The domination of private interests presents a risk to the long-term health of the Bay of Fundy
滨苍听The Conversation, Department of Natural Resource Sciences PhD Candidate Elson Ian Nyl Galang and聽Dalhousie University Postdoc聽Lara Cornejo write about their experience gathering聽a group of leading thinkers in Halifax, near the iconic Bay of Fundy, to set about imagining 鈥渨hat could plausibly happen to the Bay of Fundy coast by 2072.鈥�
The group produced聽聽of plausible futures for the region. With the recent聽聽of Nova Scotia鈥檚聽聽(CPA), it seems like some of these predictions may rapidly be coming to pass.
The Bay of Fundy faces significant threats from climate change. Retaining a focus on the public interest will be essential to preserving its long-term health.聽Without the CPA, the Galang and Cornejo warn, the future of the Bay of Fundy and the entire Nova Scotia coast 鈥攊ncluding the human and non-human communities that depend on them 鈥� now rests in the hands of private interests.
With risks to this iconic landscape rising, Galang and Cornejo's team hopes their report can help prompt critical reflections as Nova Scotia moves forward.