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OverviewEncompassing millions of hectares of globally rare coastal rainforest, the Great Bear Rainforest in coastal British Columbia is home to ancient trees, rich runs of salmon, and abundant species, including the elusive white “spirit bear.” The area also supports small human communities, particularly First Nations. Once slated for clear-cut logging, large areas were protected in 2006 by the signing of one of the world’s most significant and innovative conservation agreements. Tracking the Great Bear traces environmentalists’ efforts to save the area from status quo industrial forestry, while at the same time respecting First Nations’ right to economic development. Adopting a novel theoretical approach from science and technology studies, the book explains environmentalists' success as a result of their deployment of a powerful actor-network within British Columbia’s land-use decision-making process. This book makes a significant contribution to social scientific analyses of natural resource management. Bridging the gap between interpretivist and social structural analyses, it demonstrates how the Great Bear Rainforest was made – or, rather, recreated – out of uncertain and contested links among an improbable assemblage of actors and elements. Full Product DetailsAuthor: Justin PagePublisher: University of British Columbia Press Imprint: University of British Columbia Press Dimensions: Width: 15.20cm , Height: 1.30cm , Length: 22.90cm Weight: 0.272kg ISBN: 9780774826723ISBN 10: 077482672 Pages: 176 Publication Date: 15 January 2015 Audience: Professional and scholarly , Professional & Vocational Format: Paperback Publisher's Status: Active Availability: In Print  This item will be ordered in for you from one of our suppliers. Upon receipt, we will promptly dispatch it out to you. For in store availability, please contact us. Table of ContentsForeword: Rethinking Environmentalism / Graeme Wynn Introduction 1 Where in the World Is the Great Bear? Problematizing British Columbia's Coastal Forests 2 Grizzlies Growl at the International Market: Circulating a Panorama of the Great Bear Rainforest 3 Negotiating with the Enemy: Articulating a Common Matter of Concern 4 Mobilizing Allies and Reconciling Interests Conclusion Notes References IndexReviewsThis is an extremely important book, not only for explaining how collaboration has been achieved at a regional scale in mid- and north BC, but also as a symbol and example of what is possible in seemingly intractable conservation stand-offs. It will repay study by students of environmental history and by all involved in that wide-reaching, all-encompassing field of environmental politics. -- Ken Atkinson, University of York St John British Journal of Canadian Studies, Vol. 29 No. 1, Spring 2016 Author InformationJustin Page is an environmental social scientist at ERM Rescan, an environmental consulting company based in Vancouver. He has over ten years of environmental social sciences research experience in the academic and private sectors. Tab Content 6Author Website:Countries AvailableAll regions |
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