Public participation in commercial environments: Critical reflections on community engagement methods used in the Australian plantation forestry industry

Australian Forestry

Volumn 75, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 180-191

  Dare, Melanie Lain ^a   Vanclay, Frank ^b   Schirmer, Jacki ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TASMANIA   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GRONINGEN   (Netherlands)

^c AUSTRALIAN NATIONAL UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Community involvement; Decision making; Forestry; Management; Participation; Plantations; Research; Reviews; Social values; Sustainability

Indexed keywords

FORESTRY; MANAGEMENT; RESEARCH; REVIEWS; SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT; TIMBER;

COMMERCIAL PLANTATION; COMMUNITY INVOLVEMENT; DECISION MAKING PROCESS; MANAGEMENT DECISION-MAKING; PARTICIPATION; PLANTATION MANAGEMENTS; PLANTATIONS; SOCIAL VALUES;

DECISION MAKING;

DECISION MAKING; FORESTRY; MANAGEMENT; PLANTATIONS; RESEARCH;

EID: 84873549805     PISSN: 00049158     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00049158.2012.10676400     Document Type: Article

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