{"id":155,"date":"2010-10-19T11:27:36","date_gmt":"2010-10-19T14:27:36","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.trepa.org\/?p=155"},"modified":"2010-10-19T11:28:09","modified_gmt":"2010-10-19T14:28:09","slug":"wetland-policy-question","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.trepa.org\/?p=155","title":{"rendered":"Wetland policy question"},"content":{"rendered":"
\u201cWhere is wetland policy? \u00a0asks EAC<\/strong><\/span><\/div>\n

Halifax, NS \u00a0– \u00a0 The Ecology Action Centre wants to know what is hampering the announcement of the \u00a0province\u2019s no-net-loss of wetland policy. \u00a0The provincial government promised to deliver a wetland conservation policy by December 2009, as a key goal within the Environmental Goals and Sustainable Prosperity Act (EGSPA).<\/p>\n

The new wetland conservation policy will create a consistent science-based approach to prevent the net loss of wetland area and function in the province. Wetlands are critical for purifying drinking water, flood protection, erosion control, as well as providing habitat and nursery areas for many types of birds and fish. \u00a0Up to 65% of the province\u2019s original salt marshes have been lost due to human activities such as dyking, road construction, and development.<\/p>\n

\u201cThe wetland policy is now almost a year overdue. I can\u2019t believe it\u2019s not out yet\u201d, says\u00a0Jennifer Graham, Coastal Coordinator at the Ecology Action Centre, This delay is grossly unfair to the many stakeholders who participated in good faith in the policy development process. \u00a0We are wondering what is stalling approval of the wetland policy and who is benefiting from the delay?\u201d<\/p>\n

The draft Wetland Conservation Policy was circulated for public and stakeholder feedback in the fall of 2009. \u00a0The Policy features a number of goals, including preventing further loss of salt marshes and other ecologically significant wetlands, and specifying that wetlands over 100 square metres cannot be altered without an alteration permit.<\/p>\n

\u201cLet\u2019s just get on with it\u201d says Graham. \u00a0\u201cThe document we commented on in November 2009 was decent. \u00a0There were some things in it we liked and some we were not so fond of, but once implemented, it will get the job done in terms of preventing wetland loss. We want to see this move forward and we don\u2019t want anyone to muck with the contents of the document we say almost a year ago\u201d<\/p>\n

<\/span> <\/span>For Further information: \u00a0Jennifer Graham, \u00a0 Coastal Coordinator. 902-442-5046 (office) \u00a0902-219-8554 (cell) <\/span><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

\u201cWhere is wetland policy? \u00a0asks EAC Halifax, NS \u00a0– \u00a0 The Ecology Action Centre wants to know what is hampering the announcement of the \u00a0province\u2019s no-net-loss of wetland policy. \u00a0The provincial government promised to deliver a wetland conservation policy by … Continue reading →<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[12],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-155","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-wetlands"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.trepa.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/155","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.trepa.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.trepa.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.trepa.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.trepa.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=155"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/www.trepa.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/155\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":158,"href":"https:\/\/www.trepa.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/155\/revisions\/158"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.trepa.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=155"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.trepa.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=155"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.trepa.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=155"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}