Students' Opinions and Attitudes about Forests. Case Study: Department of Political Sciences.

This paper deals with the implementation of a survey in the Department of Political Sciences (A.U.Th.) concerning undergraduate students' attitude towards forest areas in Greece. The aim is to establish a more detailed overview about students' opinions, attitudes, perception or even appreciation of forests. In this study students' were asked to define what a "forest" is and we assessed their correspondence to Greek legislation regarding the constitutional forest definition. Alongside, is recorded students' comprehension about forests' beneficial effects and generally forests' contribution in quality of life. Students' awareness on climate change, environmental policy making, green technology and forests' protection acts are monitored. Also, we examine students' participation in environmental projects during primary or/and secondary education and analyse students' opinion about current environmental issues in Greece. Almost 200 undergraduate students participated in the survey one week before final exams by a face-to-face interview. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]