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News from the Network: Forests
Environmental groups Canadian Parks & Wilderness Society, Protected Areas Association of Newfoundland & Labrador and Nature Newfoundland & Labrador are concerned about a proposal to open Terra Nova National Park to snowmobiling, which the National Parks Act does not allow. We are calling on all levels of government to support the existing ban on motorized [Continue...] 
A new report has been released about woodland caribou on the island of Newfoundland. Woodland caribou in Newfoundland have recently experienced a steep and rapid decline. While predation on caribou calves is a key reason for this decline, habitat alteration from human land use and activities can result in functional habitat loss – a decline in caribou occupancy well beyond the immediate footprint of the disturbance. Disturbed areas also allow predators easier access to caribou herds. [Continue...] 
A review of party policies carried out by the Newfoundland and Labrador Environment Network (NLEN) indicates that environmental issues are receiving attention from all three parties this election. In late August, the Newfoundland and Labrador Environment Network sent a questionnaire to each of the parties requesting their positions on a number of issues… [Continue...] 
On August 29, 2011 the NLEN sent an environmental policy questionnaire to each of the three parties running in the upcoming provincial election. With an aim to encourage public dialogue on environmental issues, it poses questions related to investment in environmental conservation and education… [Continue...]
The Newfoundland and Labrador Environment Network has released a set of Environmental Policy Recommendations and a Questionnaire for consideration of all political parties in the upcoming fall provincial election. The environmental policy recommendations address a number of issues in our province: protected area establishment, climate change, offshore oil pollution, forestry management, mining, and wildlife protection. [Continue...] |
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