No one has been left untouched by the COVID-19 pandemic. Regardless of the negative feelings you are probably harbouring towards the virus, it is undeniable that it’s been a catalyst for change. The pandemic has…
Forest Operations
Western hemlock can have higher moisture content than most other native trees, causing it to sink during transportation and storage in water. Additionally, younger hemlock and hemlock tops have large rings and are more susceptible…
Funding will further commercialize LlamaZOO’s TimberOps Solution VICTORIA, BC, June 17, 2020 – LlamaZOO, a spatial business analytics SaaS platform provider, in partnership with UBC Faculty of Forestry and FPInnovations, has been awarded $300,000…
FPInnovations’ Roads and Infrastructure group introduces its latest guide Streambed Simulation: Monitoring and Maintaining a Fish-Friendly Culvert Crossing, the fourth of a series, that provides forest and resource workers with information for monitoring and maintaining…
The COVID-19 pandemic has upset all our ways of doing things and shattered all our gains. In a short period of time, the world’s population has had to change its lifestyles and must now learn…
This article was originally published in Canadian Forest Industries. By Francis Charette, FPInnovations, research lead, forest engineering For the past three years, I have led a research program at FPInnovations called Forestry 4.0. Our objective…
In British Columbia, damage from marine borers reduces the service life of boomsticks used to keep log bundles together for storage and transport, and is estimated to cost the forest industry $12 million a year. FPInnovations…
The rapidly evolving situation of the COVID-19 crisis has identified a critical need for the local supply of goods and materials to the medical sector. Therefore, FPInnovations is actively working with the industry, governments and…
Our forests are a key element in fighting climate change. In addition to sequestering carbon, their biomass can be used as a source of energy or raw material and a substitute for fossil fuel-based products….