Isn’t the amount of Nova Scotia forests being clearcut increasing every year?
No! Our industry seeks to intensively manage our forest resource. With more and more demands being placed on our forests (i.e. protected areas, green belts, special management zones, parks, protection of water quality, provision for wildlife habitat protection, and provision of recreational opportunities) it is becoming increasingly important that foresters be permitted to manage the diminishing areas available for fibre production, as intensively as possible. Such management must be achieved through sustainable forestry practices. It is important to note that some of FPANS members have 25, 50, and sometimes 100-year land management plans in place for their own lands. They plan on being in Nova Scotia for the long term. It is also important to highlight that the practice of clearcutting actually uses less land base than selection harvesting for example. Selection harvesting requires more land to produce the same volume of fibre as that of a clearcut situation. More land usually equals
