Two Paths Toward Sustainable Forests: Public Values in Canada and the United States

Social scientists, research foresters, and scholars in recreation and tourism examine the societal influences on the policy of the two North American countries on managing public forests on a sustainable basis, particularly emphasizing public values for forests and public opinion regarding how forests ought to be managed. They take advantage of the divergence of policies and institutional innovations in the US and Canada over the past decade to compare outcomes. Annotation ©2004 Book News, Inc., Portland, OR