Forest Innovation
Explore how innovation can make Ontario’s forest sector more competitive.
We work to:
Optimize Ontario’s traditional forest practices and industries.
Nextfor helps Ontario’s primary forest industry meet their economic and sustainability goals.
Develop cross-sectoral partnerships.
We connect Ontario’s forest resource providers with end users in need of low-carbon solutions.
Explore new market opportunities.
We leverage the knowledge of our network to identify market opportunities for Ontario’s forest-based products and technologies.
Support emerging forest-based products and technologies.
Our targeted funding challenges help move products and technologies to market in Ontario and internationally.
The Nextfor Approach
Through the Nextfor Approach, Nextfor builds high-functioning value chains in Ontario’s forest-based bio-economy.
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Collaborate to define opportunities & barriers that need to be addressed
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Roadmap clear goals & actions
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Identify necessary projects & partners; track progress with public results
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Funding (if available) will be provided to address barriers & develop market-based outcomes
Focus Areas
Nextfor is working to encourage market realization of innovation in the following areas:
Bio-Composites & Biomaterials
Join innovators who are developing low-carbon solutions for everyday products.
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