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le premier Rapport d'étape sur la Stratégie fédérale de développement durable 2010-2013
Environnement Canada a publié le Rapport d'étape préliminaire sur la Stratégie fédérale de développement durable (SFDD). Ce premier Rapport d'étape décrit les mesures prises pour mettre en oeuvre les exigences de la Loi depuis le dépôt de la SFDD. Il fait partie d'une approche de gestion à long terme de « planification, exécution, contrôle et amélioration» et met l'accent sur les progrès accomplis au niveau de la mise en place des systèmes nécessaires pour mettre en œuvre la SFDD. Le Rapport jette les bases des futurs rapports en indiquant comment les résultats seront mesurés et partagés.
Les principales réalisations comprennent :
- La création d'un Bureau du développement durable;
- la mise en place d'un cadre de gestion pour la SFDD;
- la mise en place d'un processus servant à intégrer les stratégies ministérielles de développement durable au système de gestion des dépenses pour la première fois;
- Le développement des cibles, des stratégies de mise en œuvre et des directives pour l'écologisation des opérations gouvernementales;
- la révision des lignes directrices relatives à l'évaluation environnementale stratégique exigeant la prise en compte des objectifs et des cibles de la SFDD et des rapports publics à ce chapitre;
- L'établissement d'un système de mesure du rendement pour la SFDD pour surveiller et faire rapport efficacement sur les progrès. Ceci comprend une série d'indicateurs environnementaux et de mesures du rendement pour les Thèmes I à III, et des mesures de rendement communes pour le Thème IV.
La SFDD, déposée au Parlement en octobre 2010, établit des objectifs, des cibles et des stratégies de mise en œuvre sous quatre thèmes prioritaires :
I. Relever les défis changements climatiques et de la qualité de l'air;
II. Maintenir la qualité et la disponibilité de l'eau;
III. Protéger la nature;
IV. Réduire l'empreinte environnementale - En commençant par le gouvernement.
Pour plus de renseignements, consultez le Rapport d'étape 2011 ici!
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First of Its Kind Study on Value of Wild Atlantic Salmon Underway
For immediate release
June 15, 2011
St. Andrews…. The Atlantic Salmon Federation (ASF) has engaged Gardner Pinfold Consulting Economists Ltd. to carry out the most comprehensive study of the economic benefits of wild Atlantic salmon to eastern Canada ever undertaken. The results are expected by mid summer with a September media launch.
ASF has long-term plans to share the study’s findings with the general public, anglers, First Nations, community leaders, elected officials and politicians, government officials, Legislative Committees, fisheries critics, and internationally, through the North Atlantic Salmon Conservation Organization (NASCO).
The study is a past, present, and future analysis, the scope of which includes the worth of wild Atlantic salmon to recreational fishing, First Nations, tourism, conservation and education, and the existence and other non-use values of the species.
Bill Taylor, President of ASF, said, “Federal funding for the restoration of wild Atlantic salmon has collapsed. Fisheries and Oceans Canada’s priority appears to be towards developing commercial ventures, such as the salmon aquaculture industry, rather than to restore wild Atlantic salmon. This is driven by the view that the aquaculture industry has measurable contributions that appeal to elected officials and communities. Government needs to understand that the recreational and First Nations food fisheries for salmon are important industries that provide economic benefits, jobs, and have significant cultural importance. We hope that the data that Gardner Pinfold provides will convince government to put more money into conservation and restoration of this species, and we will embark on a long-term plan to convince government leaders to do so.”
Fisheries and Oceans Canada (DFO) publishes economic surveys on the value of all recreational fishing in Canada, including Atlantic salmon, every five years. “The Gardner Pinfold study may provide additional data that gives a fuller picture, resulting in a higher value for the recreational salmon fishery than is reported by DFO, ” continued Mr. Taylor, “but the trend that the DFO reports portray, regarding a loss of benefits from the recreational salmon fishing industry since 1995, is alarming and cannot be ignored.”
The 1995 DFO survey indicated that the revenues from recreational salmon fishing in Quebec and Atlantic Canada at that time was $191 million. That value had decreased to only $62 million by 2005, according to the DFO survey. This is a 68% drop in the value of the recreational salmon fishery in terms of today’s dollars.
