Conservation biologists, civic science and the preservation of BC forests From: Journal of Canadian Studies | Date: October 1, 2002| Author: Krajnc, Anita | Copyright Trent University Fall 2002. Provided by ProQuest LLC.Copyright information

This essay assesses the role conservation biologists play inside and outside government in efforts to protect British Columbia's ancient rain-forest ecosystems. An epistemic community of government-entrenched conservation biologists has largely been absent or ad hoc, playing a negligible role in conservation. The Clayoquot Sound Scientific Panel is a partial exception, with the important advisory role it played to the BC government regarding sustainable forest management in the region. Instea...

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