Nouvelles des groupes
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Tickets are limited and must be purchased in advance in person at The Corn Crib (337 Mountain road) or online on Eventbrite by following the link below:
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- Publié par : Corey Robichaud
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Attention News Editors: Lois Corbett, Executive Director of the Conservation Council of New Brunswick, issued the following statement about the Department of Environment and Local Government’s report, Working Together to Build a Water Strategy for New Brunswick - Summary of Comments, released today. She is available for comment.
The Summary of Comments report documents the feedback from public information sessions, stakeholder sessions held across the province, and online and written submissions to the Department of Environment in response to the March 1, 2016, Discussion Paper, Working Together to Build a Water Strategy for New Brunswick.
The Minister also announced that the Department is establishing a technical working group to provide recommendations on water classification.
“The report has fairly captured the importance of protecting New Brunswick's precious water. The advice from the public, and the wealth of first-hand experience included in its pages from those working on the front lines provides a clear call to work together to produce a modern, effective and efficient water protection strategy,” said Corbett.
The Conservation Council knows that a comprehensive water protection strategy for New Brunswick will:
- be science-based, involving baseline data, cumulative impacts, e-flows (the minimum amount of water required to sustain aquatic life in rivers and streams), and be tailored to meet the needs of each of the 13 watersheds in N.B.;
- set goals for water quality objectives;
- protect both surface waters (lakes, streams, rivers) and groundwater as well as our marine coastal areas;
- be enforceable with a modern legal framework, including water classification for the province's rivers;
- be transparent, involving consultations with First Nations, businesses, farmers, municipal officials and citizens; and,
- be accountable, involving monitoring and regular reporting to the public on the progress of goals and objectives outlined in the water protection strategy.
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Read the report, Working Together to Build a Water Strategy for New Brunswick: Summary of Comments, here.
Read the original March 1, 2016, Discussion Paper, Working Together to Build a Water Strategy for New Brunswick, here.
To arrange an interview, contact:
Emily McPhee, Communications
Office: 458-8747
Cell: (639) 571-3388
Email: [email protected]
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Vous êtes-vous déjà retrouvé en face d’un panneau bleu des « aires naturelles protégées » quand vous marchiez dans les bois ? Cela m’est arrivé. Et je me demande toujours : « dans quelle aire protégée je me retrouve? Et est-ce que j’entre ou je sors de cette aire? »
C’est quoi une aire protégée ? Les aires protégées sont des réserves pour la nature et les habitats de la faune. Les gens peuvent les utiliser pour la récréation, comme des promenades, et dans la plupart des réserves au N.-B., pour la pêche et la chasse aussi. Mais les activités industrielles comme la foresterie et le minage ne sont pas permis.
Maintenant au Nouveau-Brunswick, 4,7 % du territoire sont des aires protégées. On pourrait penser que 4,7 % semblent suffisants – jusqu’à ce que l’on apprenne que le Canada a signé la Convention internationale sur la diversité biologique et qu’il s’est engagé à protéger 17 % de son territoire avant 2020. Et c’est seulement dans 3 ans. Alors comment peut-on se comparer aux autres provinces ? Et bien, nous sommes à l’avant-dernière place avec seulement l’I P. É qui traine dernière nous.
En février dernier, pour en apprendre davantage sur les autres provinces, nous avons invité trois d’entre elles à participer à un atelier. De ces trois, c’est l’Alberta qui est en tête avec 14,4 %, la Nouvelle-Écosse suit avec 12,16 % et le Québec avec 9,16 %. On peut dire que le Nouveau-Brunswick ressemble à la Nouvelle-Écosse avec environ le même territoire et environ la moitié de ce territoire sous forme de terres de la Couronne. Certainement qu’avec toutes ces terres de la Couronne, le N.-B. peut participer à la préservation des terres de la Couronne pour des habitats fauniques pour les futures générations. Si c’est possible en Nouvelle-Écosse, c’est aussi possible chez nous !
