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- Publié par : Nature Trust of New Brunswick
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The award was created to celebrate the 25th anniversary of the Nature Trust of New Brunswick and its ongoing efforts to preserve ecologically significant areas within the province. Nominees must fulfill at least one of several requirements for evaluation for the award, including contribution to conservation efforts over time, involvement as a past or present volunteer, steward and/or member of the Nature Trust or other conservation organization, or involvement as a corporate or community partner of the Nature Trust or other conservation organization. The nominations may also be made as a posthumous recognition of an individual’s significant contributions to conservation over time.
Dr. Don Floyd represents the Atlantic Regional Board of the Nature Conservancy of Canada (NCC) as one of the members of the award’s selection committee. Floyd notes the importance of acknowledging the commendable work of conservationists in the province:
“The Lieutenant-Governor’s Award for Excellence in Land Conservation is an important way to recognize and give thanks to conservationists in New Brunswick,” says Floyd. “In addition to organizations like NCC and the Nature Trust of New Brunswick, there are many other conservation-minded groups and individuals who are making a difference in their communities to preserve natural landscapes for the future,” says Floyd. “This award is a way to recognize and give thanks to those who are leaving legacies to be enjoyed for generations to come.”
The Meduxnekeag River Association was the recipient of the award in 2013, recognizing the difference the organization has made in the Meduxnekeag river valley since 1995 and for the ongoing commitment to acquiring and protecting land in the area for present and future generations.
“The Nature Trust of New Brunswick's recognition of conservation in New Brunswick via the Lieutenant-Governor’s Award was gratefully received by the Meduxnekeag River Association Inc. in 2013,” says Stephen Wilson, President of the Meduxnekeag River Association. “Our continued engagement with the Nature Trust of New Brunswick and the many others that make our conservation efforts possible is much appreciated, and continues to raise the profile of the unique habitats of the Meduxnekeag region.”
The Lieutenant-Governor’s Award for Excellence in Land Conservation provides an opportunity to recognize the dedication and long-term contributions of environmental conservationists in the province. The Nature Trust of New Brunswick thanks its partners in the award selection committee, including the Honourable Jocelyne Roy Vienneau, the Atlantic Regional Board of the Nature Conservancy of Canada, the New Brunswick Minister of Natural Resources, the Canadian Wildlife Service, and Angee Acquin, First Nations representative.
About the Nature Trust of New Brunswick
Established in 1987, the Nature Trust of New Brunswick is a non-profit conservation organization dedicated to preserving the province’s ecologically significant landscapes. To date, the Nature Trust has conserved over 6,000 acres (2,400 hectares) in more than 40 beautiful and diverse nature preserves in New Brunswick. For more information, visit www.naturetrust.nb.ca.
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- Publié par : Marie-Pierre Poirier
- Affichages : 7653
Il est attendu que les impacts des changements climatiques sur les bassins versants soient significatifs. Que vous soyez impliqués de près ou de loin avec l'adaptation aux changements climatiques et/ou les bassins versants ou seulement préoccupés par le bien-être de nos ressources d'eau, il vaut la peine de jeter un coup d'oeil à ce document!
Cliquez ici afin de consulter le cadre stratégique. Il est également disponible dans la section sur l'adaptation aux changements climatiques de notre Bibliothèque de références (sous l'onglet "Ressources").
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- Publié par : Mary delavalette
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TELEGRAPH-JOURNAL July 22/2015
Premiers’ energy strategy lacking
The recent premiers’ conference in Newfoundland illustrates how firmly the oil and gas industry has our politicians in its pocket. Saskatchewan Premier Brad Wall, who hopes to turn Saskatchewan into another tarsands province, was the most obvious. The irony is that he is presiding over a province consumed by wildfires which are a direct result of climate change which is a direct result of our use of fossil fuels. And he wants to produce more? Climate change was given lip service, but there were no definite commitments. This is insanity. If our premiers had our welfare at heart, they would be doing all in their power to support, encourage and subsidize renewable energy, instead of giving enormous taxpayer subsidies to the oil and gas industry. Many studies also prove that renewable energy -- solar, wind, water – would create many more jobs than the highly subsidized oil and gas industry. A fossil fuel future guarantees chaotic weather patterns leading to crop losses, farmer bankruptcies, homeowner disasters, food scarcities, water shortages and health catastrophes. The pollution of rivers and waterways -- such as the July 17 spill of five million litres of tarsands bitumen at Fort MacMurray and exploding tarsands oil trains, such as in Lac Megantic, contribute to a general breakdown of all ecosystem services that make life on Earth possible. I don’t want to believe these premiers are stupid -- but there’s only one alternative -- -that they have sold out. Mary de La Valette Porter Cove
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- Publié par : Marie-Pierre Poirier
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Le 24 juin, le RENB a organisé un atelier pour les ONGE sur l'adaptation aux changements climatiques. Un total de 12 ONGE ainsi que quelques autres organisations étaient représentées. Au courant de la journée, les participants ont pu cartograohier les projets d'adaptation dans la province et réseauter avec d'autres passionés d'adaptatation aux changements climatiques afin d'échanger des outils et des ressources et de faire les liens entre les différents projets d'adaptation qui seront mis en oeuvre au cours de la prochaine année.
