Forum to hear expert opinions on Greenbelt

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• The greenbelt, which covers approximately 21,500 hectares of green space around the nation’s capital, includes farmlands, forests and wetlands.

Published: November 23, 2009 5:59 a.m.

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As a part of the review process of the Greenbelt master plan, a national public forum will hear expert opinions as a conference discusses the future of the National Capital Greenbelt Wednesday.

Speakers from Canada, the U.S. and the U.K. including Maureen Carter-Whitney, Dr. Christopher R. Bryant, John Stokes and Paul Miner, will share their experience and the lessons learned from other greenbelts around the world at the National Capital Commission forum — entitled An Evolving Green Landscape in an Urban Environment — Canadian and Foreign Perspectives — at the National Arts Centre.

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