An assessment of nonindustrial private forest landowner willingness to harvest woody biomass in support of bioenergy production in Mississippi: A contingent rating approach

Gruchy, Steven R.; Grebner, Donald L.; Munn, Ian A.; Joshi, Omkar; Hussain, Anwar

doi:10.1016/j.forpol.2011.09.007

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“…Other studies imply that private forest owners make management decisions based on other values and sociodemographic background, as well as economic factors. They are willing to increase energy wood supply but mainly because of improved conditions for roundwood extraction and general commercial opportunities [24,[26][27][28][29][30][31].…”

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“…A crucial step regarding policy design is to take into account stakeholder perspectives and preferences: Stakeholders play a role in decisionmaking and implementation processes by attributing different weight to particular aspects, depending on their interests and values. In this context, several recent studies concentrate on forest managers' diverse attitudes towards energy wood production [24][25][26][27][28][29][30][31]. With our study, we aim to give an overview of perceptions of a broad range of stakeholders in different European countries regarding energy wood production and use because we consider that the incorporation of diverse perceptions of different stakeholders in policy development and forest management is critical for a balanced production and use of energy wood from forests [9,11,21,32,33].…”

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Energy wood from forests—stakeholder perceptions in five European countries

Peters

Wirth

Böhr³

et al. 2015

Energ Sustain Soc

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Background: In the last decade, the demand for and supply of energy wood from forests has increased, and experts expect a further increase in the future due to political and societal changes. The objective of this paper was to provide a qualitative analysis of stakeholders' perceptions of current and future trade-offs as well as of synergies between energy wood production and use and other forest ecosystem services (ES). Methods: We developed an explorative research approach and conducted semi-structured interviews with a total of 103 interviewees of six selected stakeholder groups in five European countries: Finland, Germany, Norway, Slovenia and Spain. For the analysis, we adopted a qualitative content analysis approach.

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Energy wood from forests—stakeholder perceptions in five European countries

Peters

Wirth

Böhr³

et al. 2015

Energ Sustain Soc

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“…The state of Mississippi is in the heart of timber producing region of the United States with 19.79 million acres of total timberland [21]. The private forest landowners are the dominant ownership types in the state having more than three-fourth of total ownership [21].…”

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“…About 13.45% of total forestland is a regeneration forest in the state. The Mississippi Institute for Forest Inventory (MIFI) divides the total state into five districts (North, Delta, Central, Southeast, and Southwest) based on the differences associated with geography, physiography, and economic conditions among others [21]. Research suggests a lack of interest for getting a written management plan among private forest landowners in the region [5,12].…”

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Issues concerning Landowner Management Plan Adoption Decisions: A Recursive Bivariate Probit Approach

Joshi¹,

Grebner

Munn

et al. 2015

International Journal of Forestry Research

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Despite the likely benefits of having a written forest management plan, a small number of landowners in the United States have the one. A recursive bivariate probit model was used to identify the possible relationship between landowners' decision to obtain a management plan and their interest in future timber harvesting. Our study results based on recursive bivariate model suggest that landowners having larger land ownerships, longer forest ownership tenure, and higher education were more likely to have a forest management plan and future timber harvesting interest. While the landowners having interest for wildlife management were also interested to have a written management plan, they did not prefer to harvest in future. Study results indicate that written management plan means more than a timber harvesting strategy to landowners in general. Many elderly landowners with a low level of income and less formal education and those having small or medium sized tracts of forestland are less likely to own a written management plan. Therefore, this group requires special attention in various government sponsored forest management related extension activities. Future research on understanding landowner perception behind written management plan is recommended.

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“…There have been a small number of studies in USA and Europe on exploring NIPFs' perceptions of forest-based bioenergy. In the USA, NIPFs were found to be willing to supply wood and forest residues for bioenergy production, and their willingness was positively correlated with their perceived increase in the price of biomass [17][18][19]. However, those NIPFs also considered several barriers in energy wood harvesting and supply such as lack of ready energy wood market and lack of efficient logistics [18].…”

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Nonindustrial private forest owners' opinions to and awareness of energy wood market and forest-based bioenergy certification - results of a case study from Finnish Karelia

Halder

Weckroth²,

et al. 2012

Energ Sustain Soc

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Background: Nonindustrial private forest owners (NIPFs) in Finland are important stakeholders of forest management and roundwood supply decisions. Their role will also be significant to supply energy wood to meet Finland's target for renewable energy in the future. The main objectives of this study were to explore the opinions and awareness of the Finnish NIPFs related to the energy wood market and forest-based bioenergy certification issues in Finland and their relevance for future bioenergy policies. Method: A questionnaire-based survey was conducted among the NIPFs in Finnish Karelia (N = 79).

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An assessment of nonindustrial private forest landowner willingness to harvest woody biomass in support of bioenergy production in Mississippi: A contingent rating approach

Cited by 68 publications

References 16 publications

Energy wood from forests—stakeholder perceptions in five European countries

Energy wood from forests—stakeholder perceptions in five European countries

Issues concerning Landowner Management Plan Adoption Decisions: A Recursive Bivariate Probit Approach

Nonindustrial private forest owners' opinions to and awareness of energy wood market and forest-based bioenergy certification - results of a case study from Finnish Karelia

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