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A deep dive into Canada’s approach to forest management. How does it work? What are the issues? What needs to change in order to meet our climate and biodiversity commitments? Hear from the experts in the line of fire, working to protect one of the country’s most valuable ecosystems.
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- The Story Behind Canada’s First National Urban Park · 55 min · Temporada 2 Episódio 2Rouge National Urban Park is Canada’s first national urban park—but its story is far from over. In this episode, Jan and Dave take listeners behind the scenes of the decades-long…
- The Ring of Fire: What’s Really Happening in Northern Ontario? · 47 min · Temporada 2 Episódio 1After a season break, The Clearcut is back with a new mini series: Playing with Fire. Hosted by Jan Sumner, this series takes a closer look at Ontario’s Ring of Fire and the…
- The Clear Cut - Looking Back (& Farewell Kaya 🥹) · 48 min · Episódio 37Join Jan Sumner and Kaya Adleman for this special episode as they look back on all they've unpacked on the Clear Cut. It's a bittersweet one as this is Kaya's last time as…
- How Does Forestry Operate in Forest Dependent Communities? · 1 h 5 minWe return this week to our conversation with Executive Director Katie Morrison and Conservation Science & Programs Manager Josh Killeen of the Canadian Parks and Wilderness…
- Trouble in Alberta’s Headwaters · 48 minDid you know that the foothills of the Rocky Mountains in Alberta are home to incredibly valuable ecological landscapes? Sometimes called the current of the continent, three…
- The Family of Laws Fighting for Better Fibre Supply Chains · 1 h 10 minLast year the European Union issued a new regulation (the EUDR) aimed at preventing the entry of products that originate from recently deforested land or have contributed to…
- Toronto: Tree City of the World · 42 minThis week we return to our conversation with the City of Toronto’s Director of Urban Forestry, Kim Statham. Last episode we talked about some of the challenges and opportunities…
- Cool Trees in The City (of Toronto) · 49 minWhen we think of forest management and forestry, we often conjure up images of large swaths of untouched land with trees that span for kilometres on end. But did you know that…
- Canada's Forest Fibre Grab · 48 minWe return this week with journalist Joan Baxter, who dives deeper into her work for the Deforestation Inc. investigative series that showcases reporting from 300 journalists…
- Canada’s Forestry PR: A Game of Deception · 59 minIt’s been almost a year since Canada’s Online News Act was passed, and in response Meta blocked links to Canadian news on Facebook and Instagram. This has created a void of fact…
- Breaking the Cycle: Wildfires · 1 h 1 minThis week we return to our conversation with fire ecologist Jen Baron from the University of British Columbia. In our last episode, we explored the main causes of the severe…
- Wildfires: What are the Drivers? · 58 minLast summer was a record-breaking wildfire season for Canada. As smoke blanketed major Canadian cities and even portions of the East Coast and Midwest of the United States, media…
- Forestry Downturns: Who’s to Blame? · 41 minWe return to our conversation with Rachel Plotkin from the David Suzuki Foundation and Dr. Julee Boan from Natural Resources Defense Council. This week we’re talking caribou and…
- What is the State of Canada's Forests? · 54 minEvery year the federal government publishes a ‘State of the Forest’ report which, touts itself as “a trusted and authoritative source of comprehensive information on the social…
- Logging Scars Cut Deep · 55 minWe return this week with our own Senior Forest Conservation Manager, Dave Pearce, to cover the wider implications of Wildlands’ Logging Scars report. In our last episode we…
- What are Logging Scars? · 1 h 6 minWhat happens to the areas of Canada’s forests that have been impacted by full-tree harvesting? According to international rules the term ‘deforestation’ only occurs when a forest…
- Manufacturing Consent for Logging · 52 minIn part 2 of our conversation with Conservation North, Michelle Connolly gives us a lesson in forest ecology and forestry semantics. How does British Columbia and the forestry…
- Is Forestry Pathological? · 49 minIf natural forests are ‘self-willed, self-managing, and self-replacing’ to respond and adapt to disturbances like fire and pest-outbreaks, should we be logging more as some…
- Forestry Math · 1 h 4 minThis week, we return to our conversation with Richard Robertson and Tegan Hansen from STAND.Earth on forestry issues in British Columbia. Wood pellets, or biomass fuels, from…
- B.C. Forests: Extending the Gold Rush · 56 minWe’re in beautiful British Columbia this week with STAND.Earth’s Richard Robertson and Tegan Hansen talking forestry on Canada’s west coast. In the first of two episodes, we talk…
