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Economic Recovery and Climate Change: Forest Sector Contributions to a Low Carbon Economy
As we find ourselves learning to live with a global pandemic, we are also facing some realities that have long been hovering at the edges of our collective conscious. Racism is real. Climate change is happening now. Economic health is directly linked to social and environmental health. We’re witnessing and being impacted by disease, natural…
Read MoreCelebrating the 24 000 Employees
People in New Brunswick are all connected in some way to our forests. The many values we have are rooted in cultures, livelihood, conservation, and recreation. Many of these people work in the New Brunswick forest sector – 24,000 of them in fact. I am proud to say that #iam1of24K! It is our diverse and…
Read MoreCelebrating the 24 000 Employees
People in New Brunswick are all connected in some way to our forests. The many values we have are rooted in cultures, livelihood, conservation, and recreation. Many of these people work in the New Brunswick forest sector – 24,000 of them in fact. I am proud to say that #iam1of24K! It is our diverse and…
Read MoreSafety, sustainability, and self-sufficiency: the year that was in Canadian forestry
To say that COVID-19 has defined much of what we experienced in 2020 would be the understatement of the century. As we look forward to putting 2020 in the rear-view mirror, I would be remiss in doing my annual ‘look back’ if I did not share our deep appreciation for the incredible efforts and sacrifices…
Read MoreA Picture is not Worth a Thousand Words
Images are powerful propaganda tools especially when the story that accompanies those images is used to tell a damning story of forestry practices in New Brunswick. But with the use of any imaging technology, whether its drone footage or satellite imagery, the information it generates is only as good as the interpretation of it. A…
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