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Fourteenth Annual Meeting of MegaFlorestais: Transforming Forest Management, Delivering Climate and Conservation Solutions  The fourteenth meeting of MegaFlorestais, and the first since the Covid-19 pandemic, took place in South Lake Tahoe, California, United States from June 26–29, 2023 and was co-hosted by the United States Forest Service (USFS) and Rights and Resources Initiative (RRI). Forest […]

On June 21st, MegaFlorestais leaders from around the world met to share the ways their agencies are responding to the COVID-19 pandemic, which has introduced several unprecedented challenges – along with new opportunities – to the forestry sector. This conference, the third in the 2021 MegaFlorestais webinar series, featured presentations by Herman Sundqvist of the […]

After 40 years of service to the forest industry, United States Forest Service Chief and longtime friend of MegaFlorestais Vicki Christiansen has announced that she will retire this August. Chief Christiansen has attended several MegaFlorestais meetings in the past, always bringing with her an enthusiasm for the spirit of international exchange and learning that defines […]

On April 22, MegaFlorestais leaders from around the world gathered for the second conference of the network’s 2021 webinar series. Forest agency leaders from Mexico, Peru, Brazil, the United States, Canada, Sweden, Indonesia, and the Democratic Republic of the Congo joined to discuss their experiences with concessions and illegal logging. Steve Gretzinger of Zak Forest […]

Given the Covid pandemic, MegaFlorestais leaders of Canada, DRC, Mexico, Peru, Sweden, and the USA gathered on February 24 for a webinar on Global Markets in Forest Products. The purpose of the webinar was to present the latest changes in markets and investments, given all the variables of the last few years, including global trade agreements, […]

MegaFlorestais leaders have received exciting news from Montana: The United States government has returned the 18,000-acre territory of the National Bison Range to the Confederated Salish & Kootenai Tribes (CSKT), over 100 years after the Range was removed from their reservation without their permission in the early 1900s.  In addition, the CSKT have secured a $1.9 billion water rights […]

Original article was posted on Victoria News on Feb 11, 2019. The trailer for the film can be viewed here. B.C.’s coastal rainforest and its unique creatures are featured in an IMAX documentary film opening this week in Victoria and around North America. Great Bear Rainforest, Land of the Spirit Bear is narrated by Vancouver actor […]

Building momentum for forestry in the bioeconomy and sustainable development The thirteenth meeting of MegaFlorestais was held in Storforsen, Vidsel, Sweden, on June 26-29, 2018 and co-hosted by the Swedish Forest Agency and the Rights and Resources Initiative. Delegations from the following countries attended the meeting: Brazil, Canada, China, Finland, India, Indonesia, Peru, Sweden, and the USA. Topics discussed […]

Each year when our forest leaders come together for MegaFlorestais—a forum for forest agency leaders from the world’s most forested countries—something different inspires and challenges me. The most recent meeting in Canada in October elicited a number of surprises, from innovations in forest products to the use of new technology to monitor forests. Big transformations are […]