Lors de l’atelier sur les aires protégées, les participants des groupes de conservation, des universités, des Premières nations, du gouvernement, des municipalités et des entreprises ont suggéré de nouvelles idées pour que le Nouveau-Brunswick suive la norme internationale. Lisez le rapport de cet atelier pour mieux vous informer ! Et dites-nous ce que vous en pensez !
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Lisez l'article complet sur le site de AASNB ici.
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SATURDAY, OCTOBER 15, 2016
MEET AT 10:00 AM
THE PHILOSOPHY OF ZOOS HAS CHANGED CONSIDERABLY OVER THE YEARS. NOW VERY FEW ANIMALS IN ZOOS ARE TAKEN
FROM THE WILD, BUT INSTEAD THEY ARE BRED IN CAPTVITY, AND MANY SPECIES ENDANGERED IN THE WILD AND BRED
THIS WAY ARE RELEASED BACK INTO THEIR NATURAL HABITAT TO BOLSTER NUMBERS.
ON SATURDAY, OCTOBER 15, NATURE MONCTON MEMBERS WILL BE GIVEN A SPECIAL OPPORTUNITY TO SEE THE
ANIMALS AT THE ZOO AND SOME BEHIND-THE-SCENES ACTVITES IN ACTVE PROGRESS. THIS TRIP WILL BE LED BY BRUCE
DOUGAN, GENERAL MANAGER OF THE MAGNETC HILL ZOO.
MANY OF US MAY NOT BE AWARE THAT THE MAGNETC HILL ZOO, HERE ON OUR DOORSTEPS, IS ONE OF THE MORE
RECOGNIZED ZOOS IN CANADA FOR ITS PROGRAMS AND DISPLAYS.
MEET AT 10 AM AT THE MAGNETC HILL ZOO PARKING LOT ON SATURDAY, OCTOBER 15. FAMILY AND FRIENDS ARE
WELCOME.
ADULT (18+) $11
SENIOR/YOUTH (12-17) (60+) $10
CHILD (4-11) $8
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PRESS RELEASE
Fredericton, N.B. – A national assessment by the Pembina Institute of provincial progress on climate action commitments finds New Brunswick at the back of the pack on climate action.The Race to the Front: Tracking Pan-Canadian Climate Progress and Where We Go from Here report, released in collaboration with the Conservation Council, sets the context for an all-important meeting of Environment Ministers Monday, October 3 in Montreal.
The meeting of the Canadian Council of Ministers of the Environment (CCME) is expected to approve options developed by four federal-provincial working groups to meet commitments made in Paris at the United Nations Climate Conference in December 2015. CCME recommendations will go to Premiers and the Prime Minister to support final negotiations leading to a meeting of First Ministers (FMM) in November. The FMM is expected to finalize a framework where each province would be required to meet certain basic climate action requirements such as putting in place carbon pricing regime meeting similar price and coverage benchmarks across Canada. Provinces failing to do so by a certain date would have a carbon charge imposed by the federal government (the backstop). The federal Government is also expected to accelerate regulations to phase coal out of electricity production. The Pembina Institute report assesses where provinces currently are with respect to climate action and highlights additional actions required by provinces and the federal Government.
The Conservation Council has published a provincial climate action plan detailing recommendations for doing our fair share to cut carbon pollution. Proposed actions could improve energy efficiency and increase the supply of renewable energy in buildings, industry and transportation, and create jobs at home.
“New Brunswick shows weak progress on climate action, but we believe the province can make a positive contribution to Canada’s pollution reduction goals. To reduce emissions in the near term, New Brunswick must implement an economy-wide carbon price with funds raised invested in greenhouse gas reductions, and it needs to agree to phase coal out of electricity production no later than 2030,” says Louise Comeau, Director of Climate Change and Energy Solutions.
The Conservation Council of New Brunswick is committed to doing its part to help New Brunswick move to a 100% renewable energy future by creating awareness and advancing practical solutions through research, education and policy development.As a local environmental organization, CCNB supports the transition to clean energy in New Brunswick and what’s being done to reach renewable goals.
For more information, contact: Dr. Louise Comeau, Director of Climate Change and Energy Solutions, CCNB, Tel. (506)238-0355
Download the Pembina Report here:
