TY - JOUR
T1 - Understanding community engagement in plantation forest management: insights from practitioner and community narratives
AU - Dare, Melanie
AU - Vanclay, Frank
AU - Schirmer, Jacki
PY - 2011
Y1 - 2011
N2 - Community engagement (CE) processes are an essential component of modern forest management practices. Required under law and in line with modern business paradigms, CE processes need to produce positive social as well as operational outcomes, a balance that is often complicated and idealistic. This paper identifies pathways to successful CE within operational plantation forestry management. Using narratives to explore the multiple experiences of those involved in engagement processes, the paper highlights the perspectives of both practitioners and other stakeholders. Analysing the multiple goals and interpretations of engagement encounters, approaches for improving CE practices used in plantation management and other settings are identified
AB - Community engagement (CE) processes are an essential component of modern forest management practices. Required under law and in line with modern business paradigms, CE processes need to produce positive social as well as operational outcomes, a balance that is often complicated and idealistic. This paper identifies pathways to successful CE within operational plantation forestry management. Using narratives to explore the multiple experiences of those involved in engagement processes, the paper highlights the perspectives of both practitioners and other stakeholders. Analysing the multiple goals and interpretations of engagement encounters, approaches for improving CE practices used in plantation management and other settings are identified
KW - public participation
KW - plantation forestry management
KW - narratives
KW - practitioner perspectives
U2 - 10.1080/09640568.2011.560456
DO - 10.1080/09640568.2011.560456
M3 - Article
SN - 0964-0568
VL - 54
SP - 1149
EP - 1168
JO - Journal of Environmental Planning and Management
JF - Journal of Environmental Planning and Management
IS - 9
ER -