Canada | New Brunswick to more than double PA estate by end of 2020

Conservation groups and environmentalists are applauding the provincial government's plan to more than double the amount of protected land in New Brunswick, but the initiative has its skeptics.

New Brunswick currently preserves around 4.6 per cent of its land, but plans to increase that to 10 per cent by the end of next year.

https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/new-brunswick/conservation-is-a-priority-says-minister-to-skeptics-of-major-land-protection-plan-1.5340328

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