British Columbia - Resources & Links

Book

In Search of Sustainability

British Columbia Forest Policy in the 1990s

In recent years, the forests of British Columbia have become a battleground over sustainable resource development. This report describes a number of new forest policy initiatives launched by the BC government in the 1990s in hopes of brokering peace.
Benjamin Cashore et al. ;
2001;
University of Washington Press;
340 pp.

Book

Sustaining the Forests of the Pacific Coast

Forging Truces in the War in the Woods

This book examines the sources of conflict over the forests of the Northwest and suggests steps toward resolving forest policy issues.
Edited by Debra J. Salazar and Donald K. Alper ;
2001;
University of Washington Press;
264 pp.

Organization

Centre for Integral Economics

The CIE promotes the use of strategies that reconcile economic prosperity, social justice and environmental integrity. It offers tools and consultation to redirect the marketplace toward sustainability.  http://www.integraleconomics.org/

Organization

Canadian Centre for Policy Alternatives

One of Canada's leading progressive voices in public policy debates for 25 years, CCPA is an independent research institute concerned with issues of social and economic justice. http://www.bcpolicyalternatives.org

Organization

Centre for Health Service And Policy Research

The mission of the Centre for Health Services and Policy Research (CHSPR) is to stimulate scientific enquiry into issues of health in population groups, and ways in which health services can best be organized, funded and delivered. http://www.chspr.ubc.ca

Organization

Fraser Basin Council

FBC brings together government, private sector and NGO partners to find lasting solutions to complex, basin-wide sustainability challenges. http://www.fraserbasin.bc.ca

Organization

Options for Sexual Health

OPT promotes optimal sexual health for British Columbians by supporting reproductive choice, reducing unplanned pregnancy, and providing quality education, information, and clinical services. http://www.optionsforsexualhealth.org

Organization

People for Puget Sound

PPS is a citizens' group working to protect and restore the health of Puget Sound and the Northwest Straits through education and action. Its vision is a clean and healthy Sound, teeming with fish and wildlife, cared for by people who live here. http://pugetsound.org

Organization

Smart Growth BC

Smart Growth BC is a provincial non-governmental advocacy organization devoted to fiscally, socially and environmentally responsible land use and development. http://www.smartgrowth.bc.ca

Report

2004 State of the Fraser Basin Report

Sustainability Snapshot 2

This report from the Fraser Basin Council features a series of sustainability indicators to provide insight into what degree sustainability is being achieved in the Fraser Basin.
Fraser Basin Council;
2004;
Fraser Basin Council;
28 pp.

Resource site

Sightline Daily news: British Columbia

Sightline Daily is an online news digest that collects the best headlines on economic, environmental, and social issues from over 40 different news sources across the Northwest. The link above connects you to Sightline Daily's British Columbia headlines. http://daily.sightline.org

Resource site

Clearcutting Canada's Rainforest

The David Suzuki Foundation has studied all planned logging in British Columbia to determine if logging practices have improved since 2001 when the governmenet vowed to explore ways to implement environmentally-responsible logging practices. http://www.canadianrainforests.org/?CMSLiteSiteVars=flash:yes

Resource site

Sierra Club BC: Map Gallery

This resource, from the Sierra Club of British Columbia, gives access to a selection of maps covering issues such as the Great Bear rainforest, land use planning, and wild salmon, among others.

Resource site

The BC Health Atlas

The British Columbia Health Atlas is a continuing project to map the health status and health care use of the residents of British Columbia. http://www.chspr.ubc.ca/Research/healthatlas.htm