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One year since new softwood duties, Canadian industry doing fine
Predictions of widespread job loss and mill closures haven’t materialized.
Environmentalists say satellite shots show logging in moratorium areas
They claim over the last six months logging did not stop in at least two Quebec locations.
Forest sector partners with FCM on economy and sustainability
FPAC will work directly with Federation of Canadian Municipalities.
Forest industry vows to cut emissions
Seeks government help on R&D, procurement to cut greenhouse gases by 30 million tonnes.
Forestry sector inching towards FPAC’s Vision2020
Report card suggests the sector is making headway on growth parameters.
Global construction points the way for forest products
FPAC study says new products will help add $20 billion by 2020.
Forestry Industry: $100M for innovation from IFIT program
Canada’s forestry industry now has a $100 million fund available to it for the development of innovative bio projects and technologies that can be integrated with current forestry operations. The federal government Investments in Forest Industry Transformation (IFIT) program announced…
