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Welcome to the East Coast Environmental Law Resource Library. Here, you can find a wide range of resources on environmental law issues throughout Atlantic Canada.
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Guide du droit de l’environnement au Nouveau-Brunswick - Troisième édition
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 : 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. La deuxième édition a été publiée en mars 2025 et cette troisième édition a été publiée en septembre 2026. Un examen et des commentaires ont été fournis par de nombreux étudiants, académiques et professionnels du droit, à qui nous sommes reconnaissants.
Soutenu par une subvention de la Fondation pour le droit au Nouveau-Brunswick.
Guide to Environmental Law in New Brunswick - 3rd Edition
This Guide to Environmental Law in New Brunswick is based on a similar publication: a 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. The second edition was published in March 2025 and this third edition was published in September 2026. Input and content review has been provided by a number of students, scholars, and legal professionals, to whom we are very grateful.
Supported by a grant from the New Brunswick Law Foundation.
Backgrounder: How Members of the Public Can Contribute to the Enforcement of Environmental Laws in Newfoundland and Labrador
This backgrounder presents information that was delivered in workshops in Newfoundland and Labrador in the autumn of 2025, providing an overview of how members of the public can contribute to the enforcement of environmental laws in the province.
Backgrounder: How Environmental Laws Are Made and Changed in Newfoundland and Labrador
This backgrounder presents information that was delivered in workshops in Newfoundland and Labrador in the autumn of 2025, providing an overview of how environmental laws are made and changed in Newfoundland and Labrador.
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