As the nineteenth session of the United Nations Forum on Forests (UNFF19) convenes in New York City this week, Forest Products Association of Canada (FPAC) is pleased to announce that Penghui Zhu and Manon Beaufils-Marquet are this year’s winners of FPAC’s Chisholm Awards for Innovation in Forestry. The national program promoted annually recognizes emerging young leaders and innovative research developments in the field of climate positive forestry and forest products, clean manufacturing, and the forest bioeconomy. FPAC President and CEO Derek Nighbor, who serves as the international business and industry representative to the UN Forum on Forests, spoke highly of this year’s winners and their work. …In addition to a $2500 monetary reward, FPAC’s 2024 Chisholm Awards recipients will proceed to compete with forestry research peers from around the world as part of the Blue Sky Young Researchers and Innovation Awards led by the International Council of Forest & Paper Associations (ICFPA) in 2025.