Employee directory

Bill Anderson
Forest Research Project Leader
Atlantic Forestry Centre
1350 Regent Street, P.O. Box 4000
Fredericton, New Brunswick, E3B 5P7
Tel.: (506) 452-3543

Profile

  • Joined the Canadian Forest Service in 1980

Responsibilities:

  • Coordinate, monitor, and report on forest science projects under the general direction of the Director of Science, Atlantic Forestry Centre
  • Advise the science directors and the science community as to their impact on client relations and departmental policy and activities
  • Advise the directors of science on priorities for development of marketing and technology transfer opportunities

Areas of Knowledge:

  • Science/policy integration
  • Science/policy interface
  • Use of science in the development of public forest policy
  • Bioenergy
  • Forest sector competitiveness

Awards

  • Natural Resources Canada – Canadian Forest Service Merit Awards (2007, 2003, 2001 and 1999)
  • Natural Resources Canada – Minerals and Metals Sector Merit Award (2000)
  • Natural Resources Canada Departmental Merit Awards (2003 and 1999)

Current Research Projects

  • Science/Policy interface: How scientists and scientific information influence public forest policy development

Education

  • B.Sc. in Forestry (1980), University of New Brunswick
  • Ph.D. Candidate in Forest Policy, University of New Brunswick