Forest Industries

Environmental Topics

Sustainability and Certification of Canadian Wood

  • Forest Products Association of Canada
    The voice of Canada's wood, pulp, and paper producers nationally and internationally in government, trade, and environmental affairs. FPAC represents the largest Canadian producers of forest products — responsible for 75 percent of the working forests in Canada. This site outlines the regimes under which the sector in Canada operates.
  • Certification Canada
    Promotes the use and acceptance of internationally recognized sustainable forest management certification standards in Canada in order for Canadian producers to continually move towards sustainable forest management, secure a sustainable supply of raw material, and to ensure marketplace acceptance of Canadian forest products.
  • BC Market Outreach Network
    This site is committed to delivering the facts about British Columbia's forests and how they are managed.
  • International Council of Forest and Paper Associations (ICFPA)
    is an organization of the world's forest and paper industry associations. You can see their statements on sustainability.
  • Western Red Cedar Export Association's Environment and Sustainability
    Includes information on certification systems, sustainability, harvesting techniques and more.

Information on Wood's Green Building Credentials

  • Canadian Wood Council (CWC)
    has a series of fact sheets on the sustainable aspects of building with wood on their website.
  • Athena Institute
    For more than a decade, the Athena Institute has been helping architects, engineers and others to evaluate the environmental impacts of new and existing buildings through life cycle assessment (LCA).
  • Wood for Good
    A generic wood campaign, which started in 2000. It is now the largest timber promotional campaign ever undertaken in the UK.

Information on Forest-based Energy and Bio-products