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Canadian Harvest Deferral Pilot FAQ
On June 1st 2022, NCX and Community Forests International teamed up to launch Canada’s first harvest deferral forest carbon pilot in New Brunswick and Nova Scotia. This pilot program presented an exciting opportunity to test family forest owners’ interest in carbon projects while simultaneously adapting NCX’s growing US program to the Maritime context — all […]
Press Release: Aggregated Forest Carbon Project
Community Forests International is building an aggregated family forest carbon offsets project with support from the Investment Readiness Program Sackville, NB: Today Community Forests International announced that it is in the process of building an aggregated forest carbon project — the first project of its kind in Canada. The goal of this project is to […]
Protecting Forests and Supporting Rural Livelihoods
Community Forests International is helping family forest owners lead nature-based solutions to climate change. There are more than 80,000 family forests across the Maritimes Provinces. Stewarding these forests for carbon storage could make a significant contribution to climate change mitigation, but family forest owners in the region face challenges pursuing ecological forest management. This is […]
The Community Forests Story
You may be wondering how Community Forests International came to work in Atlantic Canada and in Zanzibar, Tanzania — two very distinct regions. Let’s take a look! In 2006, Mbarouk Mussa Omar — a community leader and climate activist on Pemba Island, Zanzibar — befriended a young Canadian tree-planter, Jeff Schnurr, who was traveling in […]
What are forest regeneration surveys and why are they important?
Healthy Acadian forests provide essential ecosystem services such as carbon sequestration, water regulation, wildlife habitat, and recreation. Today, however, less than 5% of the Acadian forest remains in a pre-colonial condition. This is due to long-term intensive land-use and forestry practices that favour single-aged, softwood-dominated forests. We need to protect healthy forests for the immediate […]
The Future of Nova Scotia’s Forests
In March, we visited Caledonia, Nova Scotia, to understand the challenges facing small private woodlot owners in the region Making a living off of the land is a rewarding, but challenging commitment. Small private woodlot owners, of which there are approximately 80,000 in Canada’s Maritime Provinces, face both new and persisting challenges in managing their forests. […]
Sustainable Forest Management
At Community Forests International, we talk a lot about the importance about sustainable forest management. But what does “sustainable management” actually mean? Here in the the Maritime Provinces, the forestry industry has a long history of managing forests for a narrow set of goals, mostly to do with producing timber, which is then processed to […]
We Adapt
As we wrapped up a video meeting with the Zanzibar team this morning, my colleague Omar chimed in with a question that’s been in the back of everyone’s mind: “I want to ask, what is our real plan for this planting season? Because of course so many people are still depending on us.” Omar is […]
A Family Forest Preserved
Community Forests International has acquired a 115-acre forest in Waterford, New Brunswick, about 15 kilometers from Sussex. The Sackville-based charity has now protected more than 1,170 acres of old forest in New Brunswick. The forest was donated to Community Forests International by Elizabeth (Betty) Lucas, née Buchanan. The forest belonged to her family since 1855, […]