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Renewing Our Renewable Forest Resource: The Legislative Framework, Peter A. Love
Renewing Our Renewable Forest Resource: The Legislative Framework, Peter A. Love
Dalhousie Law Journal
Since the first settlers arrived on Canada's shores, the forests have been looked to as a major source of economic activity and wealth. Year after year and decade after decade, Canadians have gone to the woods to fell trees in order to satisfy the ever-increasing demands of both the country and the world. In the nineteenth century, the magnificent pine and oak timber of eastern Canada, highly prized as lumber for construction and ship building, was the first to be depleted.' The beginning of the twentieth century saw the loggers moving north and west as the demand for paper and …
The Acquisition Of National Parkland: A Challenge For The Future, Rosemary E. Nation
The Acquisition Of National Parkland: A Challenge For The Future, Rosemary E. Nation
Dalhousie Law Journal
Since the inception of a national park system in Canada, land acquisition for national parks has been sporadic and is now at a virtual standstill. In 1930, when legislation was introduced to designate national parks and govern their use, fourteen parks areas had been established.' Four parks were set up between 1930 and 1968, and seven parks and three national park reserves were established between 1968 and 1982. With the exception of the establishment of Grasslands National Park in Saskatchewan in 1982, there has been no further expansion to date. Thus, there are currently twenty-six national parks and three national …