This report summarizes a study by the Rural and Small Town Programme (RSTP) to develop the tools required by forestry‐dependent communities to help them transition from a one industry town.
Canada’s boreal forest economy faces many challenges and opportunities. The current industry structure reflects past resource and economic conditions, government policies, and industry strategy. As economic conditions and the resource change, industry, communities and governments must also adjust. Forest sectors vary from one region to another, but all boreal regions face similar challenges.
This concept paper includes a planning and development process as a first phase of establishing an Aboriginal Centre for Research and Development Focussed on the Commercialization of Forest Products and Services. The proposed planning and development process will consist of refinement and validation of the concept, the preparation of a supporting business case, the recruitment of partners, and the identification of funding sources.
This report contains information about woodlot owner demographics, behaviour, and attitudes, much of which is related to the sector's economic situation.
In the fall of 2009 and the winter of 2010, two workshops responding to the growing interest in non- timber forest resources were held in Nanaimo, British Columbia (November 6, 2009) and Truro, Nova Scotia (February 18-19, 2010). This report summarizes the main outcomes, lessons learned and key messages of those workshops and provides some suggestions for strategies that the Canadian Model Forest Network and its members could follow to support future development in the non-timber forest products sector.
Located in Cape Breton, Nova Scotia, home to world-class natural resources and Canada’s most aggressive climate change laws, CSEE is positioned not simply to contribute to this research, but to lead it.
Atlantic Policy Congress of First Nations Chiefs Secretariat (APCFNC)
Year of publication:
2011
First Nations must become more familiar with renewable energy for many reasons: rising fuel costs, rising electric utility bills, budget constraints, or the potential for economic development in renewable energy. More than Wind: Evaluating Renewable Energy Opportunities for First Nations in Nova Scotia and New Brunswick, provides an in-depth overview of the various renewable energy technologies, funding, government policy, community energy planning, conservation, and energy efficiency.
The report provides an assessment of how potential market opportunities match with New Brunswick’s Crown and private timber base and its manufacturing capacity and industry capabilities . The report provides an evaluation of the prospects for the industry and product mix . The province’s best prospects for additional investment capital may well be its existing investors . Furthermore, even before the province tries to attract new investment, it is important to understand the conditions necessary to preserve existing investment .
