99A4-81EB19B7A4D1 Fri, 4 Jun 2010 01:00:00 -0400 The forestry industry is set to benefit from the UK's transition towards a low carbon economy. http://www.lowcarboneconomy.com/community_content/_low_carbon_blog/9847/forestry_industry_to_benefit_from_low_carbon_economy B7C824C3-02DA-49F3-9E8C-7CC6CE29F929 Thu, 3 Jun 2010 16:53:00 -0400 Prince George, B.C.- Delegates at the Resources Expo 2010 heard a positive message Thursday afternoon in a workshop on the outlook for the forest industry. http://hqprincegeorge.com/news/5105/CEO%20OF%20CONIFEX%20%20SAYS%20THE%20FUTURE%20OF%20THE%20FOREST%20INDUSTRY%20IS%20BRIGHT/ D6F46C17-3DE6-4A3C-BF8F-1EB583EEEDFD Thu, 3 Jun 2010 01:00:00 -0400 Former B.C. premier Mike Harcourt might be big on urban sustainability, but he’s not afraid to weigh in on the rural economy. http://www.bivinteractive.com/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=2518&Itemid=32 AC90F6C1-980F-4694-9828-8A7109193DCD Tue, 25 May 2010 01:00:00 -0400 The story of Canada’s forestry industry has been a steady stream of bad news over the past decade: markets shrinking, prices slumping and mills closing. The situation has been exacerbated by bitter environmental boycotts over logging. http://www.thestar.com/opinion/editorials/article/812494--win-win-deal-for-our-forests 8F6AD7B7-5D2E-4DED-9E63-523CA6724666 Sat, 22 May 2010 01:00:00 -0400 If you don't live in Northern Ontario or don't care about the economic stability of rural communities that rely on the forest industry, then Ontario's proposed forest tenure system probably makes perfect sense. http://www.timminspress.com/ArticleDisplay.aspx?e=2585368 AA74AF8D-A5A4-47DB-ADE0-A7BA7AE2BB3D Wed, 19 May 2010 08:00:00 -0400 EDMONTON - Environmentalists and the forest industry in Canada announced a historic agreement Tuesday that is meant, in part, to save endangered species. But caribou experts in Alberta fear it may not be enough to halt the iconic animal's precipitous decline in this province. http://www.vancouversun.com/technology/Caribou+still+risk+under+historic+forestry+deal/3042518/story.html 4866AA6F-2E3A-4B5C-877C-D1A168DC16B8 Wed, 19 May 2010 04:59:00 -0400 The latest industry figures indicate the ingredients for lively roundwood sales are in place, the Finnish Forest Industries Federation (FFIF) says. The forest industry needs to procure more timber of all grades and is interested in very available logging site as good demand for end products continues, the FFIF said. http://www.ttjonline.com/story.asp?sectioncode=17&storycode=62838&c=2 9FA4A9E4-4C0B-4147-892A-592A53D39824 Wed, 19 May 2010 01:00:00 -0400 Environmentalists and logging companies have reached what's being called the world's largest conservation agreement that goes to the protection of northern forests in B-C, Alberta, Manitoba and Ontario. http://www.energeticcity.ca/fortstjohn/news/05/18/10/conservation-agreement-wont-hurt-forest-industry A20E446A-2804-403D-947C-8C774CC4C590 Tue, 18 May 2010 01:00:00 -0400 Vernon-based Tolko Industries Ltd. has signed an agreement with China National Building Materials that, when added to an existing agreement between the two companies, should support 400 mill and woodland jobs and keep two mills in full production, the B.C. provincial government announced Monday. http://www.vancouversun.com/business/Tolko+Industries+signs+second+lumber+deal/3040849/story.html C8239BC3-3359-4E4B-85AC-15B757ECB006 Tue, 18 May 2010 01:00:00 -0400 VANCOUVER / Some of Canada's largest forestry firms and environmental groups are expected to unveil a landmark deal in Toronto today to end their battle over logging in the country's massive northern forest. http://www.edmontonjournal.com/business/Business+Browser/3041154/story.html D3A92962-6E25-4C3F-8274-26FDADF09A9E Tue, 18 May 2010 01:00:00 -0400 The battle between forestry companies protecting their timber supply and environmentalists trying to save trees is over. http://www.vancouversun.com/technology/Forestry+foes+shake+hands+landmark+truce/3041014/story.html 3E3CD233-0A71-454E-82DD-994FFF25F3C8 Tue, 18 May 2010 01:00:00 -0400 The past and the future of environmental activism in B.C. met coincidentally yesterday at the top of the news. The future was contained in the front-page scoop by Province reporter Cassidy Olivier that a truce has almost been reached between Canada's main environmental groups and the forest industry over the nation's boreal forest. http://www.theprovince.com/technology/Green+Granny+yesterday+activist/3026750/story.html CF9B76C8-AD29-4AE6-9C27-D5C405B869B5 Fri, 14 May 2010 01:26:00 -0400 will manage woods together Canadian forest products can bask in glow of new-found eco-approval http://www.montrealgazette.com/technology/Tree+huggers+loggers+bury+hatchet/3025409/story.html DB05F91D-1BA4-4957-A3CF-1123EE1D805E Fri, 14 May 2010 01:00:00 -0400 "Approximately 40 per cent of PST revenue is paid by businesses on goods and services which they purchase to run their operations -- everything from equipment, machinery, vehicles, and building materials to office supplies, furniture, energy, legal services and more. As this PST-related tax burden is removed, the vast majority of businesses will be in a better position to invest, to grow, and to sustain and create jobs." -- Council of Forest Industries, 2009 http://thetyee.ca/Opinion/2010/05/14/ForestFirmsLoveHST/ D4B62760-452F-4A9A-A79C-0072419FB179 Fri, 14 May 2010 01:00:00 -0400 It’s some long overdue good news for the forest industry. Due to strong lumber prices, effective June 1, B.C.’s softwood lumber producers will no longer pay any tax on their shipments to the U.S. http://www.bclocalnews.com/okanagan_similkameen/vernonmorningstar/opinion/93729284.html E6AC3DC1-236E-4095-875B-84808D631D23 Thu, 13 May 2010 06:00:00 -0400 Frederic Bouchard, managing director of corporate finance with PricewaterhouseCoopers, says there are signs of hope in the production of pulp and lumber right now but these are more a temporary blip than a solid reflection of an increased demand in the global market http://nbbusinessjournal.canadaeast.com/front/article/1048956 29FA2F31-5F67-49E6-AE23-ACA8AAAF633A Wed, 12 May 2010 01:00:00 -0400 The MHG Bioenergy ERP service is a true operative tool, designed for electricity, heating, pellets, forest industry and forest service companies. It can be used via web browser or mobile devices. It is a bioenergy sector ERP system and map service solution, which provides valuable information for developing one's business operations. http://www.environmental-expert.com/STSE_resulteach_product.aspx?cid=33821&idProduct=66971&lr=1 7BF7EB03-1596-446F-8880-6C61C24FCE96 Wed, 5 May 2010 01:00:00 -0400 Following a severe three-year slump, the Okanagan forest industry hopes the worst is finally http://www.globaltvbc.com/Forest+sector+beaming+over+lumber+prices/2991076/story.html F4A45B0C-0591-42B2-B0BB-2945C08B301D Wed, 5 May 2010 01:00:00 -0400 What can be done when mills shut down in BC’s forest industry? According to some business analysts, many mills in the Interior could close over the next few years. Indeed, an atmosphere is being created that, like the bitter cold winds that blow down northern valleys in the Fall, these closures are inevitable. http://www.opinion250.com/blog/view/16247/7/we+need+more+(not+less)+wood+manufacturing+in+bc+%96+part+5 8274DC50-D7E2-4A96-8C05-1518E33C6587 Wed, 5 May 2010 03:45:00 -0400 The president of the Ontario Forest Industries Association says now is not the time for tenure reform, calling the province’s recently released proposal one more challenge the hard-hit industry must overcome to land on its feet. http://www.tbnewswatch.com/news/90779/Not-the-time-for-tenure-reform-OFIA-president- 218EA4DD-2208-44FA-9E96-F3A756A5C4FA Tue, 4 May 2010 11:42:00 -0400 Diane DePauw never imagined the forest could be so beautiful — and useful. http://www.lacdubonnetleader.com/ArticleDisplay.aspx?e=2557222 9EEB2EFF-99B9-4E3D-89A5-5F42E66BD9FB Fri, 30 Apr 2010 01:00:00 -0400 THUNDER BAY – A diverse group of Aboriginal, municipal and regional community organizations, forest managers, entrepreneurs, academics and environmental organizations from across Northwestern Ontario met recently to work through the practical needs and challenges of a new forest licensing system in Ontario. http://netnewsledger.com/?p=230 45F5F887-5429-4837-8F12-7391BC465BEA Mon, 19 Apr 2010 13:00:00 -0400 No one wants to see others lose their jobs. However, it is a reality in tough times. Politicians and unions cannot hide from the pain of a shrinking forest industry and it seems that those who oppose activities that would increase forest revenues also oppose cuts to that budget. Read more: http://www.timescolonist.com/opinion/Forest+industry+pays+many+services/2921631/story.html#ixzz0lazI37bY http://www.timescolonist.com/opinion/Forest+industry+pays+many+services/2921631/story.html 6A88BA29-3E96-46B2-88C4-6AB887266FAB Sun, 18 Apr 2010 13:00:00 -0400 When Western Forest Products packed up and sold off the parts of its Woodfibre pulp mill to a forest company in China, the deal did double duty on its accounting books. The company collected $6-million for the mill’s bones, but it also removed an ongoing liability – three years of municipal taxes paid on a dead mill. http://www.theglobeandmail.com/news/national/british-columbia/the-forest-industry-tax-revolt/article1536968/ ACF4E7C7-2269-47AC-886B-FA04B05708FF Fri, 16 Apr 2010 13:34:00 -0400 Five years and three presidents after Western Forest Products embarked on its ambitious plan to consolidate the coastal forest industry under one mammoth company, the grand scheme is over. http://www.vancouversun.com/entertainment/Western+Forest+Products+Stephen+Frasher+cuts+forest+giant+down+size/2917630/story.html 0D9CAD3A-A4E2-4683-8123-BC315F261E34 Fri, 16 Apr 2010 13:00:00 -0400 Is the long-suffering forest industry in the Nanaimo area and across the province about to face a revival? After years of mill shutdowns, worker layoffs and predictions of doom and gloom in the industry, a light seems to be appearing at the end of the long and dark tunnel. http://www.canada.com/hope+light+train/2782496/story.html 18FF1A1C-8CEC-4D3D-B979-C65928A7B199 Fri, 9 Apr 2010 13:00:00 -0400 Everyone wants to protect wildlife and the habitat it lives in, but the MPP for Renfrew-Nipissing-Pembroke says the province is going about it the wrong way. http://www.thedailyobserver.ca/ArticleDisplay.aspx?e=2527188 FEE0F5B2-02EE-4417-B834-434D24CB86B9 Fri, 9 Apr 2010 01:00:00 -0400 Led by a carnival band in green costumes, about 100 supporters of the Ancient Forest Alliance borrowed from images from the blockbuster hit Avatar in their protest against the logging of old-growth forests and marched to the Vancouver Art Gallery with its message that the provincial government needs to take more action to protect those scarce landscapes. http://www.vancouversun.com/sports/growth+forests+have+support/2735218/story.html FD70C2E3-06F3-43BB-AF07-DC75F7DCF313 Sat, 27 Mar 2010 15:10:00 -0400 B.C. Forest Minister Pat Bell is optimistic about the future of forestry in Interior B.C., despite a recent report by the International Wood Markets Group. http://www.bclocalnews.com/bc_north/ominecaexpress/business/89154622.html 7D8A7453-DBA5-4B40-A0AC-0D6B49235363 Thu, 25 Mar 2010 13:00:00 -0400 Some critics say LEED's pending new rules could do just that. As the decision nears, the debate between competing eco-certifiers is nervous and angry. http://thetyee.ca/News/2010/03/19/GreenForestry/ 96AD46CC-BFC2-4746-8299-B3B38B9F022A Fri, 19 Mar 2010 01:00:00 -0400 The two-week strike by stevedores that has paralysed Finnish ports and brought much of the forest industry and the country's foreign trade to a standstill is over, and ports will gradually get back to work as quickly as possible, and by Tuesday at the latest, depending on the situation with specific stevedoring firms. Work at some ports will begin immediately http://www.hs.fi/english/article/Agreement+reached+in+stevedores+strike+/1135254818476 21E7066E-6F27-456D-9C95-5F560E3F083B Fri, 19 Mar 2010 01:00:00 -0400 Interior sawmills are expected to start running out of good timber in 3 to 5 years http://www.vancouversun.com/business/Pine+beetle+epidemic+affect+lumber+supply+continent+wide/2701468/story.html 15D56B6C-6238-4821-94C7-8BF2B8D6BAC3 Fri, 19 Mar 2010 01:00:00 -0400 Forestry, tourism lose millions as Canadian dollar nears parity http://www.timescolonist.com/travel/High+loonie+hits+Island+industries/2696464/story.html 9C224D43-F9AC-4C5B-8DB5-632F5EC91ECA Thu, 18 Mar 2010 01:00:00 -0400 Natural Resources Canada is partnering with the Canadian forestry sector's research institute to explore the potential use of biodiesel for off-road machinery in highway construction and forest operations. http://www.bivinteractive.com/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=2305&Itemid=32 CCCAC174-DF96-423A-BA96-DB90D3816982 Wed, 17 Mar 2010 01:00:00 -0400 HELSINKI, March 15 (Reuters) - Some 60 percent of Finland's papermaking capacity has been idled due to a port strike now into its second week, the Finnish Forest Industries Federation said on Monday. http://in.reuters.com/article/rbssIndustryMaterialsUtilitiesNews/idINLDE62E19320100315 1B3CF1F4-1E56-473B-8083-53C49447361A Mon, 15 Mar 2010 18:21:00 -0400 Although Coast Tsimshian Resources based its first business plan on mills that later folded, it's now earning $30 million a year http://www.vancouversun.com/First+nation+leads+Northwest+economic+revival/2674684/story.html FDAC53E6-B5C1-47F4-A93D-0D54E5F7FF25 Fri, 12 Mar 2010 13:00:00 -0500 Moscow. Mar 12, 2010. /Lesprom Network/. The economic downturn cut demand for forest industry