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Introduction to Practical Ecoforestry June 20-24, 2001 FALLS BROOK CENTRE Register Now! This introductory course in sustainable forestry is a four day residential course covering a broad scope of the discipline of ecoforestry. The intent is to provide participants with the basic principles and issues of sustainability and how these are addressed in theWindhorse Farm Ecoforestry Model by ecoforester Jim Dresher. Themes of discussion and practice will be chosen from the following: · The Motivation, Study And Practice of Ecoforestry · Principles/Practices/Tests behind Ecoforestry · Watershed Management · Elements Of An Ecoforestry Management Plan. · Restoration Forestry: Vision And Practicality · Long-Term Selection Harvesting · Sustainable Economics: Family, Community, Bioregion · Forestry Economics · Land Tenure And Sustainability The course will begin on 20th evening at 7.00p.m. with a general orientation. Thursday, Friday, Saturday and Sunday, there will be morning, afternoon and evening sessions (most of them in the forest). Sunday will be the day of final student presentations and departure (5.00 p.m checkout). Details: The fee for the course is $410, which includes instruction, course materials, tent site accommodation (cabin accommodation also available for $160 or $40/night). Course subsidies available. Please contact us for detailed course description and to register: Email: tegan@fallsbrookcentre.ca ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- ------------------------------ FALLS BROOK CENTRE Falls Brook Centre is a non-profit, charitable, environmentally-focused community development centre in New Brunswick. Located on 400 acres of farm and forest land, FBC demonstrates the practical application and implementation of sustainable development. Appropriate technology applications of solar energy, organic agriculture, composting, and recycling models, as well as 7 km of fully marked forest trails and a forest museum bring visitors on a regular basis. Forest restoration is an integral part of our vision and activities. Our Acadian Forest Restoration Nursery provides the plant stock for our restoration efforts on and off-site. We also are actively involved in sustainable forest certification (FSC) including group certification for woodlot owners and the promotion of non-timber forest products. FALLS BROOK CENTRE 125 South Knowlesville Road Knowlesville, New Brunswick Canada E7L 1B1 Tel: 506 375 4310 Fax: 506 375 4221 http://www.fallsbrookcentre.ca _________________________________ Susan Bone, MLIS Editorial and Research Services R.R.#1, LaHave, N.S. B0R 1C0 Canada Tel: 902-688-2541 Fax: 902-688-1553 ramona@tallships.ca -*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*- The preceding message was posted on the Sustainable Maritimes mailing list (sust-mar). http://www.chebucto.ns.ca/lists/sust-mar -*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*- Volunteer moderator: Paul Falvo mailto:sust-mar-owner@chebucto.ns.ca To submit a message to sust-mar, please send it to: mailto:sust-mar@chebucto.ns.ca PLEASE SEND MESSAGES TO SUST-MAR IN PLAIN TEXT ONLY MESSAGES CONTAINING HTML (MIME) CANNOT BE POSTED
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