Conflict and uncertainty are the basic themes of Resource and Environmental Management in Canada 2/e. Different understandings, values, interests, and contexts lead to varying preferences regarding goals and objectives, alternative interpretations of information and evidence, and various ideas regarding appropriate strategies and actions. Indeed, resource and environmental management often seem to centre upon the resolution of conflict generated by differing regional, sectoral, substantive, or ideological perspectives. Uncertainty is also a basic feature of resource and environmental management. Nevertheless, decisions must be made, even when analysts and managers are not at all sure about future or present conditions. The twin focus on conflict and uncertainty is a reminder that there are rarely perfect solutions to complex problems, but rather a mix of imperfect responses from which we must choose. In this second edition, all twelve chapters in the first edition have been revised, some quite significantly. Also, there are five new chapters that deal with First Nations, gender relationships, free trade, fisheries management on the East Coast, and tensions between hinterland and heartland areas.

Introduction: Addressing Conflict and Uncertainty, Bruce Mitchell Part One: Emerging Concerns 1. Contemporary Climatic Change: The Problem of Uncertainty, F. Kenneth Hare 2. Waste Management: Moving Beyond the Crisis, Virginia W. MacLaren 3. First Nations' Sovereignty and Land Claims: Implications for Resource Management, Jackie Wolfe-Keddie 4. Gender, Resources, and Environmental Management, Cathy Nesmith and Pamela Wright 5. NAFTA and Its Implications for Resource and Environmental Management, Robert J.P. Gale Part Two: Enduring Concerns 6. The East Coast Fisheries, Leslie Harris 7. Agriculture and Rural Resources, M.J. Troughton 8. Towards Sustainable Development of Canada's Forests, Jules DuFour 9. The Sustainability of Wildlife, David A. Gauthier 10. Parks and Protected Areas, Philip Dearden 11. Water Resource Management: Canadian Perspectives and the Great Lakes Water Levels Issue, Reid D. Kreutwiser 12. Energy and Minerals in Canada, Paul Harker 13. Managing the Impacts of Hibernia - A Mid-Term Report, Keith Storey 14. Implementing Sustainable Development in Hinterland Regions, Maureen G. Reed Part Three: Responses 15. Assessing Environmental Impacts in Canada, Thomas Meredith 16. Sustainable Development, Conservation Strategies and Heritage, J.G. Nelson 17. `BEAT'ing Conflict and Uncertainty in Resource and Environmental Management, Bruce Mitchell