Talk and Log
For more than three decades, the fate of British Columbiaas old-growth forests has been a major source of political strife. While more than 5 million hectares of wood were being clearcut, the BC wilderness movement and forest industry supporters clashed, as they continue to do, both pressing their arguments in a variety of forums, ranging from television studios and logging road blockades to royal commission hearings and cabinet ministersa offices. The resulting record of conflict confirms American historian Paul Hirtas characterization of forest policy as qparty an ideological issue, partly biological, partly economic, partly technical, and wholly political.q Talk and Log is a comprehensive account of the rise and impact of the BC wilderness movement between 1965 and 1996. Jeremy Wilson examines the evolution of the movementas approaches, evaluates the forest industryas counterstrategies, and analyzes the patterns and trends underlying shifts in provincial government forest, environment, and parks policies. He describes the qwar in the woodsq triggered by environmentalistsa efforts to preserve areas such as South Moresby and the Carmanah Valley, and considers the complex forces that pushed the government to expand the protected areas system. Wilsonas perceptive analysis of Social Creditas failed policies of the 1980s is followed by an assessment of the Harcourt NDP governmentas reform iniatives, including the Commission on Resources and Environment (CORE) and the Forest Practices Code. Talk and Log is based on a variety of sources, including government documents, environmental group briefs, and interviews with several dozen politicians, government officials, environmentalists, and forest industry leaders. This book deftly illuminates the forces behind controversies that have divided British Columbians and drawn the attention of people around the world. It is also a thought-provoking examination of issues likely to dominate political debates in BC for decades to come.In Protecting Canadaa#39;s Endangered Spaces: An Ownera#39;s Manual, edited by Monte Hummel, 34-41. Toronto: Key Porter ... Seeing the Forest among the Trees : The Case for Wholistic Forest Use. ... 580-601 Howlett, Michael, and M. Ramesh .
| Title | : | Talk and Log |
| Author | : | Jeremy Wilson |
| Publisher | : | UBC Press - 1998 |
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