Forestry Mythbusting

Anyone who works in forestry in New Zealand will have come across a range of myths that the wider community believes about our forest industry. For example 'radiata pine destroys the soil' or 'plantations are green silent deserts with no biodiversity'.

At the upcoming NZIF conference in Masterton I've been asked to talk on 'mythbusting' and am keen to get Institute members' perspectives on the myths out there and how to deal with them. I'll then fold these perspectives into the talk.

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* 1. What myths frequently come up when you are talking with people about forestry

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* 2. What impacts have you seen these myths having on the forest sector

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* 3. What approaches could we take to dispel the myths

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* 4. What has worked for you in terms of dispelling myths?

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* 5. Any other comments

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* 6. Contact name email or phone for follow up (optional)