Children of the Northern Forest: Wild New England's History from Glaciers to Global Warming (Yale Agrarian Studies Series)

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Synopsis
This no-holds-barred narrative of the failure of conservation in northern New England’s forests envisions a wilder, more equitable, lower-carbon future for forest-dependent communities Jamie Sayen approaches the story of northern New England’s undeveloped forests from the viewpoints of the previously unheard: the forest and the nonhuman species it sustains, the First Peoples, and, in more recent times, the disenfranchised human voices of the forest, including those of loggers, mill workers, and citizens who, like Henry David Thoreau, wish to speak a kind word for nature. From 1988 to 2016 paper companies sold their timberlands and closed seventeen paper mills in northern New England. Policy makers ceded veto power to large absentee landowners, who tried to preserve the status quo by demanding additional tax cuts and other subsidies for economic elites. They vetoed measures designed to restore and preserve forest health; at present, about half of the former industrial forests are classified as degraded, and the regional economy continues to be trapped in low-value commodity markets. This book operates as a case study of how a rural resource region can respond to a global economy responsible for climate change, habitat loss and degradation, and environmental injustice. Sayen offers a blueprint for restoring vast wildlands and transitioning to a lower-carbon, high-value-adding, local economy, while protecting the natural rights of humans, nonhumans, and unborn generations.
Copyright:
2023

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Publisher Quality
ISBN-13:
9780300274806
Related ISBNs:
9780300270570
Publisher:
Yale University Press
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Copyrighted By:
Jamie Sayen.
Adult content:
No
Language:
English
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No
Categories:
History, Nonfiction, Outdoors and Nature, Earth Sciences
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Bookshare Staff
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This is a copyrighted book.

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