The following has been taken from the NSAC News site.
Planting Trees, Growing Communities
Community Forest International to speak at NSAC
Representatives from Community Forest International will be speaking at Nova Scotia Agricultural College as part of International Development Week activities on Wednesday, February 8th beginning at noon.
“NSAC International wants to connect NSAC and our community with global issues and believe we have a responsibility to contribute to environmental stewardship through our work,” said Anna Haanstra, project officer, NSAC International. “Bringing the vibrant energy of Community Forest International to NSAC campus is one way of achieving this.”
Community Forests International is a volunteer-driven organization, working to connect people and their communities to the forests that sustain them.
Building on the belief that a few strong-willed individuals can motivate for positive environmental change, Community Forests International fosters environmental stewardship internationally by establishing community forests, promoting sustainable forestry techniques and initiating environmental education.
Daimen Hardie, program director,is a longtime tree-planter and graduate of Mount Allison University. Before co-founding Community Forests International he worked as an arborist and homesteaded on his family woodlot in New Brunswick. Daimen now leads the organization’s projects at home and abroad.
Dale Prest, ecosystem service specialist, works to value the ecosystems services provided through good forestry. He has a Bachelor of Science in Environmental Science from Dalhousie University and is finishing up an M.Sc. at St. Francis Xavier University where he is investigating the long-term impact of clearcut harvesting on forest soil carbon storage in the Acadian Forest. Dale comes from Mooseland, NS, where he grew up logging in family owned woodlots.
Both will be speaking in Cox Institute room 24, Wednesday, February 8th beginning at noon. For a complete schedule of international development week activities please visit http://nsac.ca/international/
