Understanding the social bases of satisfaction with public participation in forest management decision-making in British Columbia

2010 ◽  
Vol 86 (6) ◽  
pp. 709-722 ◽  
Author(s):  
D B Tindall ◽  
H W Harshaw ◽  
S R.J. Sheppard
Keyword(s):  
Decision Making ◽  
British Columbia ◽  
Forest Management ◽  
Public Participation ◽  
General Public ◽  
Sustainable Forest Management ◽  
Management Decision ◽  
New Ecological Paradigm ◽  
Social Bases ◽  
Management Decision Making

This study draws upon the results of a survey of the general public in three communities in British Columbia to examinethe social bases of satisfaction with public participation in forest management decision-making at both the local andprovincial levels. The main findings are that those members of the general public who are relatively more biocentricallyoriented (as indicated by the NEP Scale) are less satisfied, and those who have acquaintanceship ties to people employedin the forestry sector are more satisfied. Women and those with more education were less satisfied (at the provincial level),and Vancouver residents were more satisfied (compared to Kelowna and Armstrong residents). Overall, satisfaction withpublic participation in forest management decision-making was relatively low. It was, however, slightly higher at the locallevel than at the provincial scale. Policy and research implications of this study are discussed.Key words: social networks, public participation, gender, New Ecological Paradigm, satisfaction with forest management,and sustainable forest management

scholarly journals Public participation in British Columbia forest management

2010 ◽  
Vol 86 (6) ◽  
pp. 697-708 ◽  
Author(s):  
H W Harshaw
Keyword(s):  
Decision Making ◽  
British Columbia ◽  
Resource Management ◽  
Forest Management ◽  
Public Participation ◽  
Sustainable Forest Management ◽  
Consensus Building ◽  
Management Plans ◽  
Forest Planning And Management ◽  
Planning Processes

Conceptions and challenges of public participation in British Columbia are reviewed to identify those characteristicsof planning processes that serve to benefit or constrain the interests and needs of public stakeholders. Perspectives onpublic participation, including representative and participatory democracies, and approaches to incorporating publicperspectives in decision-making (i.e., shared decision-making, consensus-building, and interest-based negotiation) arepresented to demonstrate the different approaches (and their benefits and challenges) available for providing opportunitiesfor public participation. Lessons from other natural resource management contexts are distilled and used to evaluatethe BC context. Three principal forest planning and management frameworks (the Commission on Resources and theEnvironment, Land and Resource Management Plans, and sustainable forest management certification) are examinedin light of whether meaningful opportunities for public participation were provided.Key words: public participation, British Columbia, Commission on Resources and the Environment, Land and ResourceManagement Plans, sustainable forest management certification

Forest Management Decision-Making: Art or Science?

1981 ◽  
Vol 57 (5) ◽  
pp. 233-238 ◽  
Author(s):  
T. H. Hall
Keyword(s):  
Decision Making ◽  
Forest Management ◽  
Simulation Modeling ◽  
Forest Planning ◽  
Management Decision ◽  
Creative Design ◽  
Management Decision Making ◽  
Evaluation Techniques ◽  
Making Art

This paper describes an approach to forest management decision-making. Acknowledging both objective and subjective elements, the approach offers a methodology to encourage more creative design in forest planning. It uses the descriptive capabilities of simulation modeling in tandem with the prescriptive capabilities of graphical evaluation techniques, to facilitate the use and interpretation of technical forestry information in decision-making problems. It emphasizes a need for an overview of long-term resource behavior as a prerequisite to, and a framework for, forest planning.

The Application of Sustained Yield Management Objectives to Canada's Northern Forests

1970 ◽  
Vol 46 (4) ◽  
pp. 272-277 ◽  
Author(s):  
Alan Moss
Keyword(s):  
Decision Making ◽  
British Columbia ◽  
Yield Management ◽  
Management Decision ◽  
Unit Level ◽  
Management Objectives ◽  
Management Decision Making ◽  
Northern Forests ◽  
Sustained Yield ◽  
Normal Forest

The author discusses a number of objections which have been made against the sustained yield concept in British Columbia. These have involved questions of equal annual harvest and market fluctuations; the normal forest and retention of old growth; rotation length; the marginal tree concept; the calculation of sustained yield allowable cuts and the question of management decision-making. A number of the objections do not relate directly to the sustained yield concept but to the particular methods of its implementation in British Columbia. It is pointed out that economic principles are just as subject to discretionary interpretation as are forestry principles. There appears to be an incomplete understanding of the sustained yield concept and the importance of its application at the management unit level — the point at which its objectives and applications become factual in nature. Economic principles alone do not provide an adequate alternative to the sustained yield concept, if the abuses of forest liquidation are to be avoided but they should be given due weight in the application of the concept. The author recommends that Canada's northern forests should be managed on a sustained yield basis.

Participatory decision support for sustainable forest management: a framework for planning with local communities at the landscape level in Canada

2005 ◽  
Vol 35 (7) ◽  
pp. 1515-1526 ◽  
Author(s):  
Stephen RJ Sheppard
Keyword(s):  
Decision Making ◽  
Decision Support ◽  
Forest Management ◽  
Public Participation ◽  
Public Involvement ◽  
Sustainable Forest Management ◽  
Sustainability Assessment ◽  
Multicriteria Analysis ◽  
Management Scenarios ◽  
Landscape Level

There is an increasing demand for active public involvement in forestry decision making, but there are as yet few established models for achieving this in the new sustainable forest management (SFM) context. At the level of the working forest, the fields of forest sustainability assessment, public participation, decision support, and computer technology in spatial modelling and visualization need to be integrated. This paper presents the results of a literature review of public participation and decision-support methods, with emphasis on case study examples in participatory decision support. These suggest that emerging methods, such as public multicriteria analysis of alternative forest management scenarios and allied tools, may lend themselves to public processes addressing sustainability criteria and indicators. The paper develops a conceptual framework for participatory decision support to address the special needs of SFM in tactical planning at the landscape level. This framework consists of principles, process criteria, and preliminary guidelines for designing and evaluating SFM planning processes with community input. More well-documented studies are needed to develop comprehensive, engaging, open, and accountable processes that support informed decision making in forest management, and to strengthen guidance for managers.

scholarly journals The Validation of the Mixedwood Growth Model (MGM) for Use in Forest Management Decision Making

Forests ◽  
2013 ◽  
Vol 4 (1) ◽  
pp. 1-27 ◽  
Author(s):  
Mike Bokalo ◽  
Kenneth Stadt ◽  
Philip Comeau ◽  
Stephen Titus
Keyword(s):  
Decision Making ◽  
Forest Management ◽  
Growth Model ◽  
Management Decision ◽  
Management Decision Making

What water managers need to know about public participation: one US practitioner's perspective

Water Policy ◽  
2005 ◽  
Vol 7 (3) ◽  
pp. 269-278 ◽  
Author(s):  
James L. Creighton
Keyword(s):  
Water Management ◽  
Decision Making ◽  
Public Participation ◽  
Management Decision ◽  
The Us ◽  
Management Decision Making ◽  
The Usa

Increasingly, public participation is a precondition for water management decision making. In the USA, water management agencies have been utilizing public participation since the early 1970s, with varying degrees of success and commitment to the process. Some of the US experience may not be transferable to other countries or other cultures. But the author describes basic lessons he believes are fundamental to effective public participation in virtually all countries and situations.

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