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Fish were once so abundant in BC waters that Indigenous elders recall dried salmon being stacked like firewood. But declines on the coast have accelerated over the last century, with marine wildlife cut in half in just four decades. Protecting the Coast and Ocean explores how we can reverse this decline. This meticulous work analyzes and compares the range of Canadian and international legal tools available, providing in-depth case studies to illustrate how each instrument can work in practice. Despite climate change, overfishing, and pollution, this is a convincing demonstration to address species extinction and plan for a resilient ocean.
Four decades have passed since the adoption of the Constitution Act, 1982. Now it is time to assess its legacy. Constitutional Crossroads brings together an impressive assembly of established and rising stars of political science and law, who not only provide a robust account of the 1982 constitutional reform but also analyze the ensuing scholarship that has shaped our understanding of the Constitution. Contributors bypass historical description to offer reflective assessments of issues such as sovereignty, identity and pluralism, the scope and limits of rights, competing constitutional visions, the relationship between the state and Indigenous peoples, and the nature and methods of constitutional change.
FEBRUARY 2004 The government says that it is increasing its reliance on professional foresters in the employ of forest companies to be guardians of the public interest, but there is little accompanying accountability to the public. [...] FEBRUARY 2004 While the government claims that the new forest stewardship plan is a comprehensive planning process, the Forest Planning and Practices Regulation significantly reduces the content formerly required for forest development plans. [...] These units could encompass large areas such as drainages or valleys, and hence are being referred to as "blobs on a map." The lack of precise information on forest stewardship plans will make it more difficult for the Forest Service to diligently approve these plans, and for the public to meaningfully comment on them. [...] For example, even the Code's Biodiversity Guidebook acknowledged that for a significant portion of the landscape, "the pattern of natural biodiversity will be significantly altered, and the risk of some native species being unable to survive in the area will be relatively high." In effect, most of the rules that government claims it has maintained are now up for negotiation by inviting companies t [...] Damage to the Environment OK if it does not "fundamentally and adversely alters an ecosystem" Given the extent to which these new rules place much greater control in the hands of the forest industry, one might expect a strong countervailing sanction for damage to the environment.
Through a wide range of case studies, Mason reveals just how sensitive we all must be to styles of power, vulnerability and resilience in any democratic transition to sustainability. This is a fine book.' Timothy O'Riordan, Professor of Environmental Science, University of East Anglia, and Associate Director, Centre for Social and Economic Research on the Global Environment. Civic self-determination and ecological sustainability are widely accepted as two of the most important public goals. This book explains how they can be combined. Using vivid and telling case studies from around the world, it shows how liberal rights can include both ecological and social conditions for collective decision-making - environmentalist goals and social justice can be achieved together. Integrating theory and original case studies, the book makes a very significant contribution to the fundamentals of how environmental democracy can be advanced at all levels. Cogently argued and engaged, Environmental Democracy provides a superb teaching text and a source of ideas and persuasive arguments for the politically and environmentally engaged. It will be essential reading for students, teachers and researchers in politics, policy studies, environmental studies, geography and social science.