Title:
Enhancing Traceability in the Wood Pellet Sector
Agreement Number:
CWFC2326-008
Agreement Value:
$135,000.00
Agreement Date:
Jan 23, 2024 - Mar 31, 2025
Description:
To enhance understanding of and optimize fibre supply in Canada in all its complexities, both existing and salvage, identify uniquely Canadian challenges and opportunities relative to traceability, investigate and test potential and practical approaches to traceability including geolocation, and develop tools and systems for reporting on traceability to effectively demonstrate compliance with emerging regulations such as the European Union Deforestation Regulation (EUDR).
Organization:
Natural Resources Canada
Expected Results:
Support for a more stable supply of wood pellets to support the bioenergy sector and a more stable outlet for sawmill and harvest residues. Development of a new EUDR reporting templates to the SBP data transfer system including geolocation collection and validation of data in near real time. Pilot testing and delivering a training and implementation support
Location:
REVELSTOKE, British Columbia, CA V0E 2S0
Reference Number:
115-2023-2024-Q4-14743
Agreement Type:
Contribution
Report Type:
Grants and Contributions
Additional Information:
Grant or contribution awarded and spanning more than one fiscal year.
Recipient's Operating Name:
WOOD PELLET ASSOCIATION OF CANADA
Recipient's Legal Name:
WOOD PELLET ASSOCIATION OF CANADA
Program:
Grants and Contributions in support of the Forest Innovation Program
Program Purpose:
The objective of the Forest Innovation Program (FIP) is to enable transformation in the Canadian forest industry. More specifically, the FIP will help drive forest sector transformation, sparking enterprises in their move beyond a dependence on commodity products toward value-added, high-value and specialty products – sustainably extracting the maximum value from the fibre resource. To achieve this, the FIP will facilitate and promote a value-chain approach that addresses innovation from the seed to the end markets and products in which the right fibre is matched to the right product.