The input that local communities is invaluable and in some cases, it is even more effective. Nevertheless, the rationalist approach shows that with the participation and involvement of various sectors and different information into account, the result could bring the best administration of the place. In the case of Western Australia’s regional forest agreement, there was a clash between ideologies counting on the conservation of the forest against those who prioritized production through logging and the extraction of timber from the forests. During the 1990s, the resolution for forest management was finalized by having a critical community involvement. The local communities provided valuable information that came from scientific grounds showing how the area would be completely devastated if the forests were only utilized as a resource and not protected. The local knowledge of the area was an increasingly critical source for environmental manage. The RFAs (Regional Forest Agreements) would come to provide durability because it was backed by
The input that local communities is invaluable and in some cases, it is even more effective. Nevertheless, the rationalist approach shows that with the participation and involvement of various sectors and different information into account, the result could bring the best administration of the place. In the case of Western Australia’s regional forest agreement, there was a clash between ideologies counting on the conservation of the forest against those who prioritized production through logging and the extraction of timber from the forests. During the 1990s, the resolution for forest management was finalized by having a critical community involvement. The local communities provided valuable information that came from scientific grounds showing how the area would be completely devastated if the forests were only utilized as a resource and not protected. The local knowledge of the area was an increasingly critical source for environmental manage. The RFAs (Regional Forest Agreements) would come to provide durability because it was backed by