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Forest Policy Branch
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The Forest Policy Branch was created in 1990 from a reorganization of the former Forest Resources Group. The new branch was a component of the Policy Division, which was created in response to a ministry-wide restructuring project.
In 1993 the Forest Policy Branch was replaced by the Resource Stewardship and Development Branch, part of the Policy and Program Division.
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The Forest Policy Branch was responsible for defining forest policies and programs designed to develop and sustain a healthy and dynamic forest ecosystem in Ontario.
The Ontario Forest Research Institute was also accountable to the Forest Policy Branch. It conducted and coordinated forest research to acquire basic and applied knowledge and ensure its use in the development of forest policy and forest management practices in Ontario’s forest ecosystems. Studies involved forest ecology, genetics, renewal, and silviculture.
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RAD: Rules for Archival Description, 2nd edn (2008)
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2026-11-16: migrated to AtoM
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The Corporate History of the Ontario Ministry of Natural Resources, 1827 to 2010.
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Archivist(s):
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