Power and Development 23.2

28 April, 1997
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Editorial: Bruntland and Beyond

Ten years ago this March, the World Commission on Environment and Development (the Brundtland Commission) released one of the most influential environmental documents ever written. In introducing Our Common Future, the commission boldly argued that "the distribution of power and influence within society lies at the heart of most environment and development challenges," implying that solutions would require a fundamental restructuring of power relations. But in its conclusion, the commission retreated: "We have been careful to base our recommendations on the realities of present institutions." ...

Editorial: Brundtland and Beyond
Ray Tomalty

The Power Elite
Stephen Bocking
The Bakun Dam will flood 69,000 hectares of tropical forest, and displace thousands of people, to generate at great cost, electricity for which there is no immediate market.

A Foot in the Door
Juli A. Abouchar
Transnational corporations have always had access to international levers of power. Environmental groups are just now gaining some legal recognition and access.

City Limits
David McDonald
New public-private partnerships for improving cities may not meet UN Habitat Conference expectations.
Inset: Exorcising Apartheid from South Africa's Cities by David McDonald
Inset: Pride and Power in a Lima Shanty Town by Steven Hunt

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Notes

The Pits
Tullia Marcolongo
BC's Huckleberry mine raises more concerns about flaws in the environmental assessment process, and conflicts of interest in government.

Gathering Steam
Steven Peck and Chris Callaghan
Eco-industrial parks exchange waste for efficiency and profit.

Political Warming
Ian H. Rowlands
The Geneva Climate Change Conference offers limited hope for reducing greenhouse gas emissions.
Inset: Scariest Thing About Climate Change: Climate Flips by Patricia Beaulieu

Temagami Diary
Laurie Gourlay
Ontario's government plans to open up for mining and logging 58 percent of one of the last stands of old growth pine.

Daishowa Tries Gag Critics
Christopher Genovali
Daishowa's latest SLAPP initiative was tailored to silence public criticism of their highly controversial lawsuit.

Reviews

Jonathan Collett and Stephen Karakashian, eds., Greening the College Curriculum: A Guide to Environmental Teaching in the Liberal Arts
Julian Keniry, Ecodemia: Campus Environmental Stewardship at the Turn of the Century
Stephanie Mills, In Service of the Wild: Restoring and Reinhabiting Damaged Land
Mathis Wackernagel and William Rees, Our Ecological Footprint: Reducing Human Impact on the Earth
Mary Lean, Bread, Bricks, Belief: Communities in Charge of Their Future

Harms' Way: The Intelligence of Chickens by Dave Harms

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