Growing a future for our communities

New Brunswick's forestry industry is leading the way for a renewable future.

Certified Sustainable

Third-party forest management certification complements our comprehensive and rigorous forest management laws and regulations. It provides assurance that a forest company is operating legally, sustainably and in compliance with world-recognized standards.

We regrow eveything we use

Forest companies operating in New Brunswick are required to harvest at sustainable rates, and are responsible for the management of the regrowth or replanting of all harvested areas. More than 800 million trees have been planted in NB since 1987.

On the Path to Net-Zero

From pulp mills using "wood waste" as a biofuel to power their operations, to wood fibre being used as a sustainable manufacturing alternative for everyday essential products, our sector is leading the way in building a more sustainable future for Canadians.

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of NB's forests are 3rd party certified for sustainability

Canada wide, 45% of forests are 3rd party certified.

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NB harvests aproximately 1.4% of our managed forests, and 100% is replanted or regrown.

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Reduction in Greenhouse Gas Emissions since 1990

Forest management for our future

New Brunswick's forest sector contributes to and facilitates significant economic activity and employment opportunities in every region of the province.

 

More than 10,000 New Brunswick residents are directly employed in the forestry sector, with an additional 16,000 people employed indirectly. New Brunswick exports around $2.8 Billion of forest products annually, the second largest industrial export next to oil and gas.

 

Learn more about how our forests represent an economic future for New Brunswick communities.

Drone photo in winter of forestry complex in Fredericton

Forest NB - helping to grow a future for our communities.

About Forest NB

Forest NB is a non-profit industry association representing the forest products sector in dealings with government and the public. Our members manufacture diverse products from renewable forest resources including pulp, paper, solid wood, pellets, composite panels, specialty products, and much more.

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Contact us

If you have any questions or comments about Forest NB, we'd be happy to hear from you.

1350 Regent st, Suite 210

Fredericton, NB, E3C 2G6

(506) 452-6930

admin@forestnb.com

Recent Forest NB News

The “New Normal”

May 29, 2020

Since the declaration of the global COVID-19 pandemic by the WHO in March there has been a building movement to reconsider how things we once thought distant possibilities as now within arms length of being adopted as the “New Normal”. The new normal for the forestry sector in New Brunswick is one where a new…

FORESTRY STEPS UP TO HELP NEIGHBORS IN NEED

April 30, 2020

Foresters spend a lot of time in the outdoors and they know that trees are connected to each other through underground networks that let them share water, nutrients, and information that is essential for life.  Trees are very much like people in that the health of our respective communities is directly related to the well…

Twin Rivers and Forest NB Came Together Today to Donate $500 to Both Atelier R.A.D.O and Keepers of the Light.

April 24, 2020

In an effort to bolster support for families in need, Twin Rivers and Forest NB came together today to donate $500 to both Atelier R.A.D.O, based in Edmundston, and Keepers of the Light, based in Plaster Rock. If you wish to donate to these organizations, it would help many :Atelier R.A.D.O. inc. : 506-735-6313Keepers of…

Three new cases of COVID-19; religious gatherings restricted during state of emergency

April 9, 2020

FREDERICTON (GNB) – Public Health has updated the number of confirmed cases of COVID-19 in the province.

Update on COVID-19

March 26, 2020

Eight new cases of COVID-19; border checks to be conducted

Press Release : LACK OF ACTION ON RAIL BLOCKADES CONCERNS NEW BRUNSWICK FOREST SECTOR

February 28, 2020

Press Release LACK OF ACTION ON RAIL BLOCKADES CONCERNS NEW BRUNSWICK FOREST SECTOR Fredericton & Feb. 20 – Forest NB believes it imperative to weigh in on the matter of ongoing rail and other infrastructure blockades taking place in various parts of the country. We are very concerned with the lack of action being taken…

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