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As they say by Fogo Island Inn, the center of all the new age tourism flourishing, Fogo (“fire” in Portugese) is “an island off an island” called Newfoundland (Terre-neuve in French). Newfoundland is very wide, with 115 thousands square kilometres, and makes a whole province of Canada with the Labrador land. The whole “Newfoundland and Labrador” represents 405 thousands square kilometres of wild land (1,3 inhabitant/km2) filled with ressources: | As they say by Fogo Island Inn, the center of all the new age tourism flourishing, Fogo (“fire” in Portugese) is “an island off an island” called Newfoundland (Terre-neuve in French). Newfoundland is very wide, with 115 thousands square kilometres, and makes a whole province of Canada with the Labrador land. The whole “Newfoundland and Labrador” represents 405 thousands square kilometres of wild land (1,3 inhabitant/km2) filled with ressources: | ||
*<b>Petroleum</b> from offshore platforms (making ±15% of GPD in 2006 with ±4,5% of Canada’s petrolum); | |||
*<b>Metals</b> from mines in Labrador (half of the iron in Canada, copper, zinc, sliver and gold); | *<b>Metals</b> from mines in Labrador (half of the iron in Canada, copper, zinc, sliver and gold); | ||
*<b>Seafood</b> despite the collapse of the Atlantic northwest cod (Gadus morhua) fishery in the 90’s (wild fishes and crabs (<i>Chionoecetes opilio</i>), growing aquaculture (salmon and shellfishes)); | *<b>Seafood</b> despite the collapse of the Atlantic northwest cod (Gadus morhua) fishery in the 90’s (wild fishes and crabs (<i>Chionoecetes opilio</i>), growing aquaculture (salmon and shellfishes)); | ||
*<b>Limber</b> to make newsprint paper from huge forests of black spruce (<i>Picea Mariana</i> typical from the taiga); | |||
*<b>Dairy</b> from industrial Holstein cattle like most North American systems, pretending to be less carbon intensive because of high productivity (still small compared to other activities with less than $150 million revenue).<ref>Another corporative website without much proper data and poor references. https://dairyfarmersofcanada.ca/en/who-we-are/our-commitments/sustainability/emissions</ref> | *<b>Dairy</b> from industrial Holstein cattle like most North American systems, pretending to be less carbon intensive because of high productivity (still small compared to other activities with less than $150 million revenue).<ref>Another corporative website without much proper data and poor references. https://dairyfarmersofcanada.ca/en/who-we-are/our-commitments/sustainability/emissions</ref> | ||