The Chronical Herald covers a public presentation by CCNB’s Science Advisor Inka Milewski concerning the recovery of the sea-bottom at an abandoned salmon farm in Shelburne Harbour, NS. “It’s not a good news story, because we don’t have recovery,” Milewski said this week in Shelburne. … “It’s the organic material, primarily the feces of the […]
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The Conservation Council of New Brunswick has released a short video that shows remarkable forest loss in New Brunswick from 2000 to 2013. The animated maps reveal that the picture province is no longer home to large intact forest areas. The Conservation Council is concerned that the New Brunswick’s forest strategy will further degrade the
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Meet Mark, our newest addition to the Conservation Council! Mark has stepped into the role of Buy Local NB project development and marketing officer: I was raised in Keswick Ridge, a small farming community located just outside of Fredericton, New Brunswick. Growing up, buying local wasn’t a movement or novelty; it was simply part of
CCNB’s Tracy Glynn weighs in on the postponing of the signing of the forestry agreement. Global’s Laura Brown reports.
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Oceans’ Week starts with call for Gulf-wide moratorium and arms-length review panel Gulf of St. Lawrence, Canada, June 9, 2014 – Fishermen, environmentalists, First Nations, and others kicked off International Oceans’ Week with a demand to the federal, Newfoundland and Labrador, Nova Scotia, PEI, New Brunswick and Quebec governments to immediately place a moratorium on
Generally the air quality in New Brunswick is good. The level of several pollutants have gradually decreased over the past 25 years, and this means that people have fewer air quality-related health effects. However improvements have flat-lined somewhat in the past 10 years. Although annual averages of pollutants in New Brunswick are below the national
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The New Brunswick government released its 2014-2020 Climate Change Action Plan without much fuss on Monday June 2, 2014. First, what’s great about this plan: We have a plan; It includes a good section on adapting to climate change, evaluating the risk of the climate changes we know are coming, including more extreme rain and
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Dear Supporter, What an amazing spring! As we turn our minds (and hands) towards contemplating the warmer spring sunshine (especially after the winter we’ve just experienced), I wanted to write to you with exciting news from the Conservation Council of New Brunswick. Your Board of Directors was successful in hiring an experienced Executive Director, Lois
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A guest commentary by Ron Smith A recent decision by the New Brunswick government to enter into guaranteed wood supply contracts with forest companies, also referred to as the New Forest Strategy, has generated arguably unprecedented debate in the public arena. Much of this debate has focused on a lack of transparency or consultation. Until
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“A decade ago, WWF found that our forest type, the Acadian forest, was one of six endangered forest types in North America. Instead of working on conserving and restoring our forest, our governments have allowed for its further degradation in the last ten years to the point that there is no large intact areas of
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