ABSTRACT

The Canadian forest industry recently emerged from a 30-year period that witnessed growing and widespread recognition that forests that have traditionally been viewed primarily as a source of timber for industrial purposes can serve as a source of many other values as well. The forest value chain is in fact now widely recognized as being much more than a supply chain; it is a value web through which a complex set of environmental, social, and economic values flow from Canada’s forests. The Montreal process (Montreal Process Working Group, 2009) and the Canadian Council of Forest Ministers process (Canadian Council of Forest Ministers, 2003)

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