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e-941 (Forestry)
- Keywords
- Scientific research and scientists
- Trees
E-petition
Initiated by Rodney Savidge from Fredericton, New Brunswick
Original language of petition: English
Petition to the Minister of Science
Whereas:
- Our wild forests built Canada as a nation and in principle are renewable;
- Climate change is threatening survival of our forests;
- Canada's forests comprise numerous tree species each having distinct geographic provenances;
- Each tree has a unique set of survival tolerances intrinsic to the species and provenance;
- The physiological basis for intrinsic survival fitness remains rudimentary for all tree species and provenances;
- Advancing scientific knowledge about intrinsic survival fitness of our trees will ensure that Canada has a future in forestry; and
- Continuing existence of a life-supporting biosphere depends on survival of forests.
We, the undersigned, people of Canada, call upon the Government of Canada to create within the Ministry of Science a national council of tree science research, comparable in size and funding support to the National Research Council of Canada and in each of Canada's forests supporting at least one research institution, where physiologists, histologists, cell biologists, molecular biologists, biochemists, biophysicists and geneticists will be provided the wherewithal needed to elucidate the physiological basis for growth, development and survival tolerance in each of Canada’s tree species and provenances.
- Open for signature
- June 1, 2017, at 11:27 a.m. (EDT)
- Closed for signature
- September 29, 2017, at 11:27 a.m. (EDT)
