'Socialistic' operations hurt forests Canada underprices timber: report. Academic stresses access to resources, sustainability, rather than privatization

A report on the world's forests, presented yesterday during the World Forestry Congress in Quebec City, notes two-thirds of the global supply of industrial wood comes from 15 per cent of forested land that is intensely managed. And its authors, academics affiliated with the United Nations University, say Canada, which ranks third in the world after Russia and Brazil in forested area per capita, is underpricing its timber in forests that are 94-per-cent publicly-owned.