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Needs Updating: last updates Aug 4, 2022<\/em><\/p>\n

The current* NS Government’s Commitment<\/strong> (clause 10 in the Environmental Goals and Climate Change Reduction Act<\/a>, As Passed on Nov 5, 2021, bolding inserted):
\n*A PC Government was elected with a majority\u00a0 on Aug 17, 2021, replacing two successive Liberal Governments (2013-2019).<\/span><\/p>\n

\u00a0The Government’s goals with respect to the protection of land are<\/span><\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n

(a) to conserve at least 20% of the total land and water mass of the Province by 2030<\/span><\/strong> as protected areas and other effective area-based conservation measures, including Indigenous Protected and Conserved Areas, in a manner consistent with national reporting criteria;<\/em><\/p>\n

(b) to support the goal in clause (a) with a collaborative protected areas strategy to be released by December 31, 2023<\/span><\/strong>;<\/em><\/p>\n

(c) to implement by 2023 an ecological forestry approach for Crown lands,<\/span><\/strong> consistent with the recommendations in “An Independent Review of Forest Practices in Nova Scotia” prepared by William Lahey in 2018, through the triad model of forest management that prioritizes the sustainability of ecosystems and biodiversity in the Province; and<\/em><\/p>\n

(d) to identify by 2023 the percentage allocation of Crown land dedicated to each pillar of the triad model of forest management<\/span><\/strong> referred to in clause (c).<\/em><\/p><\/blockquote>\n

The Planning Process<\/strong>
\nThe recommendation to manage NS’s forested Crown lands under a Forest Triad approach was a key component of the Forest Practices Review<\/a> tabled on Aug 21, 2018. On June 25, 2019, the Department of Lands and Forestry announced 8 Priority Projects<\/a>. The projects are listed below with links to the information docs issued June 25, 2019 (poss. slow downloading as they are on the Web Archive):<\/p>\n