Despite the unpredictable 2020, Forests2Market principals lay out their expectations for 2021 on the global forest, pulp & paper, and chemicals industries and Paul Harder (Dakeryn Industries) answers 20 questions he posed a year ago. In other Business news: Vietnam moves to ease US tariff threat; Catalyst sues Enbridge over gas pipeline rupture; employees reflect on Domtar’s closing of its Port Huron mill; and US consumer confidence in housing falls again.
In Forestry news: North Cowichan, BC uses forest reserve fund to balance budget; Illinois signs forest management agreement with feds; while a Virginia group sues the US Forest Service over new environmental review standards. Meanwhile, in Oregon, landowners scramble to remove burnt trees, nursery capacity is strained and the state invests in wildfire preparedness.
Finally, on the leading edge with the shift to online marketing events like the upcoming virtual GBM.
Kelly McCloskey, Tree Frog Editor