2022-08-03 08:47:12
The B.C. government has earmarked $4 million of its Clean- BC funding to expand the existing Indigenous Forest Bioeconomy Program to include a new accelerator stream for scaling up low-carbon forest-based products.
B.C. Forests Minister Katrine Conroy made the funding announcement at the BC Council of Forestry Industries (COFI) annual convention in April. “Our government is taking action to promote healthy forests as a legacy for our children and grandchildren while building a sustainable, innovative forest economy that’s led by Indigenous Peoples,” Conroy said.
B.C.’s Indigenous Forest Bioeconomy Program has delivered 41 projects with 24 Indigenous communities and organizations, such as: essential oils extracted from conifer needles; engineered wood product made from dead and degraded wood from fires and beetle kill; textiles made from bark; and insulation made from scrap wood fibre.
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