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-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*- THANKS to Antoni Wysocki for taking care of sust-mar while I was offline. Antoni is known to many of you as the host of "Antoni's Wireservice" here on CCN. It is rumoured that he is responsible for defeating the MAI. -*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*- Date: Thu, 30 Mar 2000 18:44:57 -0400 (AST) From: Martin Willison <willison@is.dal.ca> Subject: Forestry certification meeting On Thursday April 6th, at 1.00 - 4.30 p.m., in Room 309 of the Dalhousie University Law School, there will be an afternoon symposium on: "Forestry Certification: towards sustainable forest management in Nova Scotia." Speakers: Peter Macquarrie, Department of Natural Resources Jim Drescher, Windhorse Farm Ecoforestry School Minga O'Brien, Smartwood forest certifier Bill McKay, Mi'kmaq band forester Panelists: The guest speakers above, together with: Faisal Moola, Dalhousie Biology Department Bill Freedman, Dalhousie Biology Department Tony Charles, St. Mary's University Moderator: Martin Willison, SRES, Dalhousie Format: Presentations 1.15 - 2.30 p.m. Panel discussion 2.50 - 3.50 p.m. Informal discussion 3.50 - 4.20 p.m. It is widely recognized that forest practices need to improve if forestry is to become sustainable. One hopeful approach is to certify products that come from good forestry operations. Certification processes will be described and discussed at the symposium. -*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*- The preceding message was posted on Sustainable Maritimes (sust-mar) -*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*- DOES SUST-MAR KNOW? Not unless you tell us ... To submit a message about the environment/sustainability in the Maritimes, just send it to <sust-mar@chebucto.ns.ca> Messages are prioritised and queued, so please be patient if your message doesn't appear right away.
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