Forestry

Forestry

With over 340 million hectares of forest land in Canada, the Forestry sector is a major contributor to the Canadian economy. From conservation and sustainable forest management to manufacturing primary and secondary wood products in rural communities, forestry leaders look to Ference & Company for support with key research and evaluation questions surrounding best practices.

In a recent project, we worked with Forestry Innovation Investment to identify best practices in commercializing next generation forest products in British Columbia (e.g. advanced wood building products and building systems, bio-energy and specialty products made from wood fiber, derivatives from the pulping process, nano-crystalline cellulose, etc.). We visually mapped out a typical development process of a next generation forest product and utilized various consultation methods to identify key gaps in the process as well as opportunities to accelerate commercialization.

Examples of forestry projects:

  • Evaluation of the Technology Transfer Program (Forestry Innovation Investment)
  • Follow-up Evaluation of the Shake and Shingle Bureau (Forestry Innovation Investment)
  • Evaluation of the Cedar Shake and Shingle Bureau’s US marketing program (Forestry Innovation Investment)
  • Evaluation of the Wood Products Council’s US WoodWorks Program (Forestry Innovation Investment)
  • Evaluation of the Canadian Wood Council Wood WORKS! Program in B.C. (Forestry Innovation Investment)
  • Pilot Export Readiness/Development Program for B.C.’s Value-Added Wood Sector (BC Wood)
  • Sector Analysis on Commercializing Next Generation Forest Products in B.C. (Forestry Innovation Investment)
  • Evaluation of the Wood First Program: Strengthening Manufacturing and Business Capability Investment Category (Forestry Innovation Investment)
  • Survey of wood products industry stakeholders in Canada and China (Forestry Innovation Investment)
  • Secretariat for the Industry Advisory Committee of the Business Innovation Partnership (BIP) (Forestry Innovation Investment)
  • Socio-Economic Impact Assessment of the Mountain Pine Beetle (MPB) (Southern Interior Beetle Action Coalition (SIBAC) Board)
  • Hem-Fir Mass Timber Research Project (Forestry Innovation Investment)
  • Strategic Review of Woodworks BC (Forestry Innovation Investment and Council of Forest Industries)