Understanding self-evaluations of effectiveness by forestry advisory committee members: A case of Ontario's Local Citizens Committee members

Researchers have devised many criteria that could assist with the development of an effective public participation process. Few studies, however, have linked these criteria to the effectiveness of decision-making resulting from these processes. We assess whether several criteria postulated by others...

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Published in:Journal of environmental management 2007-04, Vol.83 (1), p.105-114
Main Authors: Hunt, Len M., McFarlane, Bonita L.
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Advisory committee
Animal, plant and microbial ecology
Applied ecology
Biological and medical sciences
Canada
Citizen participation
Committees
community forestry
Community Participation - methods
Conservation, protection and management of environment and wildlife
decision makers
decision making
Decision Making, Organizational
economic impact
Effectiveness
Effectiveness studies
Evaluation
Forest management
Forest management planning
Forestry
Forestry - legislation & jurisprudence
Forestry - methods
Forestry - standards
Fundamental and applied biological sciences. Psychology
General aspects
General forest ecology
Generalities. Production, biomass. Quality of wood and forest products. General forest ecology
geographical variation
Humans
influence
information sources
Interest groups
Ontario
Planning methods
process efficiency
Public participation
self-evaluation
Surveys and Questionnaires
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Summary:Researchers have devised many criteria that could assist with the development of an effective public participation process. Few studies, however, have linked these criteria to the effectiveness of decision-making resulting from these processes. We assess whether several criteria postulated by others for designing an effective decision-making process are associated with evaluations of the effectiveness of decision-making by advisory group members from a forest management planning process in Ontario, Canada. Data were collected by written questionnaires from 197 advisory group members in 2001. Four criteria were linked to the effectiveness evaluations including process control (influence), trust in decision-makers, information credibility, and process efficiency. The criterion of knowledge along with contextual variables related to experience, economic dependence on forestry, and geographical residence were not associated with evaluations of effectiveness.
ISSN:0301-4797
1095-8630
DOI:10.1016/j.jenvman.2006.02.007