Author: Wynet Smith
Publisher: Washington, DC : World Resources Institute
ISBN:
Category : Technology & Engineering
Languages : en
Pages : 148
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Canada is at a crossroads. There is an increasing commitment to managing forests not just for timber, but also for wildlife, recreational uses, and other ecosystem services. This volume documents the logging, mining, and other development that occurs throughout much of Canada's forests.
Author: Ken Drushka
Publisher: McGill-Queen's Press - MQUP
ISBN: 9780773526617
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 116
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The canadian forest. Early forest use. Industrialization of the forests. The rise of forest conservation. Sustainable forest management.
Author: Roger Hayter
Publisher: UBC Press
ISBN: 0774840730
Category : Technology & Engineering
Languages : en
Pages : 450
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British Columbia's forest economy is at a crucial crossroads. Its survival, Roger Hayter argues, rests on its ability to remain flexible and open to innovation -- a future by no means assured given recent policy initiatives and the current contested nature of British Columbia's forests. Flexible Crossroads looks at the contemporary restructuring of British Columbia's forest economy, demonstrating how both resource dynamics -- the transition from old growth to managed forests -- and industrial dynamics -- changing technology and global market forces -- have shaped this transformation. Conceptually, the restructuring is portrayed as a shift from a commodity-based, cost-minimizing production system (Fordism) to a more product-differentiated, value-maximizing production system informed by the imperative of flexibility. The first part of the book provides global and historical perspectives by situating British Columbia's forest economy within the wider context of global industrialization, the history of resource dynamics, and the current shift from Fordist to more flexible systems of production. In the second part, Hayter assesses the extent to which British Columbia's forest economy is enacting this shift by focusing on factors such as foreign ownership, the strategies and structure of MacMillan Bloedel, the role of small firms, trade relations, employment and labour relations, forest community development, environmentalism and resource use, and innovation policy. Flexible Crossroads will appeal to geographers, political economists and forestry professionals, as well as to students of British Columbia's economy and forest economies generally.
Author: Canadian Forest Service
Publisher: DIANE Publishing
ISBN: 9780788104534
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 124
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Author: Ken Drushka
Publisher: McGill-Queen's Press - MQUP
ISBN: 0773571698
Category : Nature
Languages : en
Pages : 106
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Ken Drushka analyses the changes in human attitudes towards the forests, detailing the rise of the late nineteenth-century conservation movement and its subsequent decline after World War I, the interplay between industry and government in the development of policy, the adoption of sustained yield policies after World War II, and the recent adoption of sustainable forest management in response to environmental concerns. Drushka argues that, despite the centuries of use, the Canadian forest retains a good deal of its vitality and integrity. Written in accessible language and aimed at a general readership, Canada's Forests will be a must-read for anyone interested in the debate about the current and future uses of this precious natural resource.
Author: J. H. Cayford
Publisher:
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Category :
Languages : en
Pages :
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Author: Elizabeth May
Publisher:
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Category : Crown lands
Languages : en
Pages : 332
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Category : Forest products industry
Languages : en
Pages : 30
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Category : Forests and forestry
Languages : en
Pages : 68
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Author: Yves C. Dubé
Publisher: CABI
ISBN: 184593251X
Category : Nature
Languages : en
Pages : 284
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Forestry practices are closely linked to decisions that address measures on climate change, biodiversity and the institutional framework for sustainable development. This book documents the progress made in creating the political, economic and social conditions that are necessary for a sustainable and multifunctional use of forest resources.
