Forestry

Nova Scotian naturalists respond to the draft Old Growth Forest Policy

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The Nova Scotia government released the draft “Old-Growth Forest Policy for Nova Scotia” last month, asking Nova Scotians to give their feedback on proposed updates. This would update the Old Forest Policy of 2012. The document is long and technical, so we have provided a selection of responses from expert scientists, naturalists, and others involved in forestry, …

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Nova Scotia Plantation Forestry is Bad Economics

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Forest Plantations Defy the Science and Ignore the Economics. Bob Bancroft, MSc  (President, Nature Nova Scotia)Published in the Chronicle Herald  22 Aug 2020 The NS Department of Lands and Forestry and the forest industry are planning to replace more than 800,000 acres of fertile public forest land with even-aged, softwood plantations that are simplified, even-aged crop …

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