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The Forest Products Association of Canada (FPAC) says the federal government should continue to fortify forestry trade and investment ties with China. The recommendation follows a study released earlier this month by Ed Fast, Canada’s Minister of International Trade and Minister for the Asia-Pacific Gateway, and China’s Minister of Commerce Chen Deming. The conclusion of the study, titled the Canada-China Economic Complementarities Study, ...

Following a recent certification of a section of forestlands in Québec, Resolute Forest Products became the largest manager of FSC certified forests in North America this week. Under the new agreement, Resolute now manages a total of 10.3 million hectares (25.6 million acres) on the continent, an area twice the size of Nova Scotia and larger than Portugal, Hungary or South, Korea reported Pulp And Paper Canada. “Becoming the world's larg...

Several forest industry and conservation groups have developed a plan that would encourage sustainable harvesting and ecological protection in Ontario. According to the Globe & Mail, the Canadian Boreal Forest Agreement (CFBA) outlines a plan in which “some 835,000 hectares in the Abitibi River forest – an area roughly the size of Yellowstone Park in the U.S. – will be excluded from timber harvesting in order to protect the threatene...

The Forest Products Association of Canada (FPAC) unveiled what it’s calling an “industry-led vision” that outlines a strategy to stimulate and foster innovation in the Canadian forestry sector. “Canada's forest products industry has already made significant progress in becoming more competitive, in tackling new markets, in developing innovative new bio-products from wood fibre and in greening our operations,” said the president and C...

In the 2012 budget unveiled last week in Ottawa, Canada’s federal government detailed plans to continue support for forestry innovation projects across the country. The budget earmarked $105 million over two years for market development and forestry innovation – an effort applauded by groups such as FPInnovations and the Forest Products Association of Canada (FPAC). “The 2012 federal budget renews a partnership that has delivered valu...

As more and more traditional pulp production facilities shut their doors across Canada, one industry insider says the keys to the sector’s survival are “innovation and investment.” In an interview with The Sault Star, Glenn Clifford, who was worked in the Canadian pulp and paper industry for nearly thirty years, cited competitive labour rates on the global stage, concessions, a stronger Canadian dollar, rising hydro rates, shrinking prof...

Natural Resources Minister Joe Oliver told reporters this week that the federal government may extend innovation programs designed to help the forest industry adjust to the challenges of a changing sector. “There may be a continuation of some programs that currently exist,” he said during a lunchtime speech at Paper Week in Montreal on Wednesday. "We should not underestimate the sector's resilience, the excellence of our forest products an...

A new government program introduced last week will inject money into Atlantic Canada’s forestry sector in an attempt to diversify the region’s struggling industry. The initiative sees the Maritime Lumber Bureau partnering with the Atlantic Canada Opportunities Agency (ACOA), the provinces of Nova Scotia, New Brunswick and Newfoundland and Labrador to invest in a program called Atlantic WoodWorks. According to an article published in the Am...