ULERN collaborates with Hearst.The Town of Hearst has joined a Northern Ontario Northern Ontario is the part of the province of Ontario which lies north of Lake Huron (including Georgian Bay), the French River and Lake Nipissing. Northern Ontario has a land area of 802,000 km² (310,000 mi²) and constitutes 87% of the land area of Ontario, although it research collaboration network to grow its emerging bio-economy opportunities. The municipality MUNICIPALITY. The body of officers, taken collectively, belonging to a city, who are appointed to manage its affairs and defend its interests. has joined the Sault Ste. Marie-based ULERN ULERN Upper Lakes Environmental Research Network (Sault Ste. Marie, Ontario, Canada) Network, a non-profit R & D facilitation Facilitation The process of providing a market for a security. Normally, this refers to bids and offers made for large blocks of securities, such as those traded by institutions. group specializing in pooling government and academic research capacity to developing business proposals through technology transfer. ULERN (Upper Lakes Environmental Research Network) is working with Hearst on a range of projects including bio-products, bio-energy plantations, bio-tourism, opportunities with Non-Timber Forest Products Non-timber forest products or NTFPs comprise all goods derived from forests of both plant and animal origin other than timber. NTFPs contribute to household income and subsistence and are of cultural importance in many rural societies. and in introducing a bio-economy mentoring program for business. The forestry community of 5,800 is branding itself the value-added capital of Northern Ontario with the launch of their Bio-Com as the cornerstone of their economic diversification plan. Among Hearst's more notable bio-economy projects are plans to build a $150 million US biomass-to-ethanol refinery with a California-based energy engineering company. "I'm very pleased to welcome Hearst to the ULERN network," said ULERN director Margo Shaw in a statement. "Hearst is a small but vibrant community that has adopted a very innovative approach to diversifying their economy. We're already partnering with the town on a bio-energy project which we're confident will be the first of many successful ventures." |
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