products in the main markets in 2009 and this reduced the industry’s exports from Finland. The forest industry’s share of Finland’s aggregate goods exports increased, however, Finnish Forest Industries Federation said in a statement received by Lesprom Network. http://wood.lesprom.com/news/43241/ CD1B0B2D-5090-4AE1-9414-095B6A9B66C1 Fri, 12 Mar 2010 13:00:00 -0500 Forest giant UPM has shut down most of its paper machines due to the continuing strike by stevedores. Stora Enso’s machines are still operating but production will cease on Wednesday if the industrial action continues. http://www.yle.fi/uutiset/news/2010/03/more_paper_mills_close_as_dock_strike_continues_1513383.html 80F8D2CE-943C-444B-9F8D-A7E5608D1A49 Mon, 8 Mar 2010 08:29:00 -0500 Finland's forest industry warns that the combination of the transport strike plus the threatened dock workers' strike could stall the industry and result in temporary plant closures. http://www.yle.fi/uutiset/news/2010/03/forest_industry_fears_double-strike_damage_1499438.html 0C332B56-72DD-4252-B45D-394B456318FB Fri, 5 Mar 2010 09:06:00 -0500 No sooner had a settlement been reached in the bus and transport strike, bringing some relief to harassed Finnish commuters, before an industrial action launched by stevedores brought all cargo traffic at Finnish seaports to a halt at 6.00 am today - Thursday. http://www.hs.fi/english/article/Stevedores+strike+at+Finnish+seaports+begins/1135253429945 EE69C152-F9FD-41E1-894D-5387B3F2682C Fri, 5 Mar 2010 01:00:00 -0500 The forest industry will get $100 million for new green energy technologies, making it the only industry in Thursday's federal budget to receive targeted money from Ottawa. http://www.vancouversun.com/business/Forester+happy+lumberjack+over+federal+budget+largesse/2643885/story.html D3EA128F-729E-4229-A42A-FDF5883438A2 Fri, 5 Mar 2010 01:00:00 -0500 For men like Sig Kwasinski, Russ Briggs and Peter Ullius, who spent most of their lives working at high-paying jobs in the industry, the last year has been a trying time as they witnessed their livelihoods, and the financial and mental security that went with it, disappear. http://www.canada.com/business/Recession+lingers+Island+forest+workers/2640493/story.html 22FD4AF4-A7FC-4F78-A332-38515CDDCC28 Thu, 4 Mar 2010 01:00:00 -0500 The Northern Forest Canoe Trail, Inc. (NFCT) is now accepting applications for its 2010 Internship Program. The non-profit, based in Waitsfield, Vt., stewards a 740-mile canoe and kayak route traversing lakes, ponds, rivers, streams and portage trails between New York and Maine. A total of seven intern positions are available in the Stewardship, Program, and Youth categories. http://www.marshallpr.com/releases/view_release.php?id=686&abbrev=nfct 6DEBDBD9-2394-4569-A6A3-B933E08AFF44 Thu, 4 Mar 2010 01:00:00 -0500 The province is protecting jobs and the environment by partnering with one of Nova Scotia’s largest employers and a key contributor to the province’s $700-million forestry industry. http://www.canadaviews.ca/2010/03/01/province-supports-forestry-industry-environment-economy/ E1144E5F-B40A-4BC8-A712-838AE14C2BCB Mon, 1 Mar 2010 01:00:00 -0500 Canada’s battered forest industry continues to struggle with sluggish demand, pricing pressures from competitors in developing countries, bankruptcies, plant closures and job losses across the country. http://bioenergy.checkbiotech.org/news/forestry_industry_moves_toward_bio_age 02D8BD25-B58B-42EC-8135-F1E1E22679EB Thu, 25 Feb 2010 13:00:00 -0500 THUNDER BAY - A "perfect storm" is what many have described as the circumstances that hammered the forest industry. Many sectors of the forest sector are unlikely to recover from that battering. In Thunder Bay, the clouds are gathering for what could be a "perfect political storm" that could sweep away several City Councilors. http://netnewsledger.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=1553:civic-campaign-will-offer-choices-for-thunder-bay&catid=45:opinions-now&Itemid=119 EFF8FAD1-35D6-435E-AB5C-3E78AFAD06FC Mon, 22 Feb 2010 11:10:00 -0500 Moscow. Feb 22, 2010. /Lesprom Network/. Tieto has sold the IPR on its software module for process data collection and analysis for paper mills (TIPS Info/MOPS) to Eurocon MOPSsys AB, owned by Hans Hallin, Eurocon Consulting AB and some employees of the company. The transaction means that Tieto will focus on larger, wide scope solutions and services for the pulp and paper industry, company said in a statement received by Lesprom Network. http://wood.lesprom.com/news/42968/ 1A2D4ABC-F498-4438-9135-463917055E2E