Being good neighbours: Current practices, barriers, and opportunities for community engagement in Australian plantation forestry

Land Use Policy

Volumn 34, Issue , 2013, Pages 62-71

  Gordon, Melissa ^a,d   Schirmer, Jacki ^b,d   Lockwood, Michael ^a   Vanclay, Frank ^c   Hanson, Dallas ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TASMANIA   (Australia)

^b AUSTRALIAN NATIONAL UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^c UNIVERSITY OF GRONINGEN   (Netherlands)

^d Cooperative Research Centre for Forestry ^*  (Australia)

Author keywords

Community engagement; Forestry; Good neighbour charter; Sustainable forest management

Indexed keywords

FOREST MANAGEMENT; LOCAL PARTICIPATION; NEIGHBORHOOD; PLANTATION FORESTRY; STAKEHOLDER;

AUSTRALIA;

EID: 84875158232     PISSN: 02648377     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.landusepol.2013.02.005     Document Type: Article

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