Canadian Boreal Forest Agreement (CBFA) signatories welcomed the Kenora Declaration on Forest Innovation released July 9 by Natural Resources Canada at a forestry summit in Kenora, Ont. The declaration, which was announced at the 2015 National Forest Innovation Summit, encourages leaders in Canada’s forest sector to advance innovation in order to ensure the long-term future of … Read more
The Canadian Boreal Forest Agreement (CBFA) Secretariat released an open letter calling on the leaders of the four major political parties currently contesting the provincial election to publicly commit now to implementing the CBFA’s plan to safeguard boreal woodland caribou habitat and maintain hundreds of forestry-related jobs in three million hectares in Northeastern Ontario. The letter … Read more
Forest company and conservation group signatories to the Canadian Boreal Forest Agreement welcome Ontario’s support of their approach and joint recommendations on an action plan for an area of the province’s boreal forest almost five times the size of Metro Toronto. The action plan recommendations aim to secure the future of the 3 million hectares … Read more
The Canadian Boreal Forest Agreement Secretariat announced that a number of global corporations and investors have committed to the future of the boreal forest. The secretariat unveiled a new Boreal Business Forum, which is a roundtable made up of its own participants and leading corporations and investors with a strong concern in the conservation of … Read more
