Louise Takeda is a Research Affiliate with the POLIS Project on Ecological Governance. Her Ph.D in Environment and Development focused on land use planning in Haida Gwaii. In her book, Islands Spirit Rising - Reclaiming the Forests of Haida Gwaii (UBC Press $95.00) Takeda examines how the local indigenous environmental community faced multi-national forest industry and political bodies to gain control of forest resources. Islands Spirit Rising looks at collaborative land use planning and its impact on the Haida people and their community control of forest resources. 9780774827652

BOOKS:

Islands' Spirit Rising: Reclaiming the Forests of Haida Gwaii (UBC 2014) $95.00 9780774827652

[BCBW 2014] "QCI"

Reviews of the author's work by BC Studies:
Islands' Spirit Rising: Reclaiming the Forests of Haida Gwaii