Achieving Sustainable Development provides an overall introduction to critical subjects in sustainable development -- industrial growth, women, institutional arrangements, industrial practices, and aboriginal people -- and argues for the immediate development of a research and policy agenda for Canada and suggests mechanisms for its implementation.

Offers an innovative and far-reaching contribution to the debate over sustainability at a time when many individuals are questioning the future of the environment in British Columbia.

A ground-breaking, practical, and, above all, positive vision of life in twenty-first-century Canada.

The first in-depth study of the impact of federalism on Canadian environmental policy, this book takes a detailed look at the ongoing debate on the subject and traces the evolution of the role of the federal government in environmental policy and federal-provincial relations concerning the environment from the late 1960s to the early 1990s.

This book is intended to provide information to those who wish to interact with the landbase in an ecologically sustainable manner.

A comprehensive account of the rise of the wilderness movement in British Columbia examines the forest industry's political strategies, and analyzes the inner workings of the policy process.

This book is a pioneering attempt to consider the concrete policy implications of the much discussed transition to sustainable forestry.

This book bridges the gap between theory and practice, bringing together concerned parties who have argued for increased local participation in sustainable community development.

Once Upon an Oldman is an account of the controversy that surrounded the Alberta government's construction of a dam on the Oldman River to provide water for irrigation in the southern part of the province.

This book argues that forestry is a more diverse and complex activity than has been generally recognized. It also underlines the political character of the profession.

In Biodiversity and Democracy, Paul Wood argues that the problem of extinction can be traced to how we think about both biodiversity and democratic societies.

A provocative, sobering examination of British Columbia's forest industry in the 1990s.

This thoughtful collection of essays examines forest policy in the U.S. Pacific Northwest and British Columbia.

This timely book argues for governance based on human responsibility and recognition of the interconnectedness of human and natural systems.