Nova Scotia finally defines clearcutting:
The province of Nova Scotia has a goal of reducing clearcutting to no more than 50% of the total tree harvest in the province by 2016.
However, that goal proved to be difficult to implement without a technical definition of clearcutting.
After much consultation, in Nova Scotia, a clearcut is now defined as a forest harvest where less than 60% of the area is sufficiently occupied with trees taller than 1.3 meters.
