Presidential Address: The institute — facing the issues

The changing professional identity of foresters

“…Carron and Bachelard (1993) and Squire ( 1993) noted that problems arose when the authority implicit within this work ethic was seriously questioned by the environmental groups. Rattray (1975), Bachelard (1979), Nicholson (1983) and West (1985), in commenting on the lack of effective communication between public and the profession, felt that their criticism of the profession had been ignored.…”