Field afforestation preferences: A case study in northeastern Finland

Karjalainen, Eeva; Komulainen, Minna

doi:10.1016/s0169-2046(98)00076-0

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“…The eastern part of Finland has already experienced an increase in the area of forest and a decrease in the field area, resulting in severe pressure for landscape diversity (Hietala-Koivu, 2002). Public preferences for valuable landscape areas in northeastern Finland reported by Karjalainen and Komulainen (1998) indicated the importance of agriculture in maintaining high scenic values and also pointed out the declining role of afforestation. Land consolidation may provide a solution to prevent land uses that would reduce public appreciation of the landscape.…”

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The proximity of a field plot and land-use choice: implications for land consolidation

Grammatikopoulou

Myyrä

Pouta

2013

Journal of Land Use Science

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The proximity of a field plot and land-use choice: implications for land consolidation

Grammatikopoulou

Myyrä

Pouta

2013

Journal of Land Use Science

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“…In landscape evaluation studies, the landscapes and their attributes have most often been visualized with aerial or landscape photographs (e.g., [18,19,[21][22][23][24][25]). Here, we also opted to use photographs rather than on-site methods, as they allow more people to participate in the research, make the research less expensive [19,30] and enable comparisons between different landscape types, since they direct the observer's focus to visual qualities instead of assessments based on other senses [31].…”

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“…Rural dwellers, i.e., people who live in the countryside but whose livelihoods do not depend on agriculture, show different preferences compared to experts or farmers [18]. Furthermore, a profession related to the economic use of natural resources has been found to have an effect on the evaluation of landscape utilization (e.g., [20,24,[59][60][61][62]). Based on these ideas from previous studies, in addition to gender and age, the socio-demographic background of the respondents, such as education, profession and income, and variables related to the living environment, i.e., current and childhood living environment, were measured at the end of the survey.…”

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Assessing the Quality of Agricultural Landscape Change with Multiple Dimensions

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Grammatikopoulou

Hurme

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Better recognition of public perceptions is called for in developing policies that affect landscape qualities, such as agri-environmental policies. The present study focused on the evaluation of typical agricultural landscapes in Finland. We utilized and operationalized the visual landscape quality scales introduced by Tveit et al. (2006) and further explored how these scales can be applied in citizen evaluation of agricultural landscapes. From landscape data collected via an Internet survey, we analysed whether and how the attributes of agricultural landscapes were linked to their evaluation. The results demonstrated that visual concepts such as openness, naturalness, species richness and the impression of being taken care of were significantly associated with six landscape attributes, i.e., grain, cattle, bales, farmhouses, buses and disturbances. A relationship between key landscape concepts and normative evaluation was found. The normative pleasantness of the landscape also significantly associated with individual landscape attributes and the socio-demographic characteristics of the perceivers.

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“…Nousiainen et al (1998) discovered that local inhabitants did not accept afforestation, but potential tourists preferred the alternatives that contained wide areas of afforestation. Karjalainen & Komulainen (1998) showed manipulated slides of various options for afforestation of abandoned farmland and all options were perceived as disturbing despite the afforested area in each option being small. The location of the afforested area was more important for the scenic beauty than the tree species used.…”

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Increased biomass harvesting for bioenergy

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Berglund²,

Gundersen³

et al. 2009

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Increased biomass harvesting for bioenergy Nordic co-operationNordic cooperation is one of the world's most extensive forms of regional collaboration, involving Denmark, Finland, Iceland, Norway, Sweden, and three autonomous areas: the Faroe Islands, Greenland, and Åland.Nordic cooperation has firm traditions in politics, the economy, and culture. It plays an important role in European and international collaboration, and aims at creating a strong Nordic community in a strong Europe.Nordic cooperation seeks to safeguard Nordic and regional interests and principles in the global community. The current supply of renewable bioenergy in Finland, Norway, and Sweden is equivalent to 83 TWh, 15 TWh, and 104 TWh, respectively, of which more than 90% comes from the forest sector. Assessments for total supplies of bioenergy by 2020 vary but are in the order of 126 TWh, 34 TWh, and 151 TWh for Finland, Norway and Sweden, respectively. Many biomass harvesting options exist but they are not all equally likely in the Nordic countries. Based on various public recommendations and the current debate on the use of biomass, the following options need to be considered from forests, farmland and mires and wetlands. Increased harvesting of logging residues, stumps, trees from tending and thinning of young forest, and non-standard wood from current logging areas, especially from forestry districts near roads and facilities for effective use of the biomass resources (e.g., heating plants, industrial facilities).  Increased intensity of forest cultivation activities, such as building of forest roads, soil preparation, nitrogen fertilization, planting, various thinning regimes, use of high-yield varieties or species, and shorter rotation time, on current logging areas.  Increased harvesting of woody residues from clearing of power line corridors and along roads where effective transportation to facilities for use of the biomass is possible.  Increased harvesting from currently non-commercial forest as well as increased afforestation may be relevant under suitable economical constraints, especially in Norway.  Increased cultivation of energy crops on arable land, such as grains, oilseed crops, and grasses, primarily in Finland and Sweden. Increased biomass harvesting for bioenergy 10 Increased short rotation forestry with willows and poplars on farmland, primarily in Finland and Sweden.  Increased harvesting of wood resources from marginal agricultural land, field edges etc, to a limited extent where the biomass can be exploited locally.  Biomass harvesting from mires and wetlands may primarily be in the form of harvesting of Sphagnum and canary reed grass on former peat mining areas and harvesting reed in shallow water bodies, mainly in Finland.The following biomass harvesting measures will in most cases be acceptable or have only minor negative effects: Harvesting of logging residues, including trees from tending of young forest and thinning, seems to be among the more acceptable forms of biomass harvesting. It will probably ha...

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Field afforestation preferences: A case study in northeastern Finland

Cited by 27 publications

References 25 publications

The proximity of a field plot and land-use choice: implications for land consolidation

The proximity of a field plot and land-use choice: implications for land consolidation

Assessing the Quality of Agricultural Landscape Change with Multiple Dimensions

Increased biomass harvesting for bioenergy

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