AMERICAN FOREST POLICY–GLOBAL ETHICAL TRADEOFFS by: Dekker-Robertson, Donna L., Libby, William J., Bioscience, 1998, Vol. 48, Issue 6, pages 471-477 document is being uploaded in the files. and write a critique by addressing the following questions.
1. What is the specific topic of the article? What overall purpose does it seem to have? For what readership is it written?
2. What exactly does the work contribute to the overall topic of your course? What general problems and concepts in your course does it engage with?
3. What kinds of material does the work present (e.g. primary documents or secondary material, literary analysis, personal observation, or quantitative data)?
4. How is this material used to demonstrate and argue the thesis? (Your review could quote or summarize specific passages to show the characteristics of the authors’ presentation, including tone).
5. Are there alternative ways of arguing from the same material? Do authors show awareness of them? In what respects do authors agree or disagree?
6. What theoretical issues and topics for further discussion does the work raise?
7. What are your reactions and opinions regarding this article?
8. The article is 12 years old. Is this article relevant to our class and forestry and natural resource profession? Explain.
