Opinion: Climate change is a call to action for Canada’s forestry industry

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This translation has been automatically generated and has not been verified for accuracy.Derek Nighbor is the president and CEO of the Forest Products Association of Canada. Susan Yurkovich is the president and CEO of the Council of BC Forest Industries. Denis Lebel is president of the Quebec Forest Industries Association .

Ninety-four per cent of the forests managed in Canada sit on lands under the purview of provincial governments. To meet the high standards that come with operating on public lands, Canada’s forestry workers assume important environmental responsibilities to manage for biodiversity, wetlands preservation, watershed protection and other values.

With wildfires emitting mass volumes of greenhouse gas emissions into the atmosphere every year, we know this is an issue we need to address head on and quickly to mitigate further negative effects on forest health, community safety and stability and access to timber for harvesting.Trees do not live forever. In the boreal forest, trees only live for about 100 years.

 

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