The Natural History of Nova Scotia takes an all-inclusive or holistic approach to understanding how physical and ecological processes and elements are represented and interact in the landscape. Human activities and built environments are an inseparable part of the process and elements that characterize Nova Scotia and strongly influence its evolution. The Topics (T12.1 - T12.13) that follow summarize the history of resource use as processes that have had documented effects on the environment. Human activities that change the natural environment and factors within the natural environment that limit human activities are identified, establishing the relationships between resource use and the natural environment.

This short section expands on these themes, as an introduction to following sections.

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Additional Keywords:
biodiversity, sustainable resource use, land-use policies, resource management.