« Garder le beurre et l’argent du beurre? » Utilité, écologie, équité et la Loi québécoise sur les forêts de 2001

The new Québec Forest Act appears to give the provincial government a stronger position as umpire in the forest sector. A policy community interpretation suggests that the government has created a mechanism for more input from other stakeholders than the traditional powerhouse, the forest industry,...

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Published in:Cahiers de géographie du Québec
Main Authors: L. Anders Sandberg, Nicolas Houde
Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
Language:unknown
Published: Consortium Erudit 2004
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Online Access:http://www.erudit.org/fr/revues/cgq/2003-v47-n132-cgq720/008089ar.pdf
https://www.erudit.org/fr/revues/cgq/2003-v47-n132-cgq720/008089ar.pdf
https://doi.org/10.7202/008089ar
https://www.erudit.org/fr/revues/cgq/2003-v47-n132-cgq720/008089ar/
https://www.erudit.org/revue/cgq/2003/v47/n132/008089ar.html?vue=resume
http://id.erudit.org/iderudit/008089ar
https://core.ac.uk/display/59235058
https://academic.microsoft.com/#/detail/1505925542
https://id.erudit.org/iderudit/008089ar
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Summary:The new Québec Forest Act appears to give the provincial government a stronger position as umpire in the forest sector. A policy community interpretation suggests that the government has created a mechanism for more input from other stakeholders than the traditional powerhouse, the forest industry, and that progress is being made towards a more socially and ecologically sustainable form of forestry.Yet a closer examination of the new Forest Act reveals a more uncertain situation. When exploring the outcome of the Forest Act thus far it can be argued that it has not challenged the dominant position of an “economic development” coalition. The dominance of this coalition is reflected in the increasing control of forest lands in fewer hands. There is also evidence that public participation serves as a vehicle for the forest industry and the government to feed the public “information” without taking into account other participants’ views. An environmental coalition has made some gains, but the promotion of increased forest yield may compromise the protection of the forest environment. An autonomous or First Nations development coalition has also made some gains, though these are principally confined to the northern Cree and leave most other groups unaffected. La nouvelle Loi sur les forêts semble avoir renforcé la position du gouvernement du Québec en tant qu’arbitre du secteur forestier. Du point de vue de la communauté forestière, il semblerait que le gouvernement ait créé des mécanismes favorisant une participation plus importante d’une plus grande variété d’acteurs de la foresterie et que certains progrès aient été faits vers une foresterie plus acceptable socialement et écologiquement.Un examen plus attentif de la nouvelle Loi révèle cependant que la situation est loin d’être claire. En explorant ce qui ressort jusqu’à maintenant de la révision de la Loi, nous pouvons avancer que celle-ci n’a pas remis en question de façon importante l’hégémonie d’une coalition de développement économique. Certains indices ...