Non‐industrial private forest owners' decision process: A qualitative study about goals, time perspective, opportunities and alternatives

Lönnstedt, Lars

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“…date of cutting, volume extracted) are adapted to the time and place ("reactive management" according to Girard et al [19]), and conservative because the fundamental principles of the system are upheld (native species, cuttings of limited size and maintenance of standards). As noted by Lönnstedt [30] for small-scale Swedish forestry: "the owners have to handle short-term realities inside a framework of long-term preservation". The "unplanned" nature of this management style therefore does not make it possible to pass any judgement on the sustainability of the systems, even if they do effectively appear to be profoundly out-of-step with recent developments in European forestry.…”

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“…In any case, a great deal of respect and a good sense of communication are essential for this type of work. In order to understand the motivations of the owners it was necessary to move away from standardised surveys and to adopt a qualitative approach [5], by proceeding with semi-directive interviews in the home and with field visits [30] rather than by phone [31], mail or e-mail [15,23].…”

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“…The complexity of the factors involved requires the analysis of each case individually, which imposes an ethnological analysis that we are attempting to carry out through an interdisciplinary approach (see [40]). The exact reasons for the choices are sometimes difficult to determine insofar as, as observed by Lönnstedt [30], "a longterm perspective, including traditions and a local network, affects a NIPF (Non Industrial Private Forest) owner's choice".…”

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Variability of cutting regimes in small private woodlots of south-western France

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-The small scale forest holdings are very common in Europe, but their management is not well known. The classical principes of forest management and of silviculture being rarely applied, their management is often seen as purely opportunistic, and even chaotic. To overcome this first sight, a detailed analysis of management practices in six private woodlots from two municipalities in south western France was done, with semi-directive interviews of the owners and an dynamic analysis of a chronological series of aerial pictures. The "said" practices (from the interviews) and the "seen" practices (from the aerial pictures) were crossed in a GIS and allowed to build the chronology of logging operations in any points of the woodlots from 1938 to 2003. The data from interviews and from aerial pictures fit together provided useful complementary information. They showed that there were no permanent spatial management unit, the logged areas being defined according to the local and current conditions. The silvicultural strategies and their dynamic have been described. The spatial-temporal complexity of the social and technical factors of the logging decision was acknowledged as a key explanation of the discrepancy between these small scale silvicultural systems and the classical systems.coppice / fragmented forest / forestry practices / logging dynamic Résumé -Variabilité des régimes de coupes dans des taillis de petites forêts fragmentées du sud-ouest de la France. La petite propriété forestière est très commune en Europe, mais sa gestion est mal connue. Les grands principes d'aménagement et de sylviculture la pénétrant très peu, sa gestion est souvent perçue comme purement opportuniste voire chaotique. Pour dépasser cette première approche nous procédons à une analyses fine des pratiques de gestion dans six petits bois privés de deux communes du sud-ouest de la France, au moyen d'entretiens semi-directifs avec les propriétaires et d'analyses d'une série de photos aériennes. Une méthode d'interprétation dynamique des photos aériennes est mise en oeuvre. Les pratiques « dites », les pratiques « observées » et leur croisement dans un SIG permettent de décrire la suite des coupes réalisées en chaque point des six bois de 1938 à 2003. Les données issues des entretiens et des photos se contredisent rarement et se complètent utilement. Nous montrons qu'il n'existe pas d'unités de gestion permanentes, les unités de coupe étant définies de manière conjoncturelle. Nous décrivons les stratégies sylvicoles au moyen de plusieurs indicateurs et montrons leur évolution. L'étude met l'accent sur la complexité de l'organisation spatio-temporelle des coupes et des facteurs techniques et sociaux permettant de l'expliquer, et analyse la cohérence de stratégies sylvicoles en rupture avec les évolutions de la filière-bois internationale.taillis / forêt fragmentée / pratiques forestières / dynamique des coupes

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“…Compared to private forest owners in Western European countries, nature protection and recreation are low on the list of priorities (Lönnstedt 1997;Karppinen 1998;Harrison et al 2000;Schraml and Volz 2003;Ziegenspeck et al 2004;Hogl et al 2005). Corresponding to the prevailing economic interests, the private forest owners expect from a PFOA extension services regarding forest management such as advice in support of forest road construction and maintenance, silviculture and harvesting.…”

