FREDERICTON — For the first time, the New Brunswick government is considering the risks of climate change in its long-term forest-management strategy, but critics say the province's interests are still too weighted in favour of industry over environm
The new forestry plan, presented Wednesday by Natural Resources Minister Mike Holland, promises to restore the area of Crown land set aside for conservation to 30 per cent from 23 per cent, as it was about a decade ago. The province is also looking to extract more out of forests, including by increasing maple syrup production and advancing the interests of private woodlot owners.
"Today's strategy, and for the first time ever, takes multiple and different uses other than forestry into consideration.” "Coniferous species in general, boreal forest type of species, that range is getting further and further north all the time. In 100 years, we're going to see a different landscape for sure. We need to start now to protect and be ready for it."
"I think that there are glimmers of elements that can allow us to do more ecological forestry into the future, if we keep on this path and show that you can still have lots of good jobs." "Instead, they engaged in an inadequate 'consultation' process where they claimed that forestry, the single biggest industrial activity on our lands and waters, has only a moderate impact on our rights," the group said.
" managed to go back to the status quo to restore the area of forest to 30 per cent on Crown lands that had conservation objectives that existed between 2008 and 2014 and then disappeared and was reduced to 23 per cent under the former Conservative government. He's restored that to what was the status quo for many years," he said."So, that's a win."
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