Indigenous Peoples' Expectations for Forestry in New Brunswick: Are Rights Enough?

摘要: This article considers how competing interpretations of rights upon forestland affect indigenous peoples' ability to derive benefits from forests, using interviews and an evaluation exercise in 13 First Nations communities New Brunswick, Canada. We asked first what expect provincial forest governance arrangements, second, is preventing them attaining their expectations? Informants attached greatest importance environmental protection, but tangible outcomes fall far short expectations. Economic are promoted by the government, least important for informants results mediocre. Undertaking access analysis, we observe that arrangements do not deliver sought Nations, control mechanisms provide limited participation governance, power remains firmly with government private industry. conclude alone enable arr...