Government Commitments: Environment

Exploring Theme: "Forest Management"

Updates on this page: 3 (Filtered by Stakeholder "British Columbia")
 

June 19, 2024


B.C.’s ‘war in the woods’ battlegrounds to be permanently protected

An anti-logging protester is carried away by RCMP after being arrested for blocking logging trucks at the entrance to Clayoquot Valley, B.C., on July 30, 1993. Forests that were part of environmental and Indigenous rights battlegrounds during British Columbia’s ‘war in the woods’ over clearcut logging during the1980s and 1990s will receive permanent protections in...

April 15, 2024


First Nations take the lead

Insights from B.C. delegation’s Japan mission  Bruce Ralston Minister of Forests (in blue) tour Wing Shiroi 2×4 Panel Plant in Shiroi City, Japan. Photo courtesy Ministry of Forests.  NationTalk: Canadian Forest Industries (CFI) – By Special to CFI: Forestry, by its very nature, is intimately interconnected with the land and its custodians – the First...

December 18, 2023


A First Nations-owned company’s focus on forest rehabilitation through wildfire risk reduction and fibre utilization

NationTalk: Prince George Daily News: Central Chilcotin Rehabilitation Ltd. (CCR), a First Nations-owned and operated company, has been making significant strides in the forest industry through their participation in wildfire risk reduction, stand rehabilitation and fibre utilization projects. CCR is a joint venture between the Tŝideldel First Nation and Tl’etinqox Government, both Tsilhqot’in Nation communities,...