Two Paths Toward Sustainable Forests

Two Paths toward Sustainable Forests is the first book to examine the social and economic aspects of sustainable forestry and the resulting impacts on resource policy in Canada and the United States.

The extraction-oriented policies that dominated forest management in the two countries for more than a century have in recent decades given way to new approaches. Today, the U.S. and Canada face a common challenge: to achieve a sustainable form of forest management that has wide public support. The premise of Two Paths toward Sustainable Forests is that academics and students, resource professionals, policymakers, and members of industry, environmental, and forest community groups can benefit from a comparison of the situations on either side of the border. By comparing the challenges of sustainable forestry and the different approaches adopted in Canada and the U.S., this book points the way toward potential solutions to common problems.

Contributors include sociologists, research foresters, economists, political scientists, and geographers, as well as scholars in recreation and tourism. Together, their writings provide an in-depth interdisciplinary perspective on Canadian and U.S. efforts to manage public forests on a sustainable basis.

Part One
Setting the Stage

1. Seeking Sustainable Forests in North America.
   Bruce A. Shindler, Thomas M. Beckley, Carmel Finley

 

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4. Forests, Paradigms and Policies through Ten Centuries.
   Thomas M. Beckley

 

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7. Sustainable Forestry in Canada and the United States: Developments and Prospects.
   Peter Duinker, Gary Bull, Bruce A. Shindler

 

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10. Beyond the Economic Model: Assessing Sustainability in Forest Communities.
    Solange Nadeau, Bruce A. Shindler, Christina Kakoyannis

 

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Part Two
New demands on the Forest--From Timber Values to Forest Values
 

1. Ecosystem Management and Public Opinion in the United States.
   Brent S. Steel, Edward P. Weber

 

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4. The Cultural Context for Forest Policy Decisions: The Case of Western Canada and the United States.
   John C. Pierce, Nicholas P. Lovrich, Jr.

 

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7. Public Values for Sustainable Forest Management in Alberta.
   Bonita L. McFarlane, Janaki R. R. Alavalapati, David O. Watson

 

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10. Public Involvement in Forest Management: Toward a Research Program in Alberta.
    Richard C. Stedman, John R. Parkins

 

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13. After the Fall: Perceptions of Forest Management in Western Newfoundland.
    Thomas M. Beckley, Brian Bonnell

 

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Part Three
Institutional Responses to Emerging Demands
 

1. Connecting the Dots: United States Grass-Roots Ecosystem Management and Sustainable Communities.
   Edward P. Weber, Christina L. Herzog

 

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4. The Ecosystem Experiment in British Columbia and Washington State.
   Clare M. Ryan

 

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7. Implementing Adaptive Management: An Evaluation of AMAs in the Pacific Northwest.
   Bruce A. Shindler

 

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Part Four
Challenges for the Future

1. From State to Market: Forestry Certification in the United States and Canada.
   Constance McDermott, George Hoberg

 

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4. Emerging Issues of Globalization: Implications for Forest Use in the United States and Canada.
   Janaki R. R. Alavalapati, Gouranga G. Das, Cynthis Wilkerson

 

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7. Building Innovative Institutions for Ecosystem Management: Integrating Analysis and Inspiration.
   George H. Stankey, Stephen F. McCool, Roger N. Clark

 

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10. "Are We There Yet?" Assessing Our Progress Along Two Paths of Sustainability.
    Thomas M. Beckley, Bruce A. Shindler, Carmel Finley

 

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Notes
Authors
Index