Being good neighbours: Current practices,barriers, and opportunities for community engagement in Australian plantation forestry |
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| Institution: | 1. School of Geography and Environmental Studies, University of Tasmania, Australia;2. Fenner School of Environment and Society, Australian National University, Australia;3. Department of Cultural Geography, University of Groningen, The Netherlands;4. Faculty of Business, University of Tasmania, Australia;5. Cooperative Research Centre for Forestry, Australia;1. Departamento de Nefrología Pediátrica, Hospital Infantil Universitario Niño Jesús, Madrid, España;2. Departamento de Endocrinología Pediátrica, Hospital Infantil Universitario Niño Jesús, Madrid, España;3. Departamento de Anatomía Patológica, Hospital Infantil Universitario Niño Jesús, Madrid, España;4. Instituto de Investigación La Princesa, Madrid, España;5. Departamento de Pediatría, Universidad Autónoma de Madrid, Madrid, España;6. CIBEROBN, Instituto de Salud Carlos III, Madrid, España;1. Department of Anesthesiology, Weill Cornell Medical College, New York, NY, USA;2. Department of Pharmacology, Weill Cornell Medical College, New York, NY, USA;3. Department of Anesthesiology, University of Virginia, Charlottesville, VA, USA;1. Department of Ecology, University of Alicante, Spain;2. School of Natural Resources and the Environment, University of Arizona, AZ, USA;3. Fundación CEAM, Joint Research Unit University of Alicante-CEAM, University of Alicante, Spain;4. Institut des Sciences de l’Evolution, Université de Montpellier, CNRS, IRD, EPHE, Montpellier, France;5. Department of Plant Biology, University of Barcelona, Spain;1. Hochschule Osnabrück, University of Applied Sciences, Faculty of Business Management and Social Sciences, PO Box 1940, 49009 Osnabrück, Germany;2. Faculty of Health and Environmental Sciences, School of Sport and Recreation AUT University, PO Box 92006, Auckland 1142, New Zealand;3. Faculty of Business and Law, AUT University, PO Box 92006, Auckland 1142, New Zealand |
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| Abstract: | Although community engagement (CE) is widely recognised as an essential element of sustainable management, few studies have evaluated CE at an industry-wide scale, i.e. in terms of the specific CE needs and best practice methods needed when addressing engagement issues that apply across more than one business in an industry. We explored stakeholder views of the barriers to industry-wide CE within the Australian plantation forest industry. Interviews with key informants were conducted in 2010 throughout three major plantation regions in Australia: Tasmania, south west Western Australia, and the Green Triangle region (south west Victoria and south east of South Australia). We found that stakeholders often considered CE implemented by the forest plantation industry ineffective, due to: (a) lack of strong industry voice, (b) issues of trust, and (c) because technical experts in the forest industry lack skills in CE. Measures that are likely to promote more effective CE are discussed, including enhancement of relationships with external stakeholders, and enhancing CE skills of forestry professionals. |
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