This year’s International Day of Forests theme: Forest Restoration as a Path to Recovery and Well-Being, gives rise to stories of Canada’s green recovery; India’s increasing forests; Switzerland’s bioenergy conundrum; palm-oil’s green progress; and ENGO exploitation warnings. In related news: BC faces rising criticism on old-growth, as protests make news in Grand Forks, Nanaimo, and Victoria; Oregon Industry pushes back on forestry board changes, and UK Timber Trade Federation says Greenpeace covets headlines over consensus. 

On the Business front: Cariboo updates on West Fraser, Parallel 55, and Tolko; as well as stories on mass timber progress in Canada; the US; Washington DC; Boston, and the UK.

Finally, a Women of Paper exhibition in Quebec and a map of Canada’s Women Pioneers.

Kelly McCloskey, Tree Frog Editor