Through the transition of land tenure, the increasing importance of consultation and co-management, and the impact of climate change, our values system regarding forest resources is shifting. More diverse resources in the forest are being…
Harvesting
The results of a recent study to determine the feasibility of harvesting biomass within existing logging operations will assist New Brunswick as it works towards the development of a bioeconomy strategy. FPInnovations provided information on…
This article was originally published in the April 2023 issue of Le Monde Forestier Defoliators that feed on young needles or leaves of host species, such as spruce budworm, hemlock looper, and others, are a…
One of the challenges that the forest managers are facing is the lack of precision inventory tools at the operational level. Forest managers do not currently have the tools to efficiently and accurately measure dispersed…
The price of diesel fuel has risen dramatically in the last few months. As a result, FPInnovations has received numerous inquiries from its members regarding the fuel surcharges they pay their contractors. As the fuel…
In British Columbia, the large-scale application of Commercial Thinning (CT) has become increasingly important over the last few years. CT is beneficial as a stand-tending operation as well as a way to provide fibre to…
Hügelkultur (“mound-culture”) is a technique in agricultural settings that stores excess woody debris and allows it to slowly rot over years or decades. Three new reports by FPInnovations looked into whether hügelkultur could be used…
FPInnovations has launched its latest knowledge transfer tool, the Tutorial on Best practices to ensure the quality of processed logs and data from the on-board computers. This learning tool brings together the wealth of useful…
With an increased focus and need to reduce Canada’s greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions and the ongoing need to reduce transportation costs — in part as a result of carbon taxes —, identifying and implementing viable options for shifting to zero-emission vehicles (ZEV) and low-emission vehicles (LEV) in the forest industry have been of increasing interest due to their lower fuel use and lower GHG emissions. As other industries and consumer markets move towards electrification at a fast pace, FPInnovations has been investigating the state of ZEV and LEV technologies as well as their readiness level for forest transportation.