Erin Neave and Leanne Elliott made a joint presentation on CMFN's National Initiative on Bioenergy at the Woody Biomass Energy Research Symposium for the Northern Forest held at the University of Vermont in April. Their slideshow informed the audience on the status, opportunities and challenges of bioenergy in Canada, while highlighting the CMFN's and its members' role in this sector. The CMFN is developing tools for communities looking to build a bioenergy facility in their region. It is a three-part project, with a primer and website containing background, policy and program information, case studies, and resources, both which will be available soon. The third component is an online pre-feasibility tool that will be developed in the upcoming fiscal year. As a result of this conference, strong connections were made that will benefit the CMFN and its initiative as it moves forward.
CMFN Showcases its National Initiative on Bioenergy in Vermont
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Biomass Heating & Electricity Production: A Guide for Rural Communities in Canada
Canada is a resource rich country, supporting a wealth of renewable and non-renewable resource industries. Canadians are stewards to a large portion of the world’s temperate and boreal forests. These forests provide a range of ecological services: from water purification and storage, erosion and flood control and air quality protection, to the provision of wildlife habitat. Forests also play a critical role in climate change mitigation, with Canadian forests sequestering an estimated 95 billion tonnes of carbon. Forests provide a range of economic values: from traditional forest products, recreational values and trapping, to the potential for energy production.
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Building on the strengths of your community
Each Model Forest works regionally to promote the sustainable management of large forest landscapes through research, education and applied projects. Model Forests support forest- based communities by bringing together the information, tools and best practices needed to overcome obstacles and identify new opportunities. This guide was developed under the national Socio-Economic Indicators program. It is supported by a steering committee of CMFN members and partners from across the country.
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Pathways to Climate Change Resilience
This Guidebook and the accompanying Community Resource Collection has
been crafted based on the idea that Canadian rural communities in forest settings want guidance in
understanding and acting to reduce community impacts from the changing climate. Collecting information
and existing tools into a useful framework has been the first step for this initiative.For Resource Collection Click Here and for the Guidebook Click Here
