BC’s forest industry pushes back on proposal to limit compensation for tenure transfers to First Nations. In related news: Vaughn Palmer questions the secrecy of BC’s land transfers; Kim Haagstad says major projects are good but forestry is sustainable; layoffs begin at Saskatchewan’s Big River sawmill; New Brunswick mill workers rally ahead of layoffs; UPM touts its wood-based biorefinery, and investor interest in US timberlands is up. In Wood Product news: BC Wood highlights new opportunities; Alabama celebrates Woods to Goods Week; and Asia Pulp & Paper faces green certification restrictions. 

In Forestry news: Canadian researchers says delays hurt endangered species; North Carolina NGOs dispute bioenergy’s climate claims; US loggers pass on federal timber sales; Stora Enso received wood from disputed sites in Finland; Indonesian wildfires threaten forest carbon; and a reality check at upcoming UN biodiversity conference. Meanwhile: a BC forestry contractor was fined following a flash fire in a cutblock.

Finally, South Korea’s paper industry challenges the myth that paper destroys forests. 

Kelly McCloskey, Tree Frog News Editor