What's All This Got to Do with the Price of 2x4's?

by Michael Apsey, Ken Drushka (As Told to)

Overview

During a career that spans nearly fifty years, Mike Apsey has seen first-hand the complexities of the forest, in settings ranging from jungle villages, the global forest, and corporate and government offices throughout the world. With the perspective of someone who has served on all sides of the issues, Apsey is in a unique position to offer timely recommendations for a system of forest governance and suggest a new approach to developing forest policy. What’s All This Got to Do with the Price of 2x4’s? is an insider’s account that gives readers new background on the competing tensions of environmental, economic, social, and cultural values. Based on a lifetime of passion and professional experience, this memoir will be invaluable for anyone concerned about the future of the world’s forest.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781552381885
Publisher:	University of Calgary Press
Publication date:	02/24/2006
Series:	Legacies Shared , #19
Pages:	242
Product dimensions:	0.24(w) x 0.35(h) x 0.75(d)

About the Author

Mike Apsey has been a forester since 1961. He served as Deputy Minister of Forests in British Columbia from 1978 to 1984. He was President and CEO of the Council of Forest Industries from 1984 to 1998, and is immediate past chair of the National Forest Strategy Coalition, Wildlife Habitat Canada, and the Tree Canada Foundation. He was appointed a Member of the Order of Canada in 2002.