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...
by John Mullinder | May 14, 2021 | Canada, Deforestation, Forestry
An American environmental group is lashing out at Canadian logging companies and their customers for not supporting its preferred certifier of sustainable forest management, the Forest Stewardship Council (FSC). New York-based Natural Resources Defense Council (NRDC)...