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Paul Shorthouse on the circular economy in forestry and construction
…of production and consumption, material goods are designed and produced to be more durable, and to be repaired, refurbished, disassembled, and reused in perpetuity reducing the demand for resources, eliminating…
Comparing B.C. to the world: Forest regulation and certification
…2016 study by Indufor (external website), an international forestry consulting company, that updated a 2009 report examining how legislation and forest certification achieve sustainable forest management. This naturally:wood fact sheet…
Forest management
…cent of B.C. forests are publicly owned and governed by stringent laws and environmental regulations. And over 85 per cent of the province’s forest land has been legally designated for…
UBC embodied carbon pilot
Addressing embodied carbon in buildings through LCA The UBC Embodied Carbon Pilot, conducted by The University of British Columbia’s Sustainability Hub (external link), was a multi-year research study on the…