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Les partis révèlent leur position sur l’environnement et la conservation

Media Releases / Conservation Council of New Brunswick

FREDERICTON — Trois des partis politiques du Nouveau-Brunswick disent « oui » à l’assainissement de l’air et de l’eau en indiquant qu’ils cesseraient toute activité de fracturation hydraulique et prendraient les mesures nécessaires afin de protéger notre forêt de la Couronne s’ils formaient le prochain gouvernement provincial. Au début de septembre, le Conseil de conservation du Nouveau-Brunswick (CCNB) a […]

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Where do they stand?

CCNB Blog / Conservation Council of New Brunswick

The Conservation Council asked the Leaders of all five political parties 10 important questions about their conservation and environmental priorities, if elected. Click here for the full Liberal Party response. Click here for the full New Democratic Party response. Click here for the full Green Party response. The People’s Alliance did not respond to the questionnaire, but you can read

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NB Ombudsman: government intentionally obstructing water protection regulation

Feature, Freshwater Protection, Media Releases / Stephanie Merrill

Conservation Council Press Release For Immediate Release Fredericton – On Friday, August 15, the New Brunswick Ombudsman, Charles Murray, tabled a report on his investigation into Department of Environment’s management of the Water Classification Program. The Report provides damning evidence in support of the complaint, indicating that successive ministers have been intentional in their

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Vote for Our Forest

Forest Conservation / Tracy Glynn

CCNB Action needs your help to distribute our “Vote for Our Forest” cards. The cards, available in English or French, include 4 questions that you can ask the candidates seeking election in the next provincial election on Sept. 22. The cards can also be displayed in your window or door to show your support for

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Conservation Council video shows forest loss in New Brunswick

CCNB Blog, Feature, Forest Conservation / Tracy Glynn

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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Increasing wood harvesting on New Brunswick Crown lands: What may we be missing?

CCNB Blog, Forest Conservation / Tracy Glynn

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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Good news for forest industry is not good news for our forest or communities

Feature, Forest Conservation, Media Releases / Tracy Glynn

Conservation Council of New Brunswick Media Release Fredericton – Premier David Alward is promising good news for the forest industry in response to their lobbying efforts for long-term access to timber supply. The Conservation Council encourages the Alward government to consider the long-term health of New Brunswick’s mixedwood forest and our forest dependent communities in

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Time for herbicide spraying of public forest to stop because of new science, public opposition: CCNB

Feature, Media Releases / Tracy Glynn

Fredericton – Citing scientific evidence and public opposition, CCNB is renewing calls for the provincial government to cease herbicide spraying of the province’s public forest with the return of the 2013 spray season. Glyphosate-based herbicides are sprayed on 12,000 to 14,000 hectares of softwood plantations and cutover areas on public land in New Brunswick every year.

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Forests need to be better managed, groups say

CCNB in the News / Conservation Council of New Brunswick

By James Jenkinson for The Daily Gleaner June 17, 2013 “Environmentalists and woodlot owners have grave concerns with the status quo of New Brunswick’s forest industry, but the Forest Products Association of Canada president says it’s poised for a promising future.” … The Conservation Council of New Brunswick’s Tracy Glynn said a public survey commissioned

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