Climate Change & the Environment

Conservation platforms

Here's what the 2024 NB election parties are promising.
We don't have any PC policies on Conservation.

Liberal

  • Increase conservation of lands and waters from 10% to 15%
  • Work with communities, First Nations, and experts to create a plan for 30% conservation

Green

  • Permanently protect 30% of the province by 2030

    "Develop an action plan with conservation groups, local governments and First Nations to ensure that at least 30% of the province is permanently protected by 2030." — Election Platform 2024, retrieved 2024-10-12

  • Negotiate a new framework for Crown lands management with First Nations

    "Negotiate a new framework for Crown lands management with First Nations, recognizing that the use of this land is governed by the Peace and Friendship Treaties, and it has never been ceded or surrendered." — Election Platform 2024, retrieved 2024-10-12

  • Allocate access to Crown land adjacent to communities for economic and social purposes

    "Enable community-based management of Crown land, in partnership with First Nations, by allocating access to Crown land to adjacent communities for economic and social purposes." — Election Platform 2024, retrieved 2024-10-12

  • End the forest spraying of herbicides, like glyphosate
  • End large-scale clearcutting on Crown Land
  • Restore private woodlots as the primary source of wood supply to mills
  • Diversify the production of wood products from tree species expected to thrive in a rapidly warming climate

    "Implement a strategy to diversify the production of wood products from tree species expected to thrive in a rapidly warming climate." — Election Platform 2024, retrieved 2024-10-12

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