Exploring Underpinnings of Forest Conflicts: A Study of Forest Values and Beliefs in the General Public and Among Private Forest Owners in Sweden

Eriksson, Louise

doi:10.1080/08941920.2012.657749

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“…One way of influencing the acceptance of intensive forestry practices may hence be to increase the awareness of the need for such measures along with their environmental and economic implications. The stronger relationship between acceptance of intensive forestry practices and perceived environmental consequences, rather than economic consequences, supports earlier results (e.g., Manning et al 1999;ECORYS 2009;Eriksson 2012) that the public perceives environmental protection as more important than the material benefits of the forest. The results of our survey also corroborates earlier conclusions that the public perceives current forest management as favoring economic rather than recreational or environmental functions of the forest (Eriksson 2012).…”

Section: Discussionsupporting

confidence: 83%

“…This 32 % response rate is somewhat lower than that of previous surveys such as Clement and Cheng (2011) and Eriksson (2012). The possible reasons for the non-participation of the targeted individuals include disinterest in the survey topic, survey fatigue, and the length and complexity of the questions.…”

Section: Non-response Biasmentioning

confidence: 74%

“…The purpose was to reveal if the consequences could be grouped according to underlying dimensions (factors) related to economic, recreational, and environmental consequences of forest management. Such dimensions have proved valid in previous studies of forest-related attitudes (e.g., Ford et al 2009;Eriksson 2012) and reduced the number of variables included in the following regression analysis. Because many respondents did not rate, or answered ''do not know'' about, current forest management, only three consequences per factor were included in the factor analysis (see Fig.…”

Section: Discussionmentioning

confidence: 93%

“…A possible reason may be that these respondents are more familiar with forests and forestry and, therefore, could answer the questions better. That forest owners were more accepting of exotics than non-owners were may relate to that forest owners are more likely to emphasize production values and express weaker environmental concerns (Eriksson 2012). This difference between forest owners and non-owners may explain why the regression respondents were more positive towards the environmental consequences of exotics and clones than the remaining respondents were.…”

Section: Discussionmentioning

confidence: 99%

“…However, although the public may accept economic uses of the forest, environmental aspects such as the protection of biodiversity are perceived to be more important (Manning et al 1999;ECORYS 2009;Eriksson 2012). The public generally favor forest management that emphasizes multiple uses of the forest rather than one that benefits a single constituency (Manning et al 1999;Ribe 2006).…”

Section: Introductionmentioning

confidence: 99%

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Based on a framework for analyzing stakeholder coherence horizontally and vertically, the present study examined the governance of forest threats in Sweden. Opinions of forest risk governance in stakeholder groups with and without a connection to private forestry were compared (n = 2496) and the opinions were analyzed in relation to current governance practices. More specifically, forest threat appraisals, trust in the Swedish Forest Agency (SFA), and the acceptability of forest risk policy measures directed at private forest owners were assessed. Results revealed an overall coherence between different stakeholders in this context. However, the groups differed in, for example, the acceptability of the hypothetical regulative measure aiming to reduce damages threatening the forest long-term (e.g., climate change). Furthermore, an extensive use of advice for a fee may challenge particularly the internal, but also the external, legitimacy of forest risk governance. The forest owner stakeholder group showed lower threat appraisals when evaluating threat to one’s own forest rather than to the Swedish forest, except regarding browsing by animals. Regulations were not disapproved of in any of the stakeholder groups, although the forest owner group generally displayed higher acceptability of encouraging measures compared to the general public. Trust in the SFA was furthermore confirmed as an important driver of policy acceptability, and higher threat appraisals of novel threats, such as climate change and fire, resulted in a higher acceptability of measures less central or new in this context. The value of analyzing stakeholder coherence for natural resource management and governance is discussed.

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Exploring Underpinnings of Forest Conflicts: A Study of Forest Values and Beliefs in the General Public and Among Private Forest Owners in Sweden

Cited by 42 publications

References 24 publications

Public Perceptions and Acceptance of Intensive Forestry in Sweden

Public Perceptions and Acceptance of Intensive Forestry in Sweden

Understanding stakeholders' perspectives behind wildfires in Sicily: A Q‐methodology approach

Conventional and New Ways of Governing Forest Threats: A Study of Stakeholder Coherence in Sweden

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