Natural Resources committee  Thank you, Iain. I think the primary concern that you're referring to is called cumulative impacts. That is where we're seeing a lot of different types of development and they're all regulated independently, and the result is that no one has really a clear overview of the land b

Natural Resources committee  Yes.

Natural Resources committee  Yes, they are. Very often there are interim measures agreed to during the treaty process whereby control of the land is given to the first nations, so they get the management rights. It's like a limited tenure—it is a tenure. We've also seen quite a number of first nations taki

Natural Resources committee  That last item you mentioned is, I'm afraid, a bit out of date. That particular unit has been disbanded, but we do have a number of staff from Environment Canada and Natural Resources Canada. There were more before. There are fewer now. That's not because of a breakdown of the re

Natural Resources committee  The forest industry in British Columbia has already benefited from carbon credits. There were carbon sales made by the Pacific Carbon Trust before it was closed down, which was an arm of the British Columbian government. When we look globally we've seen a huge increase in the n

Natural Resources committee  I'm not really in a very good position to answer that. I think that actually the vice-president of Kruger might know the answer to that better than I do. My knowledge of these products is that they do not require large volumes of material, but the key is commercialization and fin

Natural Resources committee  The Canadian Forest Service is responsible for large-scale monitoring. Then the provinces kick in for the finer detail. Very few provinces have taken advantage of the rapid developments that have occurred in remote sensing, which would enable us to get a much better idea of the r

Natural Resources committee  I think first nations currently have a great number of difficulties, some of which are historical, from government, some of which are related to their self-government. There are remarkable opportunities, in my view, for first nations to take control of their territories and man

Natural Resources committee  Thank you. Canada has the highest proportion of certified forests of anywhere in the world so the quality of management that we have I don't think is disputed. We do, however, need to monitor what we're doing and be able to maintain the claims that we are the world leader in su

Natural Resources committee  Thank you, Chairman. Good afternoon, members of the committee. lt's a privilege to have been invited to appear before you this afternoon. As dean of Canada's largest faculty of forestry, the renewal of Canada's forest industry is obviously of great interest to me. You've asked