Integrated Resource
Management
Goals for Nova Scotia
Goal 1. Use Renewable Resources Within Long-term Sustainable Levels.
Objectives:
- Harvest of forest products not to exceed the long-term sustainable levels.
- Honour existing
contracts, licenses and leases for resource use and production
on Crown lands.
- Use of wildlife
species not to exceed sustainable level.
- Manage wildlife
habitat within the framework of Forestry/Wildlife Guidelines
and Standards for Nova Scotia.
Goal 2. Ensure environmental protection and biodiversity.
Objectives:
- Provide
for the maintenance of natural ecosystem integrity and
diversity.
- Manage significant
wildlife habitats to protect their values.
- Provide
for recovery of endangered or threatened species and habitats.
- Protect
representative appropriate landscapes and ecosystems,
and sites and features that are considered to be unique,
rare or of other outstanding natural value.
- Ensure that
resource production and use is conducted in a manner that
minimizes environmental disturbance.
Goal 3. Meet outdoor recreational and heritage protection needs.
Objectives:
- Provide
a wide variety of outdoor recreational and tourism opportunities,
either directly or through partnership arrangement.
- Manage and
operate designated parks, trails, beaches and waterways.
Goal 4. Use mineral and petroleum resources in keeping with sustainable
development principles.
Objectives:
- Maximize
opportunities for exploration/development of minerals
and petroleum.
- Ensure access
to land and stability of mineral and petroleum tenure.
Goal 5. Provide equitable opportunity for Nova Scotians to share
benefits from resources on Crown Lands.
Objective:
- Ensure that
the Integrated Resource Management planning process for
Crown lands identifies and recognizes the wide range of
uses desired by Nova Scotians and balances the benefits
to the various stakeholders.
Goal
6. Maintain a base for jobs and incomes.
Objectives:
- Natural
resources are to be used to benefit the economies of communities
and the Province.
- Maximize
the supply of wood products through appropriate management
techniques within the limits of sustainability.
- Maximize
the supply of parks, recreation and tourism opportunities
through appropriate management techniques within the limits
of sustainability.
- Maximize the
supply of minerals and energy resources through appropriate
management techniques that operate within the limits of
sustainability.
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