Le présent Guide du droit de l’environnement au Nouveau-Brunswick est basé sur une publication similaire publiée par le Conservation Council of New Brunswick en 2000, intitulée Handbook on Environmental Law for New Brunswick.

Cette version révisée et mise à jour a été préparée par le personnel de East Coast Environmental Law, et sa première édition a été publiée en juin 2023. Cette deuxième édition a été publiée en mars 2025. Un examen et des commentaires sur la première édition (2023) ont été fournis par de nombreux étudiants, académiques et professionnels du droit, à qui nous sommes reconnaissants.

This Guide to Environmental Law in New Brunswick is based on a similar publication: Handbook on Environmental Law for New Brunswick that was published by the Conservation Council of New Brunswick in 2000.

This revised and updated version was prepared by the staff lawyers of East Coast Environmental Law, and its first edition was published in June 2023. This second edition was published March 2025. Input and content review on the first edition (2023) were provided by a number of students, scholars, and legal professionals, to whom we are very grateful.

Municipalities have important powers and responsibilities to enact policies and by-laws on matters like land-use, zoning, and development that can play a major role in protecting and stewarding wetlands. This introductory Guide explores what policy and legal tools are available to municipalities in Nova Scotia that may be used to steward wetlands, and it provides examples of how these tools are being used now.

An environmental rights advocacy toolkit prepared by East Coast Environmental Law to support public engagement in a campaign to win a right to a healthy environment in Nova Scotia.

Understanding Legal Limits on Constitutional Rights and Freedoms

Quick Reference Guide for Reducing Impacts from Shipping in Marine Protected Areas: A Toolkit for Canada.