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The first-ever 5 Days for the Forest will occur in Fredericton during National Forest Week (Sept. 19-24, 2016). The forest festival will celebrate our diverse mixed-wood forest, wildlife and flora. The events will foster an appreciation of New Brunswick’s forest biodiversity in an effort to ensure its conservation. Organized by the Conservation Council of New […]
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By Kelsey Maber, Jennica Leet & Brittany Polchies Are you interested in seeing majestic shots of our forest in New Brunswick and abroad in places like Nicaragua? Want to find out what folks in New Brunswick are doing at home and around the world to conserve and restore our forest? We hope you can join
By Jennica Leet Join us for a documentary about the story of our forest as told by Maliseet, Mi’kmaq and Passamaquoddy elders. As part of our celebration of the 5 Days for the Forest, the Conservation Council and Cinema Politica Fredericton are screening A Beautiful Forest by the Aboriginal Peoples’ Television Network (APTN). The film,
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Wondering where our forest will be sprayed this summer? The government of New Brunswick has just released the 2016 spraying map. Zoom in on your area on this map. Be sure to click on “Proposed Vegetation Management Areas” on the legend and layer list on the left side of the map. Notices are appearing in our local
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The petition against herbicide spraying in our Crown forest has been extended! We are now submitting signatures in three batches due to scheduling changes at the Legislative Assembly. Download copies of the petition here: English | French. Petitions can be returned to the Conservation Council at 180 Saint John St., Fredericton, NB E3B 4A9. FIRST BATCH deadline: April 10,2016 will be
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One of the most important issues concerning citizens of New Brunswick that the Minister of Natural Resources can address right away is the use of herbicides on our Crown forested lands. People from all over the province have joined with concerned citizens, community environmental organizations and the Conservation Council of New Brunswick — which has
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The Auditor General of New Brunswick says 80 per cent of all the wood cut from Crown forests in the past two decades have been harvested by clear cut. “Clearcut is running consistently around 80%, whereas in the area of selective or partial cut, there is a decline from 20% to roughly 10% in more
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Our pretty Acadian forest flowers are about to bloom! You won’t want to miss them like you won’t want to miss your chance to have a say on our forest! New Brunswickers are busy collecting signatures to our petition for our forest. The deadline to pass in petitions has been extended to Earth Day, April
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Our Forest Conservation campaigner, Tracy Glynn, appeared in the media this week following our call to phase out the use of herbicides in our Crown forest. Earlier this month, the International Centre for Research on Cancer, a branch of the World Health Organization, classified glyphosate – the active ingredient in the herbicide sprayed annually in
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A herbicide sprayed yearly and in large quantities on New Brunswick forests was recently classified as a probable cancer-causing chemical by the International Agency for Research on Cancer (IARC), an arm of the World Health Organization. The decision was published in the journal, Lancet Oncology. Glyphosate, sold under various trade names including Roundup, Vision, and
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