About the Book
In recent years, the forests of British Columbia have become a battleground for 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 NDP 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. Results of initiatives in these policy areas have been mixed. While environmental values have acquired a more central place in BC forest policy, they have not displaced timber production as the dominant force in policy making. Moreover, 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.
In Search of Sustainability is a lucid, provocative, and often sobering examination of a crucial period in the forest industry in a province where forestry remains a central plank of the provincial economy and where environmental pressures, both domestic and foreign, continue to escalate. Essential reading for scholars, teachers, and students of forestry and environmental policy, it will also appeal to anyone interested in the future of forestry both in British Columbia and beyond.
About the Author(s)
Benjamin Cashore, George Hoberg, Michael Howlett, Jeremy Rayner, and Jeremy Wilson teach at Auburn University, the University of British Columbia, Simon Fraser University, Malaspina University College, and the University of Victoria respectively.
Table of Contents
Acronyms
Preface
1. Policy Cycles and Policy Regimes: A Framework for Studying Policy Change / George Hoberg
2. Experimentation on a Leash: Forest Land Use Planning in the 1990s / Jeremy Wilson
3. The 6 Percent Solution: The Forest Practices Code / George Hoberg
4. The Politics of Long-Term Policy Stability: Tenure Reform in British Columbia Forest Policy / Michael Howlett
5. Policy Venues, Policy Spillovers, and Policy Change: The Courts, Aboriginal Rights, and British Columbia Forest Policy / Michael Howlett
6. Fine-Tuning the Settings: The Timber Supply Review / Jeremy Rayner
7. Timber Pricing in British Columbia: Change as a Function of Stability / Benjamin Cashore
8. Don’t Forget Government Can Do Anything: Policies toward Jobs in the BC Forest Sector / George Hoberg
9. Conclusion: Change and Stability in BC Forest Policy / Benjamin Cashore, George Hoberg, Michael Howlett, Jeremy Rayner and Jeremy Wilson
Notes
Bibliography
Index
Reviews
If you want a book that goes beyond simple description and keenly analyzes factors that shaped forest policy in BC in the 1990s and will continue to shape policy in this area well into the future, then you owe a debt to the authors of In Search of Sustainability. These authors not only accomplish this goal, but they do it in a straightforward and readable manner.
- Lori Poloni-Staudinger, Indiana University
The pace, nature, and scope of change in B.C. forest policy over the last decade has attracted unprecedented scholarly and public attention. This book provides a substantial, timely, and comprehensive assessment of this rapid evolution. It will be read with keen interest by a variety of audiences and play a key role in framing the ongoing debate over the limits and potential of public policy to promote sustainable forestry.
- Chris Tollefson, Faculty of Law, University of Victoria, editor of The Wealth of Forests: Markets, Regulation, and Sustainable Forestry (UBC Press 1998)
Sample Chapter
Chapter 9
Related Topics
Forestry
Environmental Studies
BC Studies
BC Studies > Environment
BC Studies > Forestry
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