Benjamin Cashore et al.

In recent years, the forests of British Columbia have become a battleground over sustainable resource development. The conflicts are ever present, usually pitting environmentalists against the forest industry and forestry workers and communities. In an effort to broker peace in the woods, British Columbia's government launched a number of promising new forest policy initiatives in the 1990s.

"In Search of Sustainability" brings together a group of political scientists to examine this extraordinary burst of policy activism. Focusing on how much change has occurred and why, the authors examine seven components of BC forest policy: land use, forest practices, tenure, Aboriginal issues, timber supply, pricing, and jobs. The authors conclude that despite the astonishing level of activism, the government's search for sustainability - whether measured by environmental, social, economic, or political indicators - has ultimately failed.

Pub Date: 2001 ISBN: PAPER:    0-7748-0831-4    9780774808316 CLOTH:    0-7748-0830-6    9780774808309 Price: Paper: $32.95s Cloth: $104.95x Subject Listing: Environmental History Natural History Political Science Bibliographic information: 340 pp., 6" x 9" Distributed for: UBC Press Territorial rights: U.S. rights only