A typology of small-scale private forest owners in Sweden

Ingemarson, Fredrik; Lindhagen, A; Eriksson, Lennart

doi:10.1080/02827580600662256

Cited by 159 publications

(159 citation statements)

References 18 publications

Supporting

Mentioning

151

Contrasting

Unclassified

Order By: Relevance

“…They, for instance, document that decision makers are highly individualistic with regard to how they perceive and respond to environmental changes, which is contradictory to a topdown, policy-driven perspective on climate change adaptation. We showed that individual beliefs and experiences-in addition to demographic factors, education, and management objectives-are important for distinguishing broad types of decision makers, especially for non-industrial, small-scale, private forest owners (Hogl et al 2005;Ingemarson et al 2006;Boon and Meilby 2007;Hujala et al 2013;Dayer et al 2014). These insights can help to tailor policy instruments and incentives towards better addressing forest managers' needs in the future, and thus support the implementation of climate change adaptation measures.…”

Section: Discussionmentioning

confidence: 91%

“…This appears to be the result of short-term economic considerations, a perceived impotence to influence natural phenomena, and prevailing uncertainties about future conditions (Lidskog and Sjödin 2014;Wagner et al 2014). However, there is also a high diversity in the perceptions of risk in general and climate change risks in particular (Petr et al 2014), related to-in part-the general differences in attitudes and motivations for managing forests (Hogl et al 2005;Ingemarson et al 2006). Yet, Blennow et al (2012), in a study spanning a wide social and ecological gradient from Portugal to Germany and Sweden, showed that the propensity to adapt is strongly related to believing in and experiencing local effects of climate change.…”

Section: Introductionmentioning

confidence: 99%

See 1 more Smart Citation

The sensitivity of current and future forest managers to climate-induced changes in ecological processes

Seidl

Aggestam

Rammer

et al. 2015

Ambio

View full text Add to dashboard Cite

Climate vulnerability of managed forest ecosystems is not only determined by ecological processes but also influenced by the adaptive capacity of forest managers. To better understand adaptive behaviour, we conducted a questionnaire study among current and future forest managers (i.e. active managers and forestry students) in Austria. We found widespread belief in climate change (94.7 % of respondents), and no significant difference between current and future managers. Based on intended responses to climate-induced ecosystem changes, we distinguished four groups: highly sensitive managers (27.7 %), those mainly sensitive to changes in growth and regeneration processes (46.7 %), managers primarily sensitive to regeneration changes (11.2 %), and insensitive managers (14.4 %). Experiences and beliefs with regard to disturbance-related tree mortality were found to particularly influence a manager's sensitivity to climate change. Our findings underline the importance of the social dimension of climate change adaptation, and suggest potentially strong adaptive feedbacks between ecosystems and their managers.

show abstract

Section: Discussionmentioning

confidence: 91%

Section: Introductionmentioning

confidence: 99%

The sensitivity of current and future forest managers to climate-induced changes in ecological processes

Seidl

Aggestam

Rammer

et al. 2015

Ambio

View full text Add to dashboard Cite

show abstract

“…This research made use of the hierarchical clustering approach. Hierarchical clustering is a widely used approach in forest owner typologies (see, for example, Boon et al 2004;Ingemarson et al 2006;Majumdar et al 2008), as it is exploratory in nature, and has the advantage that no a priori assumptions must be made about the number of clusters to be found in the data (Majumdar et al 2008). Within the hierarchical clustering approach, different procedures exist, of which Ward's method was selected as criterion to carry out this clustering.…”

Section: Methodsmentioning

confidence: 99%

“…Kanuk and Berenson 1975;Jobber 1989) have not found any evidence for a relation between response rate and survey length. Another reason might have been a negative attitude towards the survey (Ingemarson et al 2006). Several factors may come into play in this respect, such as the survey content and 'survey fatigue'.…”

Section: Population Sample and (Non-)responsementioning

confidence: 99%

See 1 more Smart Citation

Exploring the financial rationales of Dutch forest holdings and their relation with financial results

Hoogstra-Klein

2016

Eur J Forest Res

View full text Add to dashboard Cite

The financial situation of many forest holdings in the Netherlands is a major concern. For example, the yearly overview of Dutch private forest holdings larger than 5 ha shows that over the last 30 years, the average annual results were negative during most years. However, it should be taken into account that not all forest holdings focus primarily on the generation of financial benefits. Surprisingly, no studies relating financial rationales and financial results have yet been conducted. The aim of the present study was, therefore, to provide a better understanding of the financial situation of forest holdings, using Dutch forest holdings as a case study, by (1) determining their financial rationales and (2) relating these financial rationales to their financial results. A survey was conducted, in which the owners and managers of 205 forest holdings in the Netherlands participated. Based on a cluster analysis, these holdings could be classified into five rationales: 'hobby owners'; 'efficiencybased owners'; 'budget producers'; 'break even players'; and 'economically oriented owners'. Different financial rationales led to differences in financial results: owner types that were more strongly oriented towards financial benefits generally produce better results on average. However, the findings also showed that not all forest owners financially orientated on benefits achieved positive results. The findings give a better understanding of forest holdings and the financial results of their holdings, and provide a basis for further research and policy development.

show abstract

Understanding small‐scale private forest owners is a basis for transformative change towards integrative conservation

Tiebel,

Mölder,

Bieling

et al. 2024

People and Nature

View full text Add to dashboard Cite

Balancing societal demands on forests is a major challenge in current forest management. Small‐scale private forest owners are an important ownership group that is rarely addressed directly in this discussion. Our study aims to identify and differentiate between private forest owner groups. Based on this, we take a systemic approach and determine leverage points that can be used to foster transformative change towards integrative conservation‐oriented forest management. We conducted a survey of 1656 small‐scale private forest owners in northwest Germany within a typical European multi‐ownership landscape and formed three clusters based on their activities. While all groups generally perceived nature conservation as important, they differed with regard to their forest management activities. Multiple‐use‐oriented forest owners (45%) were most active, including in terms of conservation measures. Conservation‐oriented owners (25%) mainly focused on passive measures, and conventional owners (30%) showed only a little engagement with conservation‐related activities. Despite the differences, common instruments promoting conservation activities were identified. They included, for example on‐site consultation, information about legal regulations and financial incentives. Based on four system characteristics (parameters, feedback, design and intent), we identified leverage points towards transformative change. The deep and thus effective leverage points are changing the discourse, accounting for the heterogeneity of private forest owners as well as for uncertainty related to climate change and adapting measures to local contexts. Furthermore, working towards increasing awareness, knowledge and interest as well as accounting for the desire for autonomy and control are promising pathways for change. A holistic transformation of forest policy and management towards integrative conservation is urgently needed to meet the current challenges of climate change, biodiversity loss and timber demand. This transformation has to go beyond the adaptation of existing policy instruments and instead focus on systematic and cross‐sectoral changes in the underlying policy orientation, its design and its implementation. Read the free Plain Language Summary for this article on the Journal blog.

show abstract

A typology of small-scale private forest owners in Sweden

Cited by 159 publications

References 18 publications

The sensitivity of current and future forest managers to climate-induced changes in ecological processes

The sensitivity of current and future forest managers to climate-induced changes in ecological processes

Exploring the financial rationales of Dutch forest holdings and their relation with financial results

Understanding small‐scale private forest owners is a basis for transformative change towards integrative conservation

Contact Info

Product

Resources

About