Mon, 22 Feb 2010 01:00:00 -0500 VLADIVOSTOK, February 21, vladivostoktimes.com Two timber processing investment projects are going to run in Primorye in 2010. The JSC “Primorsklesprom” is to open the timber mill in the settlement Olga this year and by 2012 to launch the board lumber and laminate plant in Chuguevka; the press service of the Primorsky Territory Administration reports referring to the Primorsky Territory Department of Forest Industry. http://vladivostoktimes.ru/show/?id=48307&p= FCE93A42-19C7-4BFF-83FC-AC6145A89A6C Sun, 21 Feb 2010 01:00:00 -0500 Moscow. Feb 15, 2010. /Lesprom Network/. According to the Finnish Forest Industries Federation’s (FFIF) estimate, the value of the industry’s production was about Euro 15 billion in 2009, of which some Euro 4 billion was generated by the wood products industry and Euro 11 billion by the pulp and paper industry. The value of the industry’s production in the final quarter of 2009 was around Euro 4 billion, FFIF said in a statement received by Lesprom Network. http://wood.lesprom.com/news/42868/ E310D174-6ADD-4438-957A-4250BE4A33CC Mon, 15 Feb 2010 13:00:00 -0500 The Ontario government originally promised (2003) to close down its coal-fired electricity plants by 2007. But that was then. By 2006, it had pushed the deadline back to 2014, where it stands to this day - a bold affirmation of good intentions. The government now holds that the promise, by itself, is progress. "There is only one place in the world that is phasing out coal-fired generation," Liberal Premier Dalton McGuinty asserted in the 2007 provincial election. "We're doing it right here in Ontario." Note Mr. McGuinty's present-tense pride in future-tense achievement. http://www.theglobeandmail.com/report-on-business/commentary/coal-to-wood-a-powerful-plan-for-ontario/article1462437/ 4A12047E-6671-49BF-92C5-60D8E0795013 Wed, 10 Feb 2010 13:00:00 -0500 Responding to provincial plans to limit logging in Algonquin Park, Renfrew County is coming to the conclusion that such a policy does not protect the park's ecosystems and will likely lead to major job losses. http://www.thedailyobserver.ca/ArticleDisplay.aspx?e=2442868 E3AFD8F3-3ED8-497B-8B90-15790A62A95D Wed, 10 Feb 2010 01:00:00 -0500 Moscow. Feb 10, 2010. /Lesprom Network/. Threats and unlawful measures of industrial action initiated by the Finnish Transport Workers Union pose a threat to the exports of the forest industry and are causing Finland to lose export revenues, Finnish Forest Industries Federation (FFIF) said in a press release received by Lesprom Network. http://wood.lesprom.com/news/42808/ 846F2FDC-0B10-499A-89D3-E3BFD1AFD96D Wed, 10 Feb 2010 01:00:00 -0500 Fifty-five countries that combine to produce 78 percent of all global greenhouse emissions from energy use have offered pledges to reduce that output by 2020, according to the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change. The group includes China and the United States. http://www.greenrightnow.com/kabc/2010/02/09/55-countries-offer-emission-reduction-pledges/ FA648230-E0EA-4CEC-83F6-5B39DD8D9D9C Tue, 9 Feb 2010 01:00:00 -0500 Among the few policy agreements to emerge from December's United Nations climate summit was recognition of the 'immediate' need to sequester more greenhouse gases in forests through a mechanism known as Reducing Emissions from Deforestation and Forest Degradation, or REDD. http://www.environmental-expert.com/resultEachPressRelease.aspx?cid=28754&codi=152231 0B3ACFD0-9C86-4FF9-B7EB-B2A27C713F39 Tue, 9 Feb 2010 01:00:00 -0500 Moscow. Feb 09, 2010. /Lesprom Network/. Volume of raw wood exported from Russia in 2009 decreased by 41.0% compared to the previous year, of pulp – by 17.8%, according to the data of the Federal Customs Service of Russia. The country's forest and pulp & paper products export share almost did not change in 2009 and amounted to 2.6% (2.3% in 2008). http://wood.lesprom.com/news/42783/ 904F55DA-91DC-4017-BAFE-A191C1D62EF2 Tue, 9 Feb 2010 01:00:00 -0500 THE Norwegian Private Forest Growers (NORSKOG) has signed a partnership with the Uganda Timber Growers Association (UTGA) to support commercial timber growing with the aim of protecting forests. http://www.newvision.co.ug/D/8/13/709497 6EEB2BAD-74CA-4089-A0B6-5DDF621C259B Mon, 8 Feb 2010 01:00:00 -0500 The Forest Products Association of Canada (FPAC) recently published the results of a study entitled The Future Bio-pathways Project, which outlines an innovative and visionary path forward. The analysis reports that Canada's forest products industry is well