R SOC375 Midterm: Week 5 Readings

• School: University of Alberta
• Department: Rural Sociology
• Course: R SOC375
• Professor: John Parkins

Document Summary

Clare, s. , krogman, n. , & caine, k. j. (2013). The balance discourse : a case study of power and wetland management. The notion of balancing economic development and the env has been a prominent and consistent msg from the provincial gov. Regard to env policy and the oil and gas industry. Tension often exists between the environmental protection and economic development: notion of this balance is paradoxical. Often business interests are often prioritized above wetland protection. Sometimes conservation of wetlands is an impediment to the development of our resources. Extraction and processing of bitumen deposits is having and will continue to have profound impacts on wetlands at a regional, provincial and global scale. Guidelines contribute to a regulatory culture where mitigation and. Wetland banking as a form of permittee-responsible mitigation drove the need for clearer and consistent standards. Less than 1% of permits in the us are denied by the corps.