La participación pública como necesidad en la planificación forestal

Abstract

The participation of society in decisions related to land planning and management is essential to reach long-lasting and viable solutions. In this way, public participation becomes a need for modern society to build consensus about natural resource management and land governance by citizens. Within the forestry sector, the first steps are being taken so that public participation is included into the elaboration of Forest Resource Management Plans. According to current legislation regarding forestry and natural resources, their elaboration must include participative processes, which give legitimacy to the results of the plan from a social point of view and contribute to include relevant information in the processes of setting of objectives and programming of actions. In the present article, we review the scientific literature related to this topic. The results show the main strategies and methods used in these processes.