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Project summary:
Social research is essential to the development of sustainable forest management practices. Better understanding of ecologically preferable silvicultural systems is not sufficient: we need to understand public evaluations of the relative social, economic and environmental impacts of forest management systems, as well as the values and beliefs that underpin such assessments.
This project undertook investigations into the social acceptability of forest management systems undertaken at Warra, to highlight priorities for a regional research program, some of which were incorporated into a larger follow-up study. As with biophysical research, long-term research is required to allow for changes in the outcomes of forest management over time and changes in social values and attitudes towards forests and forestry.
Methodology: A meta analysis of of research already undertaken into the social acceptibility of various harvesting options.
Datasets: None available.
Publications: Williams, K., Cary, J. & Webb, T. (2001). Social research priorities for forest management. Tasforests 13: 303-307.
Williams, K.J.H., Cary, J.W. & Webb, T. (2001). Social assessment of forest management systems: a review. Bureau of Rural Sciences, Canberra.
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