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On March 1, Canfor was awarded the
first ForestLeadership Partnership
Award, as a member of the Joint Solutions
Project. The award was presented
at a special ceremony held on the
occasion of the 2005 ForestLeadership
Conference gathering 300 delegates
in Toronto. This prestigious award
recognizes exceptional teamwork between
different organizations to further
sustainable forestry.
The Joint Solutions Project, is
a British Columbia-based cooperative
initiative formed by nine environmental
groups and forestry companies to
collaborate on finding new solutions
to longstanding environmental disagreements
in coastal BC. The Project comprises
forest companies - Canadian Forest
Products, International Forest Products
(Interfor), NorskeCanada, Western
Forest Products and Weyerhaeuser-and
environmental groups - ForestEthics,
Greenpeace, Rainforest Action Network
and the Sierra Club of Canada, BC
chapter.
For more information on The Joint
Solutions Project please visit the
Coast Forest Conservation Initiative website.
ForestLeadership is a non-profit
initiative focusing its activities
on critical areas of leadership development,
with the ultimate aim of improving
sustainable forestry policies and
practices. |
