Co-Management Efforts as Social Movements: The Tin Wis Coalition and the Drive for Forest Practices Legislation in British Columbia
"In 1991, a model forest practices act that would radically transform methods of forest management in British Columbia was proposed by a coalition of First Nations, trade unions, environmentalists and small businesses. If implemented, the Tin Wis Forest Stewardship Act would see the province of...
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ftdlc:oai:http://dlc.dlib.indiana.edu:10535/2479 2023-05-15T16:16:40+02:00 Co-Management Efforts as Social Movements: The Tin Wis Coalition and the Drive for Forest Practices Legislation in British Columbia Pinkerton, Evelyn North America Canada 1993 http://hdl.handle.net/10535/2479 unknown http://hdl.handle.net/10535/2479 Alternatives 19 3 May Common Property Conference, the Second Biennial Conference of the International Association for the Study of Common Property September 26-29, 1991 Winnipeg, Manitoba forest management community forestry co-management Social Organization Forestry Journal Article published 1993 ftdlc 2021-03-11T16:16:38Z "In 1991, a model forest practices act that would radically transform methods of forest management in British Columbia was proposed by a coalition of First Nations, trade unions, environmentalists and small businesses. If implemented, the Tin Wis Forest Stewardship Act would see the province of British Columbia give a prominent forest management role to bioregional boards. The proposed legislation followed two decades of activism in the community forestry movement in BC and represented an attempt to institute a co-management agreement between the provincial government and the communities, aboriginal people and other stakeholders most affected by forestry practices in the long run. "The effort to write and raise support tor the Forest Stewardship Act provides an important opportunity to consider new middle-range theoretical propositions predicting the conditions under which co-management agreements successfully arise and persist. Co-management of Crown or state-owned forests in particular is an ideal vehicle for exploring co-management because of the numerous and tightly entwined resources involved in a forest ecosystem: fisheries, wildlife and water all 'flow through' the forest and have complex symbiotic relationships which are affected by changes to the forest." Article in Journal/Newspaper First Nations Indiana University: Digital Library of the Commons (DLC) British Columbia ENVELOPE(-125.003,-125.003,54.000,54.000) Canada |
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"In 1991, a model forest practices act that would radically transform methods of forest management in British Columbia was proposed by a coalition of First Nations, trade unions, environmentalists and small businesses. If implemented, the Tin Wis Forest Stewardship Act would see the province of British Columbia give a prominent forest management role to bioregional boards. The proposed legislation followed two decades of activism in the community forestry movement in BC and represented an attempt to institute a co-management agreement between the provincial government and the communities, aboriginal people and other stakeholders most affected by forestry practices in the long run. "The effort to write and raise support tor the Forest Stewardship Act provides an important opportunity to consider new middle-range theoretical propositions predicting the conditions under which co-management agreements successfully arise and persist. Co-management of Crown or state-owned forests in particular is an ideal vehicle for exploring co-management because of the numerous and tightly entwined resources involved in a forest ecosystem: fisheries, wildlife and water all 'flow through' the forest and have complex symbiotic relationships which are affected by changes to the forest." |
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Co-Management Efforts as Social Movements: The Tin Wis Coalition and the Drive for Forest Practices Legislation in British Columbia |
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Co-Management Efforts as Social Movements: The Tin Wis Coalition and the Drive for Forest Practices Legislation in British Columbia |
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Co-Management Efforts as Social Movements: The Tin Wis Coalition and the Drive for Forest Practices Legislation in British Columbia |
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Co-Management Efforts as Social Movements: The Tin Wis Coalition and the Drive for Forest Practices Legislation in British Columbia |
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Co-Management Efforts as Social Movements: The Tin Wis Coalition and the Drive for Forest Practices Legislation in British Columbia |
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co-management efforts as social movements: the tin wis coalition and the drive for forest practices legislation in british columbia |
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