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The Centre for Plant Research and Forest 2020

The Honourable Herb Dhaliwal, Member of Parliament and Minister of Natural Resources Canada, visited UBC Botanical Garden and Centre for Plant Research on Thursday, November 27, 2003, to announce important details about "Forest 2020". Forest 2020 is a federal funding initiative aimed at scoping forestry solutions to carbon sequestration, in response to Canada's Kyoto Treaty obligations. The Minister saw at first hand University of British Columbia's research on poplar and other forest trees.

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Photographs from the event

Canada NewsWire Press Release for the Honourable Herb Dhaliwal's Visit
Forest 2020
Forest 2020 - Frequently Asked Questions

Posted by Daniel Mosquin at 2:05 AM on December 4, 2003

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