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Towards an Ontology for the Description of Learning Resources on Disaster Risk Reduction

Zschocke

León

2010

Knowledge Management, Information Systems, E-Learning, and Sustainability Research

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“…È chiaro che capire le attitudini e le motivazioni dei proprietari forestali è utile ai fini di orientare la gestione forestale, dato che queste rappresentano una sorta di ponte grazie al quale interpretare le relazioni tra obiettivi di gestione ed effettivi comportamenti dei NIPFs. Secondo Lönnstedt (1997), i diversi obiettivi dei proprietari forestali possono essere ricondotti ad un unico obiettivo principale, che riassume tutto ciò che il proprietario forestale si propone di raggiungere: è possibile, quindi, costruire una sorta di gerarchia delle motivazioni gestionali, all'apice della quale si pone la necessità di conservare e valorizzare la proprietà forestale. Il proprietario forestale diventerebbe quindi "un individuo che deve gestire realtà di breve periodo all'interno di un quadro di conservazione di lungo periodo" (Lönnstedt 1997), il che delinea efficacemente la natura multipla delle attitudini e delle motivazioni dei NIPFs.…”

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Determinants, attitudes and willingness of private forest owners to produce goods and services: a review of the international literature

Mozzato¹,

Gatto²

2016

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IntroduzioneC'è un gap informativo nei riguardi della proprietà forestale privata nella letteratura italiana del settore, che è invece ricca di analisi sulle caratteristiche e sulle forme di gestione della proprietà pubblica. La rinuncia ad includere, nell'universo di indagine dell'ultimo Censimento dell'Agricoltura (ISTAT 2010), le aziende esclusivamente forestali, ci ha infatti lasciati con dati obsoleti circa la numerosità dei conduttori, la forma e struttura della proprietà e la There is an information gap in the Italian literature with regards to private forest ownership, while several analysis are available on the characteristics and the management systems of public forest ownership. To address this gap, this paper presents the characteristics of private forest owners and their evolution in time by reviewing the international literature in the last three decades. The examined studies are reported according to four perspectives: (i) the available classifications and/or typologies of private forest owners; (ii) the determinants of different forest owners' behaviors, especially in relation to their objectives; (iii) the attitudes of forest owners and the motivations behind their management decisions; (iv) the valuation of the willingness to accept monetary compensations in return for the provision of ecosystem services. The results show a very complex picture, varying both in space and time. However, some recurring features can be identified: (i) not only are forest owners motivated by timber production goals, but also by other reasons, often very diversified and detached from market considerations; (ii) a "multi-functional" forest owner is by no means less active, but, conversely, is more active than a forest owner whose sole objective is timber production; (iii) in general, the active owner is a farmer whose family has owned the forest for many generations (and in this case he/she is more market-oriented), or is a new entry in the forestry sector; (iv) the "passive" owner is usually elderly, non-farmer and resides far from the property. In addition, the "absent" owner is a common problem to several of the examined geographical contexts. Although the results of the review cannot be transferred as such, they represent a useful starting point for similar analyses in the Italian context. Examining the determinants and attitudes of private forest owners in Italy would indeed prove interesting, given that private forest ownership in Italy represents a relevant share of total forest area and that the implementation of new policy tools such as payments for ecosystem services requires active participation by all key actors, including forest owners.Keywords: Private Forest Ownership, Forest Owners, Attitudes, Forest Owners', Typologies, Ecosystem ServicesReceived: Jun 25, 2015; Accepted: Mar 11, 2016; Published online: Apr 04, 2016 Citation: Mozzato D, Gatto P, 2016. Determinanti, attitudini e disponibilità alla produzione di beni e di servizi da parte dei proprietari forestali privati: una rassegna della letterat...

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Non‐industrial private forest owners' decision process: A qualitative study about goals, time perspective, opportunities and alternatives

Cited by 72 publications

References 12 publications

Variability of cutting regimes in small private woodlots of south-western France

Variability of cutting regimes in small private woodlots of south-western France

Towards an Ontology for the Description of Learning Resources on Disaster Risk Reduction

Determinants, attitudes and willingness of private forest owners to produce goods and services: a review of the international literature

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