Canadian Forestry Can Save The World

In 2023, wildfires ravaged Canada’s forests, consuming over 16.5 million hectares of land, twicethe previous record set in 1989 and over 6.5 times the national average of area affected.So what can be done? This week we’ll talk with Mike Morrow, a Wildfire Prevention Officer withthe BC Wildfire Service and Jen Beverly, an Associate Professor in the Faculty of Agriculture atthe University of Alberta, about the reality of what’s happening on the ground and the practicesthat can help mitigate the severity of wildfires. We also talk to Dr. Jamie Stephen of TorchlightBioresources about how the timber produced from thinning can be used to fuel a promising newenergy source: biomass.Missed Season 1? Get caught up to find out how the innovations highlighted in Season 2 aresupported by a globally-recognized commitment to sustainability:https://www.forestryforthefuture.ca/podcastsCanadian Forestry Can Save The World is brought to you by Forestry For The Future. To learnmore about Canada’s forest sector visit www.forestryforthefuture.ca

What do wildfires, housing and climate change all have in common? Aside from being amongour most pressing challenges, they’re all things a sustainable forest sector can play a role insolving.Welcome back to Season 2 of Canadian Forestry Can Save The World, the podcast thatexplores what’s actually going on in our forests and the role they can play in supporting a moresustainable future. In Season 2, we’ll dive deep into the innovations that are poised to truly takeforestry to the next level when it comes to creatively solving some of our most pressingchallenges, but before we do, we take a look back at what we learned last season about thevalues, practices, and people that underwrite all that potential by ensuring that Canadianforestry is sustainable forestry. We’ll also talk to David Coletto, CEO of Abacus Data, to betterunderstand what Canadians want to see from our forest sector and kind of solutions they’relooking for.Missed Season 1? Get caught up to find out how the innovations highlighted in Season 2 aresupported by a globally-recognized commitment to sustainability:https://www.forestryforthefuture.ca/podcastsCanadian Forestry Can Save The World is brought to you by Forestry For The Future. To learnmore about Canada’s forest sector visit www.forestryforthefuture.ca

Canada’s favourite forestry podcast is back! Dive in to Season 2 where we’ll explore how the sustainable management of our forests can help solve some of our most pressing challenges — from mitigating the risk and severity of wildfires and reducing our reliance on fossil fuels to how the solutions for Canada’s housing crisis can be found in our forests. Join us weekly as we talk to the professionals, innovators, and policy-makers that are working towards growing the forests of the future and bringing promising solutions that are in them to life.Missed Season 1? Get caught up to find out how the innovations highlighted in Season 2 are supported by a globally-recognized commitment to sustainability:https://www.forestryforthefuture.ca/podcastsCanadian Forestry Can Save The World is brought to you by Forestry For The Future. To learn more about Canada’s forest sector visit forestryforthefuture.ca

Canada’s favourite forestry podcast is back! Dive in to Season 2 where we’ll explore how the sustainable management of our forests can help solve some of our most pressing challenges — from mitigating the risk and severity of wildfires and reducing our reliance on fossil fuels to how the solutions for Canada’s housing crisis can be found in our forests. Join us weekly as we talk to the professionals, innovators, and policy-makers that are working towards growing the forests of the future and bringing promising solutions that are in them to life.Missed Season 1? Get caught up to find out how the innovations highlighted in Season 2 are supported by a globally-recognized commitment to sustainability:https://www.forestryforthefuture.ca/podcastsCanadian Forestry Can Save The World is brought to you by Forestry For The Future. To learn more about Canada’s forest sector visit forestryforthefuture.ca

In our final episode, we’re joined by Velma McColl, Shawn McCarthy, Eric Miller and Paul Robitaille — communicators and community organisers — as we explore the role of social licence in a sustainable forest sector. What can forestry do for our communities? And what’s needed to ensure it can? How can we, as a country, actualize the considerable potential of Canada’s forest sector in a way that balances competing priorities and builds towards a more sustainable future?Canadian Forestry Can Save The World is brought to you by Forestry For The Future. To learn more about Canada’s forest sector visit forestryforthefuture.ca

As Season One of the Canadian Forestry Can Save The World podcast draws to a close, we sit down with Rosemary Thompson, the Executive Director at The Coalition For A Better Future, and Derek Nighbor, the CEO of the Forest Products Association of Canada to discuss how forestry fits into a more sustainable future and the benchmarks needed to assess our success in combating climate and growing a greener economy.Canadian Forestry Can Save The World is brought to you by Forestry For The Future. To learn more about Canada’s forest sector visit Forestryforthefuture.ca

In Episode 9, we explored the myriad ways Canada’s sustainably-managed forest sector can help grow a greener economy. This week, we’re joined by Virginie Chambost and Dr. Peter Holmgren, expert advisors on the emerging bioeconomy, to look at how other countries have actualized their forest’s full climate change potential and policy pathways needed for Canada to do the same.Canadian Forestry Can Save The World is brought to you by Forestry For The Future. To learn more about Canada’s forest sector visit Forestryforthefuture.ca

Over the last few episodes we’ve explored the place Canada’s forests occupy in our history and the role they play today in our everyday lives. This week, we’re joined by Monique Frison, the Director General of the Trade, Economics, and Industry Branch of Canadian Forest Service at Natural Resources Canada and Mahima Sharma, the Director of Environment, Innovation and Mill Regulations at the Forest Products Association of Canada, to talk about what comes next — what role can Canada’s sustainably-managed forests play in the growing greener, more inclusive economy?Canadian Forestry Can Save The World is brought to you by Forestry For The Future. To learn more about Canada’s forest sector visit Forestryforthefuture.ca

We know sustainable forestry has a critical role to play in the collective fight against climate change, but what about its role in advancing Indigenous economic reconciliation? When we think about a Just Transition, the two ideas are inextricably linked. This week, we talk with JP Gladu, the founder of Mokwateh and Albert Gerow of Strategies 360 about the role Indigenous knowledge, stewardship, ownership and equity will play in creating a more sustainable, equitable future for forestry.Canadian Forestry Can Save The World is brought to you by Forestry For The Future. To learn more about Canada’s forest sector visit www.forestryforthefuture.ca

Canada is a country founded on forestry, but what comes next for one our most storied sectors? This week, we talk with Faye Johnson, a professional forester and Chair of the BoD, Temagami Forest Management Corporation and Laird Van Damne, an adjunct professor at Lakehead University about the role forestry played in the founding of our country and where the sector — with its incredible climate action potential — goes from here. Tune in to learn more about the policy and perspectives needed to maximise the potential of Canada’s ultimate carbon sink — our forests.Canadian Forestry Can Save The World is brought to you by Forestry For The Future. To learn more about Canada’s forest sector visit www.forestryforthefuture.ca.