Canada Wood Burnishes International Image
The world appetite for wood products is substantial at the moment. While this is good news for Canada, the supplier of nearly 20 percent of global trade in forest products, the down side is that traditional and new competitors are all vying to satisfy that appetite.

Canada/China Collaboration Battles Pests In Both Countries
A co-operative effort between Natural Resources Canada’s Canadian Forest Service (CFS) and several scientific agencies in China is paying dividends for both sides in the ongoing battle against exotic pests in both countries.

Welcome
Welcome to all first-time readers of Solutions. This publication is the national newsletter of the Canadian Forest Service (CFS). It is published twice yearly out of our headquarters in Ottawa.

Interview:
Dr. M. Hosny El-Lakany is Assistant Director-General, Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) of the United Nations and Head of the Forestry Department. He spoke with Solutions about forests, and the roles played in their continued well-being by the FAO, the XII World Forestry Congress, Canada and Natural Resources Canada’s Canadian Forest Service (CFS).

Initiative to Help Manage Carbon in Canadian Forests
Climate change and its effects on Canada’s forests concern all Canadians. Natural Resources Canada is working on initiatives to reduce a key greenhouse gas, carbon dioxide, in the atmosphere.

From Russia With ... Data
It’s called the Russian FIRE BEAR Project but there’s nothing James Bondian about it – except that NASA, the U.S. space agency, is involved and the entire world could be affected by its outcome.

The future of CFS: New Challenges, New Opportunities, New Directions
Since 1985, Dr. Yvan Hardy has been a central figure within the federal government’s forestry service. His first position was as Regional Director General at the Laurentian Forestry Centre in Sainte-Foy, Quebec. In 1991, he became Assistant Deputy Minister (ADM) of Operations with what was then Forestry Canada. Since 1993, he has been the Assistant Deputy Minister of the Canadian Forest Service (CFS) of Natural Resources Canada.

Manitoba Junior Rangers: Tomorrow’s Professional Foresters?
A concerted effort by a number of First Nations communities, government, and industry to encourage First Nations’ high school students in Manitoba to seek careers as professional foresters has been deemed a huge success in its first two years of operation.

A Canadian Blueprint for International Success
“By virtually any yardstick, the model forest approach can be measured as an international success for Canada and for model forest practitioners at home and abroad.”

Forest Science Journalism Awards
Working with the Carleton University School of Journalism, the Canadian Forest Service has initiated an awards program for excellence in forest science reporting.

Eye in the Sky: Researching forest re-growth with bird’s eye view photos
“Remote sensing (scanning the earth from the air) is not new to foresters. The Canada Centre for Remote Sensing, formed in 1971, has used the surveillance tool to do reconnaissance mapping, monitor forest fires and to keep an eye on the rate and extent of deforestation.

A Tale of Two Projects CIDA/CFS Teamwork Bene?ts Other Nations
“Canada has a lot to offer the world when it comes to forestry matters. Not just in harvesting, but the whole gamut of managing the world’s resources.”

Feature Publications
The essence of Canada’s forests captured in a book rich with illustrations and information.

Boreal Workshop Identifies Need For High Priority Action
Close to 100 national stakeholders have identified four key areas where high priority action is required to address a number of issues facing Canada’s boreal forests.

National Forest Strategy 2003–2008
Earlier this year, Canada’s forest community demonstrated its continuing commitment to the long-term sustainable management of the resource by launching the 5th National Forest Strategy: A Sustainable Forest: The Canadian Commitment and by signing onto the 3rd Canada Forest Accord.