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Technology & Engineering Forestry

The Wealth of Forests

Markets, Regulation, and Sustainable Forestry

edited by Chris Tollefson

Publisher
UBC Press
Initial publish date
Oct 1998
Category
Forestry, Environmental Economics, Sustainable Development, Environmental Conservation & Protection
  • Hardback

    ISBN
    9780774806824
    Publish Date
    Oct 1998
    List Price
    $95.00
  • Paperback / softback

    ISBN
    9780774806831
    Publish Date
    May 1999
    List Price
    $45.00
  • eBook

    ISBN
    9780774841726
    Publish Date
    Nov 2011
    List Price
    $99.00

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Description

Industrial forestry in North America is at a crossroads. A broad consensus has emerged that both the practice and theory of forestry must change in order to achieve sustainability. This book is a pioneering attempt to consider the concrete policy implications of the much discussed transition to sustainable forestry. It integrates two distinct academic literatures: one that seeks to define and identify ways to implement sustainable forestry, and another that focuses on the relative merits of regulatory and market instruments for promoting environmental values.

About the author

Contributor Notes

Christopher Tollefson is an associate professor in the faculty of law at the University of Victoria.

Editorial Reviews

The ideas are dazzling, imaginative, and innovative. The authors don't pretend to have all the answers to the dilemma of how to restructure BC's most important industry. They do make a major contribution to the discussion.

The Vancouver Sun

The book contains 15 thoughtful essays on a wide range of forest policy topics, all taken from the viewpoint of foresters in British Columbia. A large part of each essay, however, has broad applicability. People more current with British Columbia than this reviewer may find the book somewhat outdated, but it remains a sophisticated and well-constructed overview for the rest of us.

Journal of Industrial Ecology, Volume 5, Number 1, 2001

Recommended.

Choice May 1999