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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.

Item Type:	Refereed Article
Keywords:	public participation, plantation forestry management, narratives, practitioner perspectives
Research Division:	Agricultural, Veterinary and Food Sciences
Research Group:	Forestry sciences
Research Field:	Forestry product quality assessment
Objective Division:	Plant Production and Plant Primary Products
Objective Group:	Forestry
Objective Field:	Forestry not elsewhere classified
UTAS Author:	Dare, MA (Dr Melanie Dare)
UTAS Author:	Vanclay, F (Professor Francis Vanclay)
ID Code:	58822
Year Published:	2011
Web of Science® Times Cited:	14
Deposited By:	Agricultural Science
Deposited On:	2009-10-29
Last Modified:	2016-10-19
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