According to the International Council for the Exploration of the Sea (ICES), recreational salmon catches in Canada were about 30% higher in 1995 than in 2005. “It is reasonable to conclude that even restoring salmon runs to 1995 abundance will help restore about $100 million in annual revenues through recreational fishing alone,” said Mr. Taylor. He continued, “Other benefits to First Nations and the general public reinforce the need for attention to wild salmon.”
The study components are a review of existing data and literature, two surveys (one of anglers and one of the general public), and interviews with key informants such as First Nations, private camps, and non government organizations. It also includes case studies of the local salmon economies of four rivers: the Grand CascapediaQC, the Miramichi NB, the Margaree NS, and the Exploits NL. The study will take into account the value of the conservation movement and restoration activity by volunteers and the corporate sector, and provide a value for salmon fisheries when salmon populations are restored.
Mr. Taylor concluded, “ASF expects the study to provide valuable information on the true worth of the species now and when restored, information that should help strengthen government policy and actions to conserve wild Atlantic salmon.”
The Atlantic Salmon Federation is dedicated to the conservation, protection and restoration of wild Atlantic salmon and the ecosystems on which their well being and survival depend.
ASF has a network of seven regional councils (New Brunswick, Nova Scotia, Newfoundland and Labrador, Prince Edward Island, Quebec, Maine and Western New England). The regional councils cover the freshwater range of the Atlantic salmon in Canada and the United States.
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ASF Contact: Muriel Ferguson, Communications 506 529-1033 or 506 529-4581
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"We are concerned that changing the law to require the Minister to compensate forest companies opens the door wide open to pay pulp and paper companies for reductions in their wood allocations. Would this mean that we would be forced to pay companies for loss of revenue for environmental protection measures? Would this mean that the forest management requirement for wildlife habitat zones in which only selection cutting is permitted would make the licensee eligible to be compensated for the difference in cost between clearcutting and selection cutting? Would it mean that forestry companies could be compensated for the value of wood fibre unavailable to it?" stated David Coon, CCNB's Executive Director.
The Department of Natural Resources will be reducing the annual allowable cut for softwoods and hardwoods on Crown lands in 2012 as the amount of softwood plantations were supposed to yield by now has not materialized, while hardwoods have been overcut.
"It is rare that legislation actually removes the discretion of a Minister in New Brunswick, but that is what replacing the word 'may' with 'shall' accomplishes," stated Tracy Glynn, CCNB's Forest Campaigner. "What is the justification for this?" Glynn asked. "We need to know what regulations are being contemplated."
"Compensation is the holy grail that the Irving's have been seeking since they and other licensee's wrote the Minister demanding compensation back in 2001, which we obtained and leaked to the media. The resulting public outcry was deafening," added Coon. "Now we see compensation being written into the Crown Lands And Forest Act itself."
Half of New Brunswick's forest is Crown land. The right to manage New Brunswick's 3.4 million hectares of publicly-held forests has been transferred to mostly multinational companies including J.D. Irving Ltd., Fornebu Lumber Company, Twin Rivers (formerly Fraser Papers) and AV Group (AV Nackawic/AV Cell).
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David Coon, 458-8747
Tracy Glynn, 458-8747
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“The amount of wood cut from Crown land in 2006-2007 was double what was cut in 1966-1967. We have seen the amount of wood cut from Crown lands on a five-year average increase by roughly 80% over the past 40 years from 2.7 million cubic metres per year in the late 1960’s to almost 5 million cubic metres in the past decade ,” said Coon. “The bottom line is we have overcut the public forest so wood quotas have got to be reduced in 2012,” he said. “The good news is private woodlot owners across this province have plenty of wood to sell that can make up the difference and create work at the same time,” said Coon.
Half of New Brunswick’s forest is found on Crown land, while 30% of the forest is owned by private woodlot owners.
Five Year Average // Volume of Wood Cut from Crown Land (millions of cubic metres)*
1967-1972 2.7 million cubic metres
1972-1977 3.7 million cubic metres
1977-1982 3.1 million cubic metres
1982-1987 3.5 million cubic metres
1987-1992 4.4 million cubic metres
1992-1997 4.4 million cubic metres
1997-2002 4.9 million cubic metres
2002-2007 8.0 million cubic metres
*Data from DNR’s Timber Utilization Survey
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Contact: David Coon, 458-8747
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