Getting Northern Ontario's forestry industry back on track
On November 19th, the Soo Today announced that Greenpeace and the Communications, Energy and Paperworkers Union of Canada (CEP) held a joint news conference to release a new report with recommendations for "stimulating northern Ontario's forest industry and creating green forestry jobs while preservng the ecological value of Canada's borel forest."
Within the report, some recommendations to provincial and federal governments include:
- Support non-timber forest products and services such as wild food and ecotourism
- Increase co-management arrangements with First Nations
- Provide transition funding to help forest-dependant communities diversify
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