Culture and the forested landscape : inter and intra-cultural perceptions of modified forest landscapes ...

• Main Author: Lewis, John Llewellyn
• Format: Text
• Language: English
• Published: University of British Columbia 2010
• Subjects: First Nations
• Online Access: https://dx.doi.org/10.14288/1.0075027; https://doi.library.ubc.ca/10.14288/1.0075027

A key feature of the current policy environment in which decisions about landscape management are made is its increasing complexity. In the past, relatively few interests commanded attention in decisions about forest management, today a host of values demand consideration in decision-making. There is a need to consider how this increasingly varied spectrum of interests can be taken into account, particularly where these interests are unfamiliar to land managers such as the preferences of A key feature of the current policy environment in which decisions about landscape management are made is its increasing complexity. First Nations communities. Two central questions underlie this aspect of preference: (1) What is the range of dimensions that local stakeholders consider in their evaluation of modified forest landscapes? (2) How and why do preferences for modified forest landscapes differ between and among First Nations and Euro-Canadians? A sample of First Nations and Euro-Canadian residents of the upper ...