Demonstration Forests: Changing Public Opinion

Michael Ross - 1993

Public debate over forestry issues has made news headlines across Australia for over two decades.

It has become clear during the debate that a way must be found to increase the public’s knowledge of forestry issues – and soon.

Many forums to inform and educate the public have been tried in the past, meeting with only limited success.

People are still generally ill-informed are easily swayed by emotional rhetoric.