positioned to adapt and excel in the 21st Century's bioeconomy. http://www.montrealgazette.com/technology/Forest+industry+well+placed+products+push/2537240/story.html 05204014-F193-4095-98AA-83B19F1ACC02 Mon, 8 Feb 2010 13:00:00 -0500 The federal government is creating a sprawling national park in an area of Newfoundland and Labrador that's home to threatened species of caribou, birds and other wildlife. http://www.ctv.ca/servlet/ArticleNews/story/CTVNews/20100205/national_park_100206/20100206?hub=Canada 955B1C73-C24A-4B56-A4D2-30EA917EFC3E Sat, 6 Feb 2010 07:14:00 -0500 Wood supply is a more immediate issue for the Northern Ontario forest industry than moving to biomass renewable energy, says one Northern player. http://www.saultstar.com/ArticleDisplay.aspx?e=2437000 F855166E-0651-4698-8F28-8B34005301EA Fri, 5 Feb 2010 13:00:00 -0500 Quebec's forest industry will be helping to rebuild Haiti. They will provide $2 million of wood for the construction of 2000 housing units adapted for the climate and needs of Haiti. http://montreal.ctv.ca/servlet/an/local/CTVNews/20100204/mtl_forestry_020410/20100204/?hub=MontrealHome 450D172D-0F18-4020-AC83-FE7594C53BBD Thu, 4 Feb 2010 16:46:56 -0500 Traditional wood products are the best platform for a new bioenergy sector, study shows http://www.vancouversun.com/business/Forest+industry+future+looks+green/2512130/story.html 2279E20B-B0AA-42C0-AD4F-51CED8A500B5 Tue, 2 Feb 2010 13:00:00 -0500 Finnish forest products giant UPM reported better-than-expected profits for the last three months of last year. http://www.yle.fi/uutiset/news/2010/02/upm_returns_to_profit_1412905.html F8119FF0-6C7B-45A6-9197-8AE1E49FB831 Tue, 2 Feb 2010 10:36:00 -0500 OTTAWA — With the economy beginning to recover, two of Canada's most recession-ravaged industries are putting on display this week the results of soul-searching reviews meant to prepare them for the post-slump world. http://www.google.com/hostednews/canadianpress/article/ALeqM5ifz8qxjaCg8DzLq_uZEHFAFeTzTg 118ED441-14C0-4B90-A6D8-777E6E1139C6 Sun, 31 Jan 2010 13:00:00 -0500 The Sverdlovsk Oblast started the shaping of an inter-sector timber industry cluster. With its help the region is trying to increase the share of high processing level products. The RusBusinessNews observer, however, established that the timber processing cluster has actually already formed but that it can not attract investors as it is not profitable to increase the level of raw product processing in Russia. The timber industry in the Sverdlovsk Oblast is in a profound crisis. Production indicators have seriously dropped in comparison to Soviet times: in 1990 28 million cubic metres of timber was procured in the region and now only 7-8 million. Timber processing is not developing, the production of end products is dropping: in the previous year only 30 thousand square metres of housing was constructed out of timber which is only 3.7% of the total volume of low-rise construction. http://www.rusbiznews.com/news/n708.html 7096D3CE-945D-494B-BF4A-4A22C59EDB8D Thu, 28 Jan 2010 01:00:00 -0500 Last week, for the first time in its 67-year history, the Truck Loggers Association held its annual convention in Victoria. The convention provides members with an opportunity to network, listen to policy discussions and lobby government. For example, we have long lobbied for an updated Lien Act that would provide forest contractors with the same basic rights enjoyed by construction contractors. http://www.timescolonist.com/opinion/Educating+urbanites+forest+industry/2494002/story.html 9BD1D61B-1E18-4F59-99EB-51B0D9B18D79 Thu, 28 Jan 2010 01:00:00 -0500 KETCHIKAN, Alaska (AP) - U.S. Forest Service staff are working on a plan that would establish allowable levels of guided recreation on 3.2 million of acres of national forest land. Through a series of public meetings, Forest Service staff have developed a map of 28 recreation areas in the Ketchikan-Misty Fiords Ranger District. A public meeting to discuss the plan is scheduled for Thursday at the Ted Ferry Civic Center. http://www.ktuu.com/Global/story.asp?S=11884807 60ADD77D-2A17-4828-B71F-FBD2F6F687DF Tue, 26 Jan 2010 19:14:00 -0500 Rich nations are pledging almost $30 billion in aid from 2010-12 to help the poor combat climate change in an early test of last month’s "Copenhagen Accord" that is vague about conditions and who gets cash. http://www.timeslive.co.za/scitech/article276760.ece E875AFAA-91BF-4B50-9914-36302B853DBA Mon, 25 Jan 2010 15:03:00 -0500 A multi-billion dollar deal tabled at the Copenhagen climate summit could