CAMPAIGN: Protecting Canada’s Forests & Biodiversity (2025)

Q&A with Paul Zizka

Minister of Emergency Management and Community Resilience Leads Canada’s Wildfire Fight

With record wildfire seasons, Canada is expanding support for provinces, Indigenous communities, and first responders while building long-term resilience. We sat down with The Honourable Eleanor Olszewski to discuss. 

Leaf it Alone: Protect Our Forests 

Today is National Tree Day in Canada; the ideal opportunity to recognize Canada’s 369 million hectares of forest. Nearly 9% of the world’s total forest area, they are more than just a ton of timber trees; they are home to more than 140,000 plant and animal species, they regulate the climate, and they filter the...

The University of New Brunswick Leads the Way in Forestry Innovation 

New Brunswick is quietly becoming Canada’s global forestry innovation leader thanks to many decades of forestry expertise. On a crisp autumn morning in New Brunswick, a drone hovers above a canopy of spruce and fir, transmitting real-time LiDAR scans that reveal the forest’s health down to the centimetre. On the ground, University of New Brunswick...

Turning Waste into a Win-Win for Canada’s Green Economy Goals

Canada’s emerging bioeconomy innovators are turning forestry waste into products that cut emissions, reduce wildfire risk, and create economic growth.   Every year, British Columbia’s forests alone generate millions of cubic metres of wood waste that are either burned in slash piles or left to rot. For decades, Canada’s forestry model has been based on volume:...

Forests Canada Reaches 50 Million Tree Milestone 

Forests Canada has hit an exciting milestone this year, but this is just the beginning of much more to come. We’re celebrating National Forest Week with a very special milestone — Forests Canada has proudly supported the planting of 50 million trees on more than 10,400 project sites across Canada. The collective environmental and economic...