How the Public
Perceives Forestry (and Why It Matters)
As the title indicates, this article discusses how the
public perceives forestry operations and why these perceptions matter. Although this article is written about the
Northwest United States, I believe it is relevant worldwide. The article states that, of the people
interviewed, nearly 70% were opposed to the practice of clear cutting, based
largely on aesthetics. However, when
provided with information that educated them on issues such as future land use
and the science that is now applied to most clear cutting operation, they were
much less likely to be opposed. One
caveat to providing this information was to ensure that the information
provided was factual, based on scientific research, and understood by those who
received it. It was also important to
tailor the information to the audience, in other words, address the issues
pertinent to that particular region. In
the cases that this was achieved, the idea that clear cut forestry operations
were a valuable tool to aid land managers in providing a sustainable resource
and still have the best interest of the environment in mind was much better
received.
Citations:
Ecological
1st Article: Greenberg, Cathryn H., Harris, Lawrence
D., Neary Daniel G. 1995. “A Comparison of Bird Communities in Burned and
Salvage-Logged, Clearcut, and Forested Florida Sand Pine Scrub.” The Wilson
Bulletin 107, no 1:40-54. http://www.jstor.org/stable/4163511
Economic
1st Article: Hahn, W.A. and Knoke, Thomas 2010.
Sustainable development and sustainable forestry: analogies, differences, and
the role of flexibility. European Journal
of Forestry 129:787-801.
Aesthetic
1st Article: Murray,
Sarah, and Peter Nelson. How the Public Perceives Forestry (and Why It
Matters). lecture., University of Washington, 2005. https://digital.lib.washington.edu/researchworks.
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