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Forestry: Chipping our forests on the cheap

Friends of Nature — Tue, 13 Feb 2018 12:47:49 +0000

Public land and wildlife continue to be destroyed, yet are absent from industry costs Pulp companies use softwoods like spruce to manufacture paper products. They obtain leases to cut wood on Crown land, in forests owned by the public. The leases allow them to cut hardwood trees on Crown land. When other energy prices, such...

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Presentation to the Independent Review of Forest Practices

Friends of Nature — Sun, 10 Dec 2017 23:30:30 +0000

Yesterday, December 7, 2017 a delegation from Friends of Nature made a presentation to the Independent Review of Forest Practices, led by Professor Bill Lahey. Our presentation was well received and resulted in a healthy discussion with Mr Lahey. A copy of our brief is follows . . . December 7, 2017 Presentation to Bill...

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Eulogy for the Forest

Friends of Nature — Sat, 02 Dec 2017 15:28:15 +0000

Below is the Eulogy for the Forest given by Bob Bancroft at the recent Funeral for the Forest. The Funeral was a protest march organized by the Healthy Forest Coalition of which FON is a founding member. FON were well represented at the Funeral. WHERE HAVE ALL THE GOOD FORESTS GONE? Dear friends of the forest, Mi’kmaq...

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Letter to the Premier: Carbon Credits for Forests

Friends of Nature — Sat, 04 Mar 2017 12:12:23 +0000

The Honourable Stephen McNeil Office of the Premier 7th Floor, One Government Place 1700 Granville Street Halifax, Nova Scotia B3J 1X5 March 1, 2017 Dear Mr. Premier: I am writing to you on behalf of the Friends of Nature to express our appreciation for one of the steps your government has taken to combat the...

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How Trees Talk to Each Other

Friends of Nature — Tue, 11 Oct 2016 12:39:56 +0000

This particular podcast from the CBC Quirks and Quarks program with ecologist Suzanne Simard really made an impression on us: http://podcast.cbc.ca/mp3/podcasts/quirks_20160924_85220.mp3 And here’s Suzanne Simard’s Ted Talk:

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