Community Advisory Panels

Community Advisory Panels are commonly initiated by government agencies and companies in a bid to defuse community opposition to projects or proposals.

While panels can be effective in driving change where the political will exists, they are commonly initiated as part of a divide and conquer strategy of enticing 'moderate' activist groups into a process to marginalise 'radical' groups.

Other SourceWatch resources

• Community Advisory Panels: Corporate cat-herding
• Peter Sandman
• Ben Woodhouse

External links

• PRWatch thread
• Bob Burton, "Corporations will save the world, won't they?" (Pdf file)