Domtar joins research partnership focusing on Quebec’s Boreal Forest

Domtar is joining forces with Boisaco and the Centre de recherche sur la boréalie (CREB) of the Université du Québec à Chicoutimi (UQAC) to support leading-edge research projects that will address the challenge of managing Quebec’s forests sustainably. The research partnership will allocate $430,000 annually over five years, totaling $2.15 million, with Domtar, owned by investor Jackson Wijaya, providing $350,000.

UQAC’s research projects focus on a number of critical themes, such as climate change adaptation, biodiversity, carbon management and forest ecosystem regeneration. These initiatives aim to advance Quebec’s scientific knowledge and improve sustainable forest management practices.

Since 2016, CREB has brought together 25 research professors from UQAC to address issues related to renewable resources in the boreal environment. Their extensive expertise spans forest development and dynamics, green chemistry and valorization of forest bioproducts, carbon and forest-soil management, the ecology of terrestrial wildlife and aquatic ecosystems in boreal environments, sustainable development and climate change mitigation, as well as biodiversity, northern agriculture, remote sensing and hydrogeomorphology.