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Looking after Nova Scotia’s Crown land garden

Posted on March 6, 2017 by admin

The Minister’s analogy of sustainable forestry to sustainable production of crops in a garden overlooks the now well established principle that “sustainability” needs to embrace much more than just the annual allowable cut. Something is definitely brewing as NSDNR Minister … Continue reading →

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What’s wrong with clearcutting?

Posted on January 29, 2017 by admin

To be more specific: Whats wrong with clearcutting the Acadian Forest in Nova Scotia? Note, Mar 4, 2019: NSDNR/L&F no longer use the word “clearcut”, but the practice goes on, described as “Overstory Removal” and/or “Variable Retention”. View link. Outside … Continue reading →

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What’s good for salmon is good for trees in Nova Scotia…and v. versa!

Posted on December 13, 2016 by admin

For the sake of the forests and salmon, it’s time for NSDNR/Westfor to heed the science and put the brakes on clearcutting in SW Nova Scotia. I was pleased to read in the Dec 2016 issue of Rural Delivery that … Continue reading →

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Conservation Links

Posted on November 27, 2016 by admin

Forest biodiversity, ecosystem functioning and the provision of ecosystem services Eckehard G. Brockerhoff et al., 2017. Biodiversity and Conservation volume 26, pages3005–3035 Wood production and biodiversity conservation are rival forestry objectives in Europe’s Baltic Sea Region Per Angelstam et al., … Continue reading →

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Who does what

Posted on September 25, 2016 by admin

Page posted Sep 25, 2016. As will be evident from the clutter of updates, many changes have occurred since then but not in regard to transparency. As written on Sep 25, 2016: The Lands and Forestry website does not provide … Continue reading →

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Forest Vegetation

Posted on August 23, 2016 by admin

NS Forest Ecosystem Classification “In 2000, the Nova Scotia Department of Natural Resources (NSDNR) began a long-term project to systematically identify and describe stand-level forest ecosystems in Nova Scotia – known as the Forest Ecosystem Classification (FEC) project. In 2010, … Continue reading →

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