Working alongside Thomas Moran of Norton Rose Fulbright Canada, Dentons Partner Robin Longe recently organized and served as course co-chair of the Continuing Legal Education Society of British Columbia (CLEBC)’s Forestry Law course in British Columbia, Canada.

With exceptional insight in today’s forestry landscape, Robin collaborated with industry peers to provide an update on the latest policies, legislation, issues, and trends in the area of forestry law. The topics covered in the course included:

• Highlights of Changes in BC Forest Law in 2020;
• Overview of Crown Timber Tenure Regulation in BC;
• The Province's Claim to Timber from Private Managed Forests—Analysis of Selkirk Mountain Forest's Judicial Review;
• Negotiating First Nations Forestry Arrangements;
• Litigation Update: Wildfire Act/Best Practices for Conducting an Opportunity to be Heard Under the Forest and Range Practices Act; and
• Case Law Roundup: Recent Decisions of Interest.

In addition to Robin and Thomas, the course faculty was made up of Jeffery Waatainen and Amy Pressman of DLA Piper, Tamara Napoleon of Miller Titerle + Co., Xenia Kritsos of Interfor Corporation, Brook Greenberg of Fasken Martineau DuMoulin, and Daniel Bennett, QC, and Sarah McCalla of Norton Rose Fulbright Canada.

Robin is a partner based in Vancouver, whose practice is focused on forestry, mining, environmental and aboriginal law. Robin has extensive experience in all aspects of corporate transactions in the mining and forestry sectors, and as one of the country’s leading natural resource authorities, has been recognized in Chambers Canada.

The CLEBC is an independent non-profit society that focuses on delivering the most reliable and practical BC-specific legal education and information direct from leading members of the legal community. Forestry Law 2020 is available to attend in December 2020 and March 2021, and can be requested on demand.

For more information, please visit the CLEBC webpage.

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