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Category Archives: Climate Change
Addie & Fred Campaigne on the revised Silvicultural Guide for Nova Scotia: Carbon-based silviculture is paramount 12Feb2021
And a lot else Just under a year ago I needed some inspiration to comment on the High Production Forestry Discussion Paper, and it came from Addie and Fred Campaigne who had posted their thoughtful comments on a social media … Continue reading
Posted in Acadian Forest, Citizen Science, Climate Change, Conservation, Ind Rev Post-Report, Social Media, Social Values
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Landscape-level “Log the best and leave the rest” on Nova Scotia’s Crown land forests 10Jan 2021
Examples from the two most recent Harvest Plan Notifications, one in Queens Co. in SW Nova Scotia and one in the area of the proposed Ingram River Wilderness Area (Halifax Co.) illustrate how the practice of “log the best and … Continue reading
Posted in Acadian Forest, clearcuts, Climate Change, Conservation, herbicides, Ind Rev Post-Report, L&F, Landscape Level Planning
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Liberal Leadership Candidate’s Responses to Question re: 30% Protection for Nova Scotia by 2030 6Jan 2021
UPDATE Jan 7, 2021: Same question posed to leaders of NS Green, NDP, Conservative parties. Note: The Final Candidate Forum is this evening at 7:00 p.m. It can be viewed livestream at liberal.ns.ca. I have submitted this question to the forum. … Continue reading
Posted in Climate Change, Conservation, Ecosystem Services, Parks & Protected Areas, Social Values
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Elmsdale Biochar initiative provides some good news on the forestry front, but we still need rigorous forest & forestry carbon accounting for Nova Scotia 28Dec2020
UPDATE DEC 30, 2020: Another good news item involving Mr. Wilbur appeared in the news yesterday: view NS Nature Trust Wild Blue Announcement ——- Kudos are due to oft-outspoken Robin Wilbur of Elmsdale Lumber for his seriously pursuing production of … Continue reading
Posted in Biomass, Climate Change, Economics, softwood lumber
Comments Off on Elmsdale Biochar initiative provides some good news on the forestry front, but we still need rigorous forest & forestry carbon accounting for Nova Scotia 28Dec2020
Plourde urges Premier to reset the agenda on nature for Nova Scotia 13Oct2020
Raymond Plourde says that we can move to 14% protected with a stroke of the Premier’s pen. Then it’s time to go further. A spate of recent local or locally relevant news underscores a basic conflict that confronts many jurisdictions … Continue reading
Posted in Biomass, clearcuts, Climate Change, Conservation, Ind Rev Post-Report
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Coastal Black Spruce, Climate Change and Lake Aluminum levels are topics of upcoming MTRI webinars 11Aug2020
From the Mersey Tobeatic Research Institute, Aug 10, 2020: “We have 3 more presentations as part of our Summer Webinar Series for the month of August! Registration is as easy as emailing emma.beaton@merseytobeatic.ca to receive the ZOOM link”
Posted in Climate Change, Conservation, events
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Dale Prest to give MCFC webinar on Fighting Climate Change with Forests on Wed Aug 5, more in the series and view those already given 29July2020
Update Aug 6, 2020: A video archive of Dale’s presentation is available at https://youtu.be/bAJDBB4mWo0 ————————– Coming up next week: Intro to the Forest Series: Fighting Climate Change with Forests – how do we get there? by Dale Prest. Wednesday, August … Continue reading
Posted in Acadian Forest, Climate Change, Conservation, events, Indigenous Peoples
Comments Off on Dale Prest to give MCFC webinar on Fighting Climate Change with Forests on Wed Aug 5, more in the series and view those already given 29July2020
What a Canada Day gift: Cliffs of Fundy to become a designated UNESCO Global Geopark 1July2020
UPDATE: – It’s official! Cliffs of Fundy, Bonavista Peninsula named UNESCO Global Geoparks Emma Davie, Emily Chung · CBC News July 10, 2020 ———– There are so many special places in Nova Scotia. Twenty years ago or so, I fell … Continue reading
Posted in Climate Change, Conservation, Natural History
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Canada’s faulty forest carbon accounting laid bare 30Mar2020
Barry Saxifrage, writing in the National Observer, lays out the complicated way Canada reports forest carbon balances, and how that reporting has been changed in recent years to hide some inconvenient truths In a remarkable, lengthy and well researched opinion … Continue reading
Posted in Climate Change, Show Us the Science
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In 2020, strict standards and transparency are required for Nova Scotia’s forest chipping/bioenergy projects to be credible as “good for the environment” 11Feb2020
Small scale wood chip-heating systems for public buildings are currently being fast-tracked by L&F as a partial substitute for The Mill as a market for low value wood, and touted as “carbon-friendly fuel“. A much bolder vision is being promoted … Continue reading
Posted in Biomass, Climate Change, Ind Rev Post-Report, L&F
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