lead to conflicts in forest-rich nations, a report has warned. The study by the Rights and Resources Initiative said the funds could place "unprecedented pressure" on some areas. http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/science/nature/8473652.stm EC4AE103-EB6A-4D83-8C83-A473A08D6A12 Fri, 22 Jan 2010 01:00:00 -0500 OTTAWA, Jan. 21 /CNW Telbec/ - Canada's largest forest and energy workers' union has requested an urgent meeting with the newly appointed Minister of Natural Resources. In a letter to the Honourable Christian Paradis, Dave Coles, President of the Communications, Energy and Paperworkers Union of Canada points out the critical situation facing Canada's manufacturing sector and urgent need for dialogue. "In this period of economic uncertainty and in the midst of a prolonged manufacturing and forestry crisis, the role of the Minister of Natural Resources is a critical one," Mr. Coles wrote. "On behalf of more than 125,000 workers in the energy and forestry sectors I look forward to working with you in developing an agenda that will address the very urgent issues faced by these industries. http://www.newswire.ca/en/releases/archive/January2010/21/c2781.html 58233606-72F2-45C0-957B-C0A16B5FD4C0 Thu, 21 Jan 2010 13:00:00 -0500 The mayor of Roddickton-Bide Arm (Newfoundland & Labrador) credits the Atlantic Canada Opportunities Agency with saving his town. The wood lot announced for the developing pellet plant in Roddickton-Bide Arm is going to ensure an adequate labour force to harvest the timber needed to keep the forest industry on the Northern Peninsula vibrant. http://atlanticfarmfocus.ca/index.cfm?sid=320316&sc=590 9AF7A87A-DB83-4340-8C54-F9BCCA854887 Thu, 21 Jan 2010 11:26:00 -0500 A leading figure in B.C.'s forest industry is calling on the provincial government to reverse a longstanding policy and ease restrictions on the export of raw logs. Any logs deemed surplus to the domestic industry should be offered to foreign buyers, says B.C. Truck Loggers Association executive director Dave Lewis. http://www.cbc.ca/canada/british-columbia/story/2010/01/20/bc-lewis-raw-log-exports.html C17AA6EA-704D-477F-BC97-88175EA141BE Wed, 20 Jan 2010 21:16:00 -0500 VICTORIA, B.C. - Premier Gordon Campbell told more than 200 truck-logging convention delegates Wednesday that a potentially bright future awaits British Columbia's forest industry in China - on the same day his government was announcing layoffs in the Forests Ministry. Campbell told the mostly independent logging contractors that B.C. is one of the first international wood suppliers trying to break into the Chinese wood market and it's an opportunity that shouldn't be missed. http://www.google.com/hostednews/canadianpress/article/ALeqM5h0VyoBhg8DnOhayTk7x6Avo9WVmg 030EEA4E-B511-4A97-B2D1-4D3C5019A7C5 Wed, 20 Jan 2010 13:00:00 -0500 The current humanitarian needs of Haiti, where food and water are an immediate priority, in what we’ll call the second stage of this humanitarian aid, has to be shelter. It seems the typical housing unit in Haiti is constructed of some form of concrete. This type of construction just does not survive earthquakes too well. http://www.bclocalnews.com/bc_cariboo/williamslaketribune/opinion/letters/82009437.html 3A749703-793F-46CD-AB93-C964124C20F1 Tue, 19 Jan 2010 08:00:00 -0500 THE big freeze, followed by the big thaw, has left the Welsh forestry industry facing an unprecedented crisis. For several weeks deep snow has made huge swathes of upland forests inaccessible, leaving many mills short of wood and putting thousands of jobs at risk. http://www.dailypost.co.uk/farming-north-wales/farming-news/2010/01/19/forestry-industry-crippled-by-snow-55578-25629636/ 9A69E4DA-095F-4F16-8AC5-E9F66AB51A0D Tue, 19 Jan 2010 01:00:00 -0500 The president of the B.C. Truck Loggers Association has stepped down, saying a new leader is needed to navigate loggers through the current forestry crisis that has shut down much of the coastal logging industry. TLA president Thomas Olsen said he is leaving the once-formidable forestry association midway through his two-year term. New business duties spearheading economic development on Haida Gwaii are now his prime focus, he said. http://www.vancouversun.com/business/Truck+loggers+leadersteps+down+citing+Haida+obligations/2453053/story.html 86318712-5C2C-459E-B96D-5734E83E3A28 Sun, 17 Jan 2010 01:00:00 -0500 The B.C. government has created new, relaxed rules for the mining industry that allow exploration companies to log and road-build in designated mountain caribou habitat that is