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Atlantic Forestry, March 2009



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Beetle battle rages on

by David Lindsay
In the countdown to an announcement from the Canadian Food Inspection Agency (CFIA) about this year's plan of attack for controlling the Brown spruce longhorn beetle (BSLB), Nova Scotia's forest industry remained highly skeptical about the approach taken thus far, while federal
. . .


As the world's forests burn ­
So too do Nicaragua's

by David Palmer
At 35,000 feet over Nicaragua, just east of the Bosawas Reserve, the ground is visible through haze and wispy clouds. This is the largest remaining tract of untouched tropical forest in the Americas, outside of the Amazon. Near the earth's surface, what appear to be small white . . .




EI lines around the block and saws in the woods

by David Palmer
To hear people wailing about the state of the economy, you would think the world was going to end. True, things do look grim right now, especially if you are among the jobless. The recession has already taken a toll and will exact more retribution before it's over. A recent RBC report said that the . . .


Pest or not?
The Brown spruce longhorn beetle

by Christopher Majka
In a guest editorial in the last issue of Atlantic Forestry I drew attention to the fact that, despite eight years of research and eradication efforts by the Canadian Food Inspection Agency (CFIA), there is still is no scientific evidence that shows that the Brown spruce longhorn beetle . . .


Conservation with an axe and a pen

by Jamie Simpson
Aldo Leopold, a grandparent of the modern conservation movement, remarked that the definition of a conservationist is written better with an axe than a pen. "A conservationist is one who is humbly aware that with each stroke he is writing his signature on the face of . . .


Close to home
One young entrepreneur's journey in life

by Sid Watts
This is a story I struggled with for some time ­ not because it was difficult to write, but because it is about a family member, my son Graham. However, it is a story I feel needs to be told. Perhaps it will encourage other young people to follow a similar . . .


FPANS celebrates 75 years
Nova Scotia's forest industry seeks balance, and a way forward

by David Lindsay
As the opening speaker for the 2009 AGM of the Forest Products Association of Nova Scotia (FPANS), held Jan. 14-16 in Halifax, Jamie Lim came out swinging.
Lim is president of the Ontario Forest Industries Association. She acknowledged . . .


The provincial year of forest soils?

by Kevin Keys
As some AFR readers may know, the United Nations has declared 2011 as the "International Year of Forests." The intent of this declaration is to "raise awareness and promote global action to sustainably manage, conserve, and develop all types of forests. . .


The rules and the tools

Nova Scotia's Department of Natural Resources expects to bring more certainty to the province's biomass sector by having harvesting guidelines approved and implemented by the end of March.
Gary Westoll, regional resource. . .


Seeing the sites
Increased biomass harvesting needn't be a Jekyll and Hyde story

by Evelyne Thiffault
There is a solid justification for the blooming of recent initiatives aimed at harvesting low-grade biomass from forests: it represents a domestic, well-distributed, renewable, and carbon-lean energy source . . .


Bioenergy pilgrimage to Finland

With its world-renowned technology for processing and burning chips and pellets, and ambitious national targets for conversion to these renewable fuels, Finland is a mecca for advocates of forest bioenergy. So it is that the Canadian . . .


"Live action" at world's largest forestry fair
Elmia Wood nears capacity booking

by Janne Näsström and staff
Elmia Wood, the world's largest forestry trade and demonstration fair, held in Sweden every four years, is a good barometer for the industry. While the "glass" tells us what we know, we're in the midst of an economic storm, the . . .


Who will be satisfied?
N.B. government releases forest management strategy

A good measure of whether a government has achieved balance on a controversial issue such as the best way to manage public forest lands is whether all groups are equally upset. Judged by that standard alone, the newly-released New Brunswick forest management strategy appears tilted more towards . . .






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