Perceptions of Small Private Forest Owner’s Vulnerability and Adaptive Capacity to Environmental Disturbances and Climate Change: Views from a Heterogeneous Population in Southern Quebec, Canada

Bissonnette, Jean‐François; Dupras, Jérôme; Doyon, Frédérik; Chion, Clément; Tardif, Jonathan

doi:10.1007/s11842-016-9361-y

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“…We use the term "incidental" as opposed to "accidental," as used elsewhere (van Gameren and Zaccai 2015), because we feel that "accidental adaptation" suggests a complete lack of awareness of climate change. In reality, the importance of climate change in motivating forest management actions falls along a continuum from high to low importance depending on the individual and interacts with perceptions of risk associated with existing threats to forests, as demonstrated in other studies of private forest owners (Bissonnette et al 2017, Vulturius et al 2018.…”

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“…Barriers to adaptation are impediments to specific adaptation actions that can be reduced or overcome (modified from Eisenack et al 2014). Evidence indicates that individual landowners are beginning to consider climate change adaptation actions in forestry in North America and Europe, with self-reported rates of implementation varying from very low to moderate (Keskitalo et al 2011, Blennow 2012, van Gameren and Zaccai 2015, Bissonnette et al 2017, Vulturius et al 2018. Forest management decisions have decadal and centennial-scale repercussions for forest landscapes, enhancing the importance of understanding opportunities for and barriers to climate-adaptive forest management (Lawrence and Gillett 2011, Schoene and Bernier 2012, van Gameren and Zaccai 2015.…”

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“…A growing number of studies investigate forest owner intentions and actions on climate change adaptation (Blennow and Persson 2009, Blennow 2012, Grotta et al 2013, Lawrence and Marzano 2014, van Gameren and Zaccai 2015, Sousa-Silva et al 2016, André et al 2017, Bissonnette et al 2017, Vulturius et al 2018. In Sweden, approximately 20% of nonindustrial private forest owners reported adapting their forest management to climate change in some way (Blennow andPersson 2009, Blennow 2012) while 40% reported an intention to adapt (Vulturius et al 2018).…”

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“…Researchers classified half of Belgian interview respondents as climate change-motivated adaptors and one-third as incidental adaptors (van Gameren and Zaccai 2015). Across all studies, the most commonly reported adaptation actions were increasing tree species diversity and diversifying age structures, in addition to some intentional selection of future climate-adapted species (Blennow 2012, van Gameren and Zaccai 2015, Sousa-Silva et al 2016, Bissonnette et al 2017.…”

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“…Instead, the structural barrier of poor access to technical information on adaptation is the most important factor constraining adaptation (van Gameren and Zaccai 2015). In Québec, eastern Canada, despite the majority reportedly perceiving anthropogenic climate change, three quarters of landowners perceive limited or nonexistent impacts on forests in the short and medium term and feel no need to adapt (Bissonnette et al 2017). Finally, a series of forest owner focus groups across the U.S. Pacific Northwest and Alaska in 2009-2010 found that very few reported changing or adapting forest management practices in response to climate change (Grotta et al 2013).…”

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Climate change beliefs and forest management in eastern Oregon: implications for individual adaptive capacity

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2018. Climate change beliefs and forest management in eastern Oregon: implications for individual adaptive capacity. Ecology and Society 23(4):1. https:// ABSTRACT. The management decisions of private landowners affect forest structure and composition, and may impact the resilience of forested regions. In this case study we assessed barriers to both intentional and incidental climate-adaptive forest management among nonindustrial private forest owners in eastern Oregon, USA. In this context, incidental adaptations result from synergies between climate-adaptive forest management and actions motivated by goals such as wildfire mitigation, which landowners may prioritize regardless of concerns about climate change. Through semistructured interviews we used qualitative analyses to identify barriers to adaptation, including subjective (cognitive and experiential) and structural barriers (social, political, and economic) by comparing individual cases. Overall, we found that intentional climate change adaptation had low salience among participants, though a large majority of forest owners were active managers motivated by other goals, contributing to widespread incidental adaptation. We found that nonindustrial private forest owners who engaged in or considered intentional climate adaptation actions generally believed that anthropogenic climate change is occurring. Many respondents perceived local environmental change, notably reduced snowpack, but this was not associated with adaptive actions or intentions. The few participants who considered or implemented intentional climate adaptation actions generally had written forest management plans containing both forest inventories and specific management goals. Improving access to resources for forest management planning may enhance fire-and climate-smart forest management by facilitating scenario visioning and formalizing intentions. Although climate change beliefs were subjective barriers to intentional climate adaptation, many of the same structural barriers limited intentional and incidental adaptation. Place-based education, reliable funding mechanisms, and cooperative approaches among landowners may enhance adaptive capacity and promote the resilience of these nonindustrial private forestlands.

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confidence: 99%

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Does Climate Change Communication Matter for Individual Engagement with Adaptation? Insights from Forest Owners in Sweden

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The Knowledge and Value Basis of Private Forest Management in Sweden: Actual Knowledge, Confidence, and Value Priorities

Eriksson

Fries

2020

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With growing demands on forests, there is a need to understand the drivers of managing the forest for diverse objectives, such as production, recreation, and climate adaptation. The aim of this study was to examine the knowledge and value basis of forest management behaviors, including different management strategies and management inactivity, among private forest owners in Sweden. Different dimensions of knowledge (declarative and procedural knowledge, assessed in terms of objective and subjective knowledge measures) and value priorities (basic values and forest values), as well as the role of forest owner identity, were examined. The study was conducted by means of a postal questionnaire to a random sample of private forest owners in Sweden (n = 3000, response rate 43%). The distinctions between actual knowledge (objective knowledge), confidence (subjective knowledge), and value priorities, in addition to the hierarchical structure of how these factors are linked to management behaviors, proved to be valuable. Results revealed that different knowledge dimensions and value priorities were jointly important for forest management behaviors. In addition, the role of forest owner identity for management behaviors was confirmed. Insights from the study may be used to develop policy and outreach to private forest owners and thereby facilitate different forest functions in private forestry.

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Perceptions of Small Private Forest Owner’s Vulnerability and Adaptive Capacity to Environmental Disturbances and Climate Change: Views from a Heterogeneous Population in Southern Quebec, Canada

Cited by 23 publications

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Climate change beliefs and forest management in eastern Oregon: implications for individual adaptive capacity

Climate change beliefs and forest management in eastern Oregon: implications for individual adaptive capacity

Does Climate Change Communication Matter for Individual Engagement with Adaptation? Insights from Forest Owners in Sweden

The Knowledge and Value Basis of Private Forest Management in Sweden: Actual Knowledge, Confidence, and Value Priorities

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