off-limits to forestry companies, BC environmental groups revealed today. "We have one rule for forestry companies and another rule for mining exploration companies," said Wildsight Executive Director John Bergenske. "B.C.'s antiquated mining act must not be allowed to jeopardize the promising mountain caribou recovery plan that was announced two years ago." http://www.pacificfreepress.com/news/1/5401-bcs-endangered-reindeer-threatened-by-new-mining-rules.html 7E0F357D-FDFE-4375-9AC3-3A8741009746 Thu, 14 Jan 2010 22:11:00 -0500 One of the country’s leading investment firms is telling its timberlands investors to hang on for almost two more years of depressed prices while the U.S. housing market struggles to come back into balance. Further, the Canadian forest industry is least able to weather a housing market that sputters during 2010 and 2011, Brookfield Timberlands Management says in its third quarter research report. http://www.vancouversun.com/sports/Forestry+faces+more+years+pain+report/2443105/story.html BCDC10CF-B310-49A0-B9B1-17BAA83F841D Thu, 14 Jan 2010 13:00:00 -0500 They will have to leave their cork boots outside and brush up tea etiquette when the Truck Loggers Association holds its annual convention at the Fairmont Empress Hotel next week. It will mark the first time in 67 years that B.C.’s foremost forestry convention and trade show is being held in the provincial capital — although the association traces its beginnings further up Island to Parksville and Nanaimo. http://www.timescolonist.com/Truck+Loggers+convention+descends+capital+city+next+week/2442046/story.html 95CA2D85-B6E6-4FC8-B19C-7D8B32076C1D Thu, 14 Jan 2010 13:00:00 -0500 Bioenergy is going to play a central role in the transformation of the forest sector, although the fledgling industry is not by itself sufficient to ensure the sector is attractive to investors, forest industry analyst Don Roberts said Thursday. http://www.princegeorgecitizen.com/20100114999925891/local/news/bioenergy-important-to-forestry-146s-future.html 884AF8FB-3417-43DD-A20A-EEDB2F677BCC Thu, 14 Jan 2010 13:00:00 -0500 VICTORIA - Just as the city media report only the deaths in Afghanistan, they report only the mill closings in the forest industry. There’s a journalistic conceit behind this: any trace of “good” news tends to be dismissed by senior editors as government, or worse, industry propaganda. But when it comes to B.C.’s weary woods, the main reason is that urban people just don’t care any more. http://www.bclocalnews.com/okanagan_similkameen/lakecountrycalendar/opinion/81350927.html 8EF25CF9-D209-4605-8F94-3B0A5D03D783 Wed, 13 Jan 2010 13:00:00 -0500 The dire straits in which the forest industry finds itself cannot be explained by the strong euro alone. http://www.hs.fi/english/article/A+bitter+return+home+from+their+world+adventures+/1135251933918 0482DFF0-5B76-4CC7-9F38-E22631B5868C Wed, 6 Jan 2010 13:00:00 -0500 As 2009 came to a close, Canfor Corp. announced it would invest $16 million to upgrade its Chetwynd sawmill for a planned re-opening this spring. http://www.princegeorgecitizen.com/20100104999923903/local/news/gradual-rebound-forecast-for-forestry.html F275BD11-8B8F-40B9-B66D-5255414610FD Mon, 4 Jan 2010 13:00:00 -0500 Big opportunities for light industry within valley What I think what we need to do is promote more light industry. There are huge, huge opportunities out there. That’s the word from Steve Pelton, Upper Clearwater businessman and president of Clearwater and District Chamber of Commerce. http://www.bclocalnews.com/bc_thompson_nicola/clearwatertimes/news/80448577.html F1ACF1A4-3A7A-45B0-AA9C-AACB602FFE06 Mon, 4 Jan 2010 05:00:00 -0500 VANCOUVER - The B.C. Supreme Court has ruled that a tax hike levied against TimberWest Forest last year by the municipality of Campbell River is illegal, ordering the Vancouver Island city to reconsider the levy. The TimberWest ruling ruling marks the first victory by a forest company in the growing tax revolt against municipal tax rates that the industry claims is driving it out of business. http://www.vancouversun.com/news/TimberWest+wins+Vancouver+Island+fight+Supreme+Court/2405423/story.html 9C72C986-1FCD-4899-825D-3253FEED42BB Mon, 4 Jan 2010 13:00:00 -0500 It's an old story: a short-lived joy leading to a lengthy sorrow. This more or less sums up the past decade from the point of view of the Finnish forest industry. http://www.hs.fi/english/article/Cheap+dollar+ties+noose+around+forest+industry+neck/1135251933732 3176FAE7-F0BD-4374-85BD-7E56124A8A74 Sat, 2 Jan 2010 13:00:00 -0500