Other sites of interest for
people in the Acadian Forest Region…
Ecology
Action Centre
The Ecology Action Centre
has been an active advocate, protecting the environment since 1971. The
Centre's earliest projects included recycling, composting, and energy
conservation, and recently the Wilderness Committee has started to focus on
protecting wilderness areas and promoting sustainable forestry........more.
GPI Forest Accounts Report
GPI Atlantic is a non-profit research group, founded in 1997, to
develop an index of sustainable development and well being - the Genuine
Progress Index.......more
FSC
Canada
The Forest Stewardship Council is an international non-profit organization founded in 1993 to support
environmentally appropriate, socially beneficial, and economically viable management
of the world's forests.......more.
elements
Seeing the forest AND the
trees - Sustainable forestry......more
(Bilingual site)
Clearcut Nova Scotia
In Nova Scotia, we have a problem called clearcutting. It
ruins the woods and it's out of control. Since the early 1990s clearcutting has
claimed over 500km2 of Nova Scotia’s
forests every year..........more.
Maine Low Impact Forestry Project
The Maine Low Impact Forestry Project is a group of Loggers, foresters and woodlot owners
interested in developing and promoting the methods and technologies of Low
Impact Forestry...........more.
The Macphail Woods Ecological
Forestry Project
A joint effort of the Environmental Coalition of Prince Edward
Island and the Sir Andrew Macphail Foundation, The Macphail Woods Ecological Forestry Project combines
protection of the natural area
along the streams with.......more.