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Climate Change & the Environment

Forests platforms

Here's what the 2023 PEI election parties are promising.

PC
  • Increase nursery tree production by 30%
  • Implement all recommendations from the Emergency Forestry Task Force

Green
  • Review and strengthen forest management legislation and policies

    "Review and strengthen forest management legislation and policies, with a strong focus on native Acadian species." — 2023 Election Platform, 2023-03-23

  • Include forest protection in land-use planning policies
  • Implement recommendations from t he Emergency Forestry Task Force
  • Invest in training programmes for sustainable forestry practices
  • Incentivise sustainable harvesting

    "Create financial incentives and market opportunities so sustainable harvesting practices are more valuable than clear cutting." — 2023 Election Platform, 2023-03-23

  • Increase supports for property owners to replant non-agricultural fields with native trees

    "Increase supports to small and medium sized property owners to replant non-agricultural fields and open spaces with native trees and shrubs." — 2023 Election Platform, 2023-03-23

  • Create a certification process for local, sustainably harvested wood products

    "Pursue a certification (stamping) process for local, sustainably harvested wood products, so they can be sold by retailers." — 2023 Election Platform, 2023-03-23

  • Support farmers to convert marginal agricultural land into forest and plant hedgerows
We don't have any Liberal policies on Forests.
We don't have any NDP policies on Forests.

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