Category Archives: Economics

We can “cut less and do more” to foster a healthy forest economy in Nova Scotia

Posted on April 20, 2017 by admin

So said Robert Taylor, President of Taylor Lumber Co., in a presentation to the Nova Scotia Legislature Resources Committee today. The theme of the session was sustainable forestry. The other presenter was Jeff Bishop, Executive Director of Forest Nova Scotia. … Continue reading →

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Cape Breton Post: NAFTA sides with PHP

Posted on April 18, 2017 by admin

& “U.S. Department of Commerce must now reconsider border duties”. View CB post Article (April 17, 2017) Tip of the Hat to Treefrog News for this item.

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Panta Rei blog explores the economics of forestry in Nova Scotia & changes in forests and employment

Posted on April 17, 2017 by admin

Soren Bondrup-Nielsen has posted several pieces about forestry on his Panta Rei blog: Analysis of the economics of forestry in Nova Scotia Full title: Analysis of the change in labour force adjusted for volume and area harvested within the forestry … Continue reading →

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2015 stats for Nova Scotia on National Forestry Database illustrate continuing pressure on Crown lands

Posted on April 14, 2017 by admin

In January, I made use of stats on the National Forestry Database to address three questions: – Has clearcutting on Crown land in Nova Scotia increased or decreased? (Posted Jan 22, 2017) – What’s a clearcut and what’s not a … Continue reading →

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Softwood jitters focus on April 24, 2017

Posted on April 7, 2017 by admin

Understandably, there are a lot of jitters around the Trump administration’s intentions to renegotiate NAFTA and to include softwood lumber trade with Canada. Now the focus is on April 24, 2017. That’s the “Latest date for DOC [U.S. Department of … Continue reading →

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Softwood lumber woes

Posted on March 24, 2017 by admin

“Still left out in the dark, however, are Nova Scotia’s private wood lots owners” Well before the American election, our softwood lumber trade with the U.S. (worth circa $85M to Nova Scotia, and $4.6 billion to Canada at large) was … Continue reading →

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Good news story on wood products, Nova Scotia

Posted on March 18, 2017 by admin

Updated Mar 19, 2017 “Dow and Duggan Log Homes have created a new process of constructing logs to be used in the building of new log houses” and are seeing “robust and growing revenues.” View Local log home manufacturer shipping … Continue reading →

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NSDNR seeks markets for SW Nova Scotia’s “fibre basket”

Posted on March 2, 2017 by admin

Minister Lloyd Hines is making the rounds seeking input from local business people on how to bring back forestry and mineral industries to SW Nova Scotia. He’s encouraging an open discussion: “The best discussions happen when people can bring any … Continue reading →

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Nova Scotia’s Biorefinery Plan cites full-tree harvesting, other requirements to make it competitive

Posted on February 22, 2017 by admin

Nova Scotia’s Biorefinery Plan cites a condensed softwood sawmill industry, full-tree harvesting, a 2+% mandate for biodiesel, slacker Allowable Gross Vehicle Weight regulations to make it competitive, but is vague on role of primary forest biomass and short on carbon … Continue reading →

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New Brunswick’s Crown land deal regretted

Posted on February 21, 2017 by admin

It seems the current NB government has its hands tied by a previous government making overly generous Crown land wood allocations. “The plan gave forestry companies increased wood allocations that were supposed to spur the creation of hundreds of new … Continue reading →

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