Landowner knowledge and willingness to supply woody biomass for wood-based bioenergy: Sample selection approach

Joshi, Omkar; Grebner, Donald L.; Hussain, Anwar; Grado, Stephen C.

doi:10.1016/j.jfe.2012.11.003

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“…Similar to earlier conclusions [31,36], landowners with large ownerships may perceive their property as an investment and would like to optimize the potential financial benefits. Past results indicated that the higher income group of landowners, who are likely to have greater access to resources needed for management, can consider forestland as an investment and would be interested in optimizing financial benefits [3,30]. Results based on second model generally complemented above findings as landowners having higher acres of forestland, seeking highest financial return, having pine plantations, and considering forestland as an investment opportunity were planning to harvest in the future.…”

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“…Similarly, Creamer (2010) [29] used bivariate probit model to analyze family forest landowners' awareness of forest certification programs. Joshi et al (2013) [30] also used the same model to understand woody biomass harvesting behavior in Mississippi. Additionally, as plan to harvest in future could be endogenous to landowner decision to adopt a management plan, we jointly estimated the following relationship by recursive bivariate probit model approach [26,27]:…”

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confidence: 99%

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

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

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Grebner

Munn

et al. 2015

International Journal of Forestry Research

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“…In section four, several questions were asked with the aim to gather information on the owners' awareness of woody biomass, their motivation towards woody biomass production, their willingness to supply woody biomass and the main obstacles for woody biomass production. The questions in the survey were developed based on the factors influencing willingness of private forest owners to supply woody biomass identified in previous research [1,27,30,34,54]. The questionnaire was pre-tested in May 2012 and the survey data was collected between May and December 2012.…”

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“…The first category "forest management objectives" include the variables that capture harvesting experiences (HARVEST) and 1 owners' forest management objectives (investment e INVEST, game management e GAME and heritage e HERIT). Since owners' choice whether to harvest woody biomass or not is likely to be guided by their forest management objectives, it was assumed that these variables could determine owners' willingness to supply woody biomass [1].…”

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Private forest owners' willingness to supply woody biomass in selected South-Eastern European countries

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Bećirović

et al. 2015

Biomass and Bioenergy

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“…Other studies have found landowners to place various levels of preference on incentives designed to increase their motivation for biomass harvesting (Joshi and Mehmood 2011). A more recent study by Joshi et al (2013) concluded that knowledge of woodbased energy significantly influenced Mississippi landowners' willingness to harvest woody biomass, and suggested a need for landowners' education programs.…”

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Understanding the Characteristics of Non-industrial Private Forest Landowners Who Harvest Trees

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Wang

Guess

et al. 2015

Small-scale Forestry

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Achieving regional and national goals of renewable energy production will depend on sufficient supply of biomass from private forests, the majority of which are controlled by non-industrial private forest landowners (NIPF). Considering the diversity in management objectives and changing demographic dynamics in this ownership group, it is important to understand the characteristics of landowners that may supply woody biomass. This study developed linear discriminant analysis (LDA) and classification tree (CT) models to examine the characteristics and motivation of such NIPF landowners. Thirteen combinations of CT variable selection and split-point selection models were used in conjunction with LDA. The ''importance of income'' from a woody biomass harvest was the most important factor influencing NIPF landowners' decisions in supplying woody biomass. Another significant interrelated variable was ''farmer or non-farmer'' forestland ownership, which was also related with ''years of residency'', ''availability of a multi-management plan,'' and ''ownership of multi-tracts of land.'' CT models provided higher-level explanatory information when compared with LDA models. Study findings provide useful insight for land managers, wood procurement managers, and policy-makers in identifying the landowner groups with interest in biomass supply, and in understanding the factors influencing their decisions.

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Landowner knowledge and willingness to supply woody biomass for wood-based bioenergy: Sample selection approach

Cited by 27 publications

References 28 publications

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

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

Private forest owners' willingness to supply woody biomass in selected South-Eastern European countries

Understanding the Characteristics of Non-industrial Private Forest Landowners Who Harvest Trees

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