Description

Sustaining the Forests of the Pacific Coast

Forging Truces in the War in the Woods

Edited by Debra J. Salazar and Donald K. Alper

  • Published: 2001
  • Subject Listing: Environmental History
    Natural History
    Political Science
  • Bibliographic information: 264 pp., 6" x 9"
  • Territorial rights: U.S. rights only
  • Distributed for: UBC Press
  • Contents

The forests of British Columbia and the U.S. Pacific Northwest have long been key to the biophysical and economic well-being and the cultural identity of the region. During the last two decades these forests have become the subject of increasing conflict due to competing demands, which are a reflection of conflicting economic interests and social/political values and visions.

This book examines the sources of conflict and suggests steps toward resolving forest policy issues. It is unique in two ways: First, it examines forest policy in the context of a binational region, exploring how two political systems, facing similar cultural and economic challenges, have treated their forests. Second, the book brings consideration of environmental justice to forest policy discourse by highlighting perspectives of people - Natives, private non-industrial forest owners, citizen activists and workers in the emerging non-timber forest economy - whose voices are often unheard in forest policy debate.
Contents
Preface
PART 1: INTRODUCTION
Politics Policy and the War in the Woods
PART 2: INSTITUTIONS
How the Way We Make Policy Governs the Policy we Make
International Dynamics of North American Forest Policy: From Bilateral to Global Perspectives
Firms' Responses to External Pressures for Sustainable Forest Management in British Columbia and the US Pacific Northwest
PART 3: VOICES
Forest People: First Nations Lead the Way toward a Sustainable Future
The Multi-Ethnic, Nontimber Forest Workforce in the Pacific Northwest
PART 4: POLICY INNOVATIONS
A Corssroad in the Forest: The Path to a Sustainable Forest Sector in British Columbia
Wildlife Conservation on Private Lands: Habitat Planning and Regulatory Certainty
Multistakeholder Processes: Activist Containment versus Grassroots Mobilization
PART 5: CONCLUSION
Digging Out of the Trenches
Contributors
Index
Reviews