North America

The NGO/IPO-led Underlying Causes Initiative organized a regional workshop, which took place in Winnipeg, Canada on October 1-2, 1998. The following are the findings of the studies carried out in the region.

For further information on this process, please contact the regional focal point: 
Juliette Moussa, Hans Verolme, Bionet-US bionet@igc.apc.org

Executive Summary of the workshop

Some of the Case Studies presented at the workshop

• Mexico: The Social Construction of Deforestation in Mexico
  by David Barkin and Miguel Angel García

• Canada: Commercial Forest Operations in NW Québec
  Ecological questions and cultural concerns. by Alan Penn and Geoff Quaile

• United States: The Proliferation of Chip Mills in the Southeastern United States Prepared by Douglas Sloane for the Biodiversity Action Network

• Mexico: "Purepecha Plateau"- Michoacan
  Prepared by UNORCA

• Alaska: Deforestation in Alaska’s Coastal Rainforest:
  Causes and Solutions by Rick Steiner

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