Sustaining the Forests of the Pacific Coast
Forging Truces in the War in the Woods
- Publisher
- UBC Press
- Initial publish date
- Nov 2011
- Category
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eBook
- ISBN
- 9780774841696
- Publish Date
- Nov 2011
- List Price
- $99.00
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Paperback / softback
- ISBN
- 9780774808163
- Publish Date
- May 2001
- List Price
- $34.95
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Hardback
- ISBN
- 9780774808156
- Publish Date
- Nov 2000
- List Price
- $95.00
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Description
In this thoughtful collection of essays edited by Debra J. Salazar and Donald K. Alper, forest policy in the U.S. Pacific Northwest and British Columbia is examined in a binational context. While US and Canadian forest policy and forest management approaches differ, the two countries face similar challenges and conflicts. Contributors discuss the evolution of forest exploitation, the response of timber companies to U.S. federal environmental regulations, sovereignty for First Nations communities, and the reshaping of the political economy of forests by global forces on both sides of the border. Groups usually ignored in the forest policy debate -- such as First Nations peoples, workers in the emerging non-forest economy, and citizen activists -- are also given voice in this fascinating compilation.
About the authors
Donald Alper is a professor in the Department of Political Science at Western Washington University. He is also director of the Border Policy Research Institute and of the Center for Canadian-American Studies at WWU.