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Barriers to innovation in response to regulatory reform: Performance-based forest practices regulation in British Columbia

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  • Hoberg, George
  • Malkinson, Leah
  • Kozak, Laura

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Regulatory reformers have shown increased interest in performance-based regulation that focuses on the objectives being pursued rather than the means or process by which they are achieved. This article examines a revealing case of behavioral response to regulatory reform: the response of regulated entities to a new, more performance-based form of environmental regulation of forest operation in British Columbia, Canada. We examine the implementation of the new system of forest regulation by analyzing the operational plans produced through the first round of the new framework's implementation. We expected to see innovation in the Forest Stewardship Plans proposed by forest companies. However, forest companies' concerns for costs, risk and liability, and values and perceptions of forest management limited the extent of innovation.

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  • Hoberg, George & Malkinson, Leah & Kozak, Laura, 2016. "Barriers to innovation in response to regulatory reform: Performance-based forest practices regulation in British Columbia," Forest Policy and Economics, Elsevier, vol. 62(C), pages 2-10.
    • Handle: RePEc:eee:forpol:v:62:y:2016:i:c:p:2-10
    DOI: 10.1016/j.forpol.2015.10.014
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    1. Hoberg, George & Malkinson, Leah, 2013. "Challenges in the design of performance-based forestry regulations: Lessons from British Columbia," Forest Policy and Economics, Elsevier, vol. 26(C), pages 54-62.
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    1. Štěrbová, Martina & Stojanovski, Vladimir & Weiss, Gerhard & Šálka, Jaroslav, 2019. "Innovating in a traditional sector: Innovation in forest harvesting in Slovakia and Macedonia," Forest Policy and Economics, Elsevier, vol. 106(C), pages 1-1.
    2. DeBoer, Jennifer & Panwar, Rajat & Kozak, Robert & Cashore, Benjamin, 2020. "Squaring the circle: Refining the competitiveness logic for the circular bioeconomy," Forest Policy and Economics, Elsevier, vol. 110(C).
    3. George Atisa, 2020. "Policy adoption, legislative developments, and implementation: the resulting global differences among countries in the management of biological resources," International Environmental Agreements: Politics, Law and Economics, Springer, vol. 20(1), pages 141-159, March.
    4. Smith, Tonya & Bulkan, Janette, 2021. "A ‘New Relationship’? Reflections on British Columbia’s 2003 Forest Revitalization Plan from the perspective of the Li̓l̓wat First Nation," Land Use Policy, Elsevier, vol. 105(C).

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