by John Mullinder | Feb 3, 2025 | Canada, Canada's forests, Canopy, Certified Forest, Deforestation Rates
Vancouver-based environmental group Canopy launched a smear campaign against paper packaging some five years ago, claiming that it endangered so-called “ancient” forests; caused deforestation; was wasteful and not “circular” enough: and that “better” alternatives...
by John Mullinder | Oct 1, 2024 | Boreal Forest, Canada's forests, Certified Forest, Old Growth, Primary Forest
A recent Reuters’ “special report” on Canadian forestry opens with the assertion that timber firms “are harvesting large swaths of Canada’s older forests, which are critical to containing global warming.” But is the first part true? Since no...
by John Mullinder | Jan 29, 2024 | Canada's forests, Caribou, Logging
The Canadian public would be forgiven for being confused on these issues because there is a lot of false and misleading information swirling around. Here’s an attempt to clarify and explain. First, Canada’s forests. Scientists have divided the world’s forests into...