Suite à l'atelier, les données ont été compilées et transformées en cartes interactives. Elles sont maintenant disponible sur notre site web! Cliquez ici afin de les consulter.
Le rapport de l'atelier est également disponible ici.
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- Publié par : Roberta Clowater
- Affichages : 10149
“Based on our assessment of progress since Canada endorsed the UN Convention on Biological Diversity 10-year plan in 2010, it would take us 50 years from today, not five, to meet our commitment to protect at least 17% of our land and fresh water. And 17% is only the next step we need to take towards protecting at least half to ensure Canada continues to have healthy, functioning ecosystems,” says Alison Woodley, national director of CPAWS’ parks program.
“In New Brunswick, we are particularly worried that New Brunswick is so far behind most of the other provinces in Canada, there is no plan in place to catch up, and no commitment to add any new protected areas,” says Roberta Clowater, Executive Director of CPAWS New Brunswick.
“Furthermore, the opportunities for creating more protected areas in the future are quickly being foreclosed due to the province’s new Crown Forestry strategy. There will be fewer and fewer wild forest options left to add to the protected areas systems over time.”
Slow to no progress since 2011
CPAWS found that the current percentage of lands and inland waters protected varies dramatically across Canada, ranging from just under three percent in Prince Edward Island, to more than 15% in British Columbia. Since 2011, the area protected in Alberta, Newfoundland and Labrador and the Yukon Territory has not grown at all, and all other provinces have increased protection by less than 2%. B.C.’s progress is undermined by its 2014 Parks Act amendments that allow industrial research in parks and boundary changes to accommodate pipelines and logging.Reasons for optimism
“Some of Canada’s provinces and territories and Indigenous communities are making impressive efforts to advance protected areas. Quebec and Ontario have committed to protecting half of their northern territories, although implementation of these commitments is very slow. Nova Scotia has ramped up efforts and appears to be on track to reach 14% protection, Manitoba has committed to creating 15 new parks and protected areas and to expanding others, and Alberta, the Northwest Territories and Nunavut all have land use planning processes underway that could lead to new, large protected areas,” says Woodley.At the federal level, a large new national park called Qausuittuq in Nunavut (11,000 km2) was just finalized in June, and two more could be announced within the next year. These include an area called Thaidene Nene around the East Arm of Great Slave Lake, NWT, where approximately 30,000 km2 could become a combined national and territorial park shortly. Similarly, the process for finalizing the 10,700 km2 Mealy Mountains National Park Reserve in Labrador is nearing completion, with an adjacent 3,000 km2 provincial park still at the early stages of establishment.
Local Indigenous communities are playing a significant leadership role and partnering with federal, provincial, and/or territorial governments to protect many of these large areas.
CPAWS calculates that if existing plans for creating new protected areas were implemented, along with other commitments for which specific sites have not yet been confirmed, Canada could meet its obligation to reach 17% protection by 2020.
Government leadership needed In New Brunswick
Over the past 20 years, New Brunswick has only moved from 1.3% to 4.7% of the province in permanently and legally designated protected areas.“We’re looking for New Brunswick to take on leadership to help meet Canada’s 2020 protected area commitments. To start, the New Brunswick government needs to revise the Crown Forestry Strategy to allow space for new forested protected areas across the province, and needs to commit to an ambitious plan to establish new protected areas around ecologically important forests, coastal shores, cliffs, wetlands and river headwaters. We cannot maintain the current slow pace of protection, because we are losing opportunities to protect our wild nature at an even faster rate,” says Roberta Clowater.
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View executive summary and full report at: http://cpaws.org/uploads/CPAWS_Parks_Report_2015-Single_Page.pdf
For interviews, contact: Roberta Clowater, [email protected]; phone: 506-452-9902
Founded in 1963, CPAWS is Canada’s only nationwide charity dedicated solely to protecting our public land and water, and ensuring our parks are managed to protect the nature within.
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Le gouvernement provincial veut élaborer une stratégie de promotion des produits alimentaires locaux et ils cherchent les opinions des Néo-Brunswickois et Néo-Brunswickoises concernant leurs habitudes d’achat local. Le sondage comprend des questions sur l’importance du soutien aux producteurs locaux, sur l’endroit où les aliments locaux sont achetés et sur ce qui peut être fait pour améliorer l’accès des consommateurs aux boissons et aux aliments locaux.
Voir le sondage ici et les autres renseignements sur l’initiative du gouvernement « achetez local » ici.
