Contents

Chapters in this book

1. Front Matter i
2. Contents v
3. Tables and Figures vii
4. Introduction 3
5. Regional Portraits
6. The Roots of Community Forestry 31
7. Community Forestry in the Maritimes 52
8. Community Forestry in Quebec 75
9. Community Forestry on Crown Land in Northern Ontario 94
10. Forests and Communities on the Fringe 136
11. Community Forestry in British Columbia 155
12. Case Studies: Connecting Principle and Practice
13. Community Forestry in an Age of Crisis 179
14. Searching for Common Ground 208
15. Community Forestry and Local Development at the Periphery 231
16. Striking the Balance 254
17. Practicing Participatory Governance through Community Forestry 282
18. Community Forestry: Looking towards the Future
19. Stronger Rights, Novel Outcomes 311
20. Whither Community Forests in Canada? 329
21. Towards an Integrated System of Communities and Forests in Canada 347
22. Contributors 368
23. Index 374