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Items in the news related to forests and forestry in Nova Scotia Asterisked items pertain directly to implementation of the Triad Nova Scotia Page initiated June 13, 2022 On separate page: News Items June 13-Nov 2, 2022 On separate page: … Continue reading →

The hidden carbon impacts of getting mass timber wrong Jennifer Hahn, Mar 31, 2023. Interview and article on www.dezeen.com/ (online architecture magazine) “Architects are increasingly using mass timber in the hopes of creating net-zero buildings but carbon assessments are missing … Continue reading →

In my view, soil and water acidification is the single most serious threat to biodiversity in NS and to future productivity of our forests and waters. It also has a major impact on carbon sequestration. Remarkably, these issues are rarely … Continue reading →

THE ACCOUNTING ISSUE International Mind the gap: Study shows estimates of current land-based emissions vary between models due to differing definitions by International Institute for Applied Systems Analysis in www.phys.org, Nov 22, 2023. “A new study published in Nature demonstrates … Continue reading →

Business-as-usual forestry and fire management is a burning dead end By Julian Axmann, BC Spaces for Nature inThe Vancouver SunOctober 26, 2023 “Before wildfires got this extreme, it arguably made economic sense — from a timber production standpoint — to … Continue reading →

FireSmart Canada “The goals for FireSmart Canada are twofold: to improve communication with stakeholders; and to organize programs and assets into a logical, manageable structure based on three pillars – homeowners, neighbourhoods and communities.” View History (the text is also … Continue reading →

View also the subpages – NS Gov on Wildfires – Ecological Recovery/Fire Ecology – FireSmart Practices – Hammonds Plains/Tantallon fires 2023 – Shelburne Area Fire Also view Fire Ecology and subpages on backlandscoalition.ca. These materials relate mostly to the “Backlands” … Continue reading →

Nov 2, 2022: Paper Excellence: The making of a new forestry giant Nealson Bennett in www.timescolonist.com Nova Scotia avoids looking at the biomass scam Tim Bousquet in the Halifax Examiner. “The province has studied small-scale biomass heating units to death, … Continue reading →