Forest Policy

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At the Cutting Edge: The Fight for Canada's Forests
May, Elizabeth
Book
1998
Exposes the overexploitation of Canada's forests and suggests measures to create a sustainable industry.
Brief to the Renewable Resources Committee, the Select Committee of the New Brunswick Legislature.
Article
1981
The New Brunswick Federation of Wood Producers' Brief to the Renewable Resources Committee is aimed at protecting the future existence of New Brunswick's forests.
Cascadia Rising to Save the Forest: Against The Current vol. 110
Wald, Sarah
Article
2004
Protests in nine cities across California, Oregon and Washington took place February 23rd, coordinated by the Cascadia Rising Project, in response to the Bush Administration's removal of protections o...
Corporate Welfare in the Forest: Post-Fire Logging Loses Money and Damages the Health of the Ecosystem
Wuerthner, George
Article
2013
The Forest Service is under extreme political pressure to log our national patrimony, whether it makes any economic or ecological sense. A good example of a needless, ecologically damaging, and econom...
The Redesigned Forest
Maser, Chris
Book
1990
An exploration of how forests are utilized, with particular interest paid to the old-growth coniferous forests of the Pacific north-west.
Romania's 'occupy forests' movement demands clampdown on corporate crime
Besliu, Raluca
Article
2015
A growing protest movement is demanding strong controls on international investors and logging companies buying up Romania's forests. In its sights is Austria-based Schweighofer, which stands accused ...
Why Logging Forests After Wildfires is Ecologically Destructive
Bond, Monica
Article
2015
Bond exposes three prevailing falsehoods about logging that the U.S. Forest Service disseminates.

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MiningWatch Canada
MiningWatch Canada is a pan-Canadian organization supported by environmental, social justice, aboriginal and labour organizations. It addresses the urgent need for a public interest response to irresp...
David Suzuki Foundation
Since 1990, the David Suzuki Foundation has worked to find ways for society to live in balance with the natural world that sustains us. Focussing on four program areas -- oceans and sustainable fishin...
West Coast Environmental Law Association
To provide legal advice, representation, education and research which seeks to ensure enviromental protection and effective public involvement in environmental decision-making.

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The contribution of trees to our lives: it is time to take stock
French botanist Francis Hallé makes a case for the defence of trees as a powerful ally in saving the Earth's ecosystems
Joignot, Frédéric
2012
A reflection on the impact of trees in the world and the necessity of improving urban forestry out of self-preservation.

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International Forum on Globalization
Website
An alliance of activists, scholars, economists, researchers and writers formed to stimulate new thinking, joint activity, and public education in response to economic globalization.
World Rainforest Movement
Organization profile published 2006
Organization
An international organization involved in efforts to defend the world's rainforests. Works to secure the lands and livliehoods of forest peoples and fights commercial logging, dams, mining, plantation...