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March 20th is UN International Forest Day, a celebration of this world’s slow-flowing green fountains.
Trees as fountains in slow motion on UN’s International Day of Forests
Mar
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News & Updates
Year Two at Cowichan Forestry Camp: Western Project Manager Meetings
Mar
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Dirk Brinkman kicked off the weekend’s events with his “Brilliant Minds” presentation, where he acknowledged planters as the “backbone” of a company that has evolved to meet many current challenges on the ecological landscape.
Brinkman Climate Helps Link BC Carbon Market With the World: Adapting the BC Forest Carbon Offset Protocol.
Mar
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This carbon methodology can now also be more easily adopted by other jurisdictions, which will accelerate the flow of investment into forest health made possible by valuing living forests and stored carbon.
7 Things You Always Wanted to Know About Browse Protection
Jan
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"Sure, we know a lot of things, but our knowledge of browse protection options is surprisingly limited so we called in some expert help.
Thanks to Timo Scheiber, Operations Manager, Brinkman & Associates Reforestation Ltd. who answered our questions and gave us his educated opinion.
Timo is reluctant to call himself a subject matter expert, but because he’s worked for Brinkman’s for over 25 years and they’ve planted an impressive 1 billion+ trees around the planet, we’re happy to call Timo an expert and grateful to have him share his experience."
Brinkman and The Earth Partners LP: Perhaps The Largest Private Land Restoration Initiative in US History
Dec
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By Erik Brinkman
Brinkman is excited to be a co-founding partner of The Earth Partners Limited Partnership, a company that currently has projects under development to restore millions of acres of degraded and marginal lands across the USA and an amazing array of ecosystem restoration and bioenergy contracts in the pipeline.
No Man is an Island #2: Outpourings of Action for Faraz
Nov
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By all accounts, Faraz Khodabandeh was a remarkable person, both a larger-than-life character and a respected up-and-coming leader in the Brinkman community. He thought deeply and cared deeply about the tree-planting experience and what it meant for the people involved, and he faithfully shared those thoughts with his friends and fellow planters, earning himself a reputation as a wilderness philosopher and modern Renaissance man. When Faraz’s life was tragically and prematurely cut short by a road accident on November 10th, 2013, the collective response was grief, but also action. Something about Faraz compelled his friends and family to take steps to preserve a lasting legacy for him.
Planting for Pemba: Brinkman Community Raises $30,000 for Community Forests in Tanzania
Nov
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By Zack Melanson
Tree-planters ‘get’ Pembans better than any other group I have met. Maybe it’s living in an isolated community, or maybe it’s just an understanding of what a hard day's work is all about, but planters ‘get’ Pembans.
Dirk Speaks to The Province About Climate Change and the Future of our Forests: Planting Redwoods
Oct
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Last week Kent Spencer from The Province newspaper interviewed Dirk about the effect climate change is having on our forests and how progeny trials will help us determine how to adapt the species we plant to the changing climate.
CN Rail Reforesting Traditional Lands: Brinkman and Tree Canada Collaborate with First Nation Family
Sep
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Every year across Canada CN Rail’s sustainability program sponsors many reforestation projects, offsetting the clearing of new rail lines and the production of new railway ties. By 2015 they will have planted over one million trees, which makes them the leading private non-forestry company tree planter in Canada. Tree Canada, a non-profit organization that specializes in coordinating the pro bono planting of trees for various purposes has partnered with CN to help see these projects happen. This year through Tree Canada, CN Rail sponsored the planting of 100,000 seedlings by Brinkman & Associates Reforestation Ltd. on the TseK'hene traditional First Nation territory of the Chingee family about 60kms North of Prince George.
Whistler to purchase carbon offsets from Cheakamus Community Forest
Aug
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"The Resort Municipality of Whistler (RMOW) is now able to neutralize its corporate greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions by purchasing carbon offsets locally as part of its broader Carbon Neutral Operations Plan. This is possible because of the recent signing of an agreement between the Cheakamus Community Forest near Whistler and the Province of British Columbia, which allows the community forest to generate and sell carbon offsets.
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