Poslovno povezovanje lastnikov gozdov na primeru Društva lastnikov gozdov Pohorje-Kozjak

Malovrh, Špela Pezdevšek; Laktić, Tomislav

doi:10.20315/asetl.113.1

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“…While associations, cooperatives and agricultural commons might in some cases be non-market, forestry-based SI initiatives, the current social entrepreneurship policy framework is not favorable to their development. The forest policy framework supports cooperation among private forest owners by regulatory, informational, financial and networking instruments, but the problem of inactive private forest owners and their associations persists in Slovenia (Pezdevšek Malovrh and Laktić, 2017). Approximately 50% of private forest owners do not manage their forests and are not willing to join an association .…”

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Implications of policy framework conditions for the development of forestry-based social innovation initiatives in Slovenia

Rogelja

Ludvig

Weiss

et al. 2018

Forest Policy and Economics

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Regardless of the crucial role of civil society in social innovation, European Union (EU) social innovation concepts emphasized market-economic features rather than social by prioritizing social business over social movements. By emphasizing the economic features of social innovation, social enterprises, as ventures with both social and economic goals, are frequently associated with social innovation, especially in the developed economies. As an EU member country, Slovenia needed to adjust its policies to the EU social innovation concepts. Bearing in mind the EU interpretation of social innovation and the significance of state policies for its development, our aim is to investigate the policy framework conditions for the development of forestry-based social innovation initiatives in Slovenia. We found out that the prevalent economic understanding of social innovation reflects in Slovenian policy documents by equating social innovation with social enterprise. In this sense, the view of social innovation as both growth engine and a way for solving societal problems translates into explicit statements on social innovation in cohesion policy documents and progresses by operationalization of social innovation through indicators solely on social enterprise. Within the regulatory framework on social entrepreneurship, social enterprise is defined strictly with respect to legal forms, activities, profit sharing and governance, imposing barriers to the registration and development. Similarly to cohesion policy, the Rural Development Programme embraces a market-oriented understanding of social innovation and focuses explicitly on social enterprise. Forest policy documents do not explicitly mention social innovation or social enterprise. This is reasonable for documents adopted before 2011 when social innovation and social enterprises became a part of the prevailing discourse in Slovenia. However, newly adopted forest policy documents also do not integrate either social innovation or social enterprise. As forestry-based social innovation initiatives cannot be officially recognized as such, there are two possible ways for them to develop. The first applies to marketoriented, forestry-based social innovation initiatives that offer new products or services. Such initiatives can register as social enterprises and mobilize resources they can access within the social entrepreneurship regulatory framework and the Rural Development Programme measures explicitly addressing social enterprise. The second way addresses forestry-based social innovation initiatives that are not market-oriented. Those initiatives will have to navigate through policy framework conditions for resources available through the Rural Development Programme and forest policy instruments that target cooperation and networking.

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Section: What Are the Implications Of Slovenian Policy Framework Conditions For The Development Of Forestry-based Si Initiatives?mentioning

confidence: 99%

Implications of policy framework conditions for the development of forestry-based social innovation initiatives in Slovenia

Rogelja

Ludvig

Weiss

et al. 2018

Forest Policy and Economics

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“…Forest owners in all age groups managed their forests with similar intensity (20 m 3 /ha over a period of five years) [58]. Previous studies have also indicated that younger owners are more likely to consider selling timber [59] and are more interested in business integration [60].…”

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“…Several studies have confirmed that forest owners with larger forest properties are more open to business cooperation [60] and the affinity for subsidies [71]. Furthermore, research among Slovenian private forest owners who actively managed their forests in the last five years showed that larger forest owners are more active in harvesting, and a higher percentage of them hire professional forestry contractors in comparison to smaller forest owners [58].…”

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Private Forest Owner Characteristics Affect European Spruce Bark Beetle Management under an Extreme Weather Event and Host Tree Density

Groot

Diaci

Kandare

et al. 2021

Forests

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In the last few decades, an increasing number and intensity of bark beetle outbreaks have plagued the forests of Europe and North America. Bark beetle management is directly related to forest owner characteristics, although this relationship is not well understood. The purpose of the study was to investigate the influence of forest owner characteristics on the amount and timing of sanitary felling under different disturbance regimes and quantities of Norway spruce. We combined different databases on sanitary felling, the timing of sanitary felling, and forest owner characteristics for Slovenia from 2014 to 2018 and analyzed the amount and timing of sanitary felling in relation to forest owner characteristics. We found that the timing in winter and the amount of sanitary felling were positively associated with the distance of the owner’s residence to the forest parcel. Larger parcels were more affected by bark beetles but did not have later timing of cutting in the summer period as was hypothesized. The timing of sanitary felling decreased with property size, while with the probability of sanitary felling, the effect of property depended on the ice storm and the amount of spruce. The size of the settlement, the permanent address of the private owner, and timing of sanitary felling were positively associated but also depended on the amount of spruce. Gender and age did not have an important influence on the amount and timing of sanitary felling. Forest owners are an important factor in effective bark beetle management. This study highlights the private forest ownership characteristics that should be emphasized in order to fight bark beetle outbreaks in the event of large-scale disturbances. Governments should support forest owners who are at greater risk of bark beetle outbreaks and less efficient in managing outbreaks. Furthermore, landowner characteristics should be included when forecasting bark beetle outbreaks.

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“…Much research deals with cooperation between private forest owners (e.g. Fischer et al 2019, Górriz-Mifsud et al 2019, Pezdevšek Malovrh 2010, Pezdevšek Malovrh et al 2017, Põllumäe et al 2016, Rauch 2007) and mostly analyzes PFOAs with the aim of understanding the influence of various factors on the willingness of private forest owners to cooperate in PFOAs (Pezdevšek Malovrh et al 2010), the reasons for establishing PFOAs (Sarvašová et al 2015, Schraml 2005, factors that influenced the establishment, development, professionalism and efficiency of PFOAs (Černač and Pezdevšek Malovrh 2020, Fabra-Crespo and Rojas-Briales 2015, Glück et al 2010, Kronholm 2016, Leban 2014, Lönnstedt 2014, Pezdevšek Malovrh and Laktić 2017, Sarvašová et al 2015, the motives of private forest owners and their benefits for joining PFOA (Hrib et al 2018, Pezdevšek Malovrh et al 2011, Põllumäe et al 2014, the effects of PFOAs on forest management (Hansmann et al 2016, Seeland et al 2011, and the role of stakeholders (Aurenhammer 2017a, Aurenhammer et al 2017b, Šálka et al 2016. These studies provide important insights into the state of the art of PFOAs, but mainly focus on only one organizational form of cooperation.…”

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Private Forest Owner's Cooperation in Machinery Ring

Malovrh

Krajnc

Triplat

2022

Croat. j. for. eng. (Online)

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Legislation and policy makers have recognized private forest owners cooperation in machinery ring as an instrument to support wood mobilization through efficient use of machinery. The study analyzes private forest owner's cooperation in the machinery ring in Slovenia and determines whether this cooperation contributes to wood mobilization from small-scale private forests. The research was conducted in two phases. In the first phase, the survey was conducted among the members of machinery rings at their annual general meetings (24 machinery rings participated in the survey, representing 64.9% of the total number of machinery rings). The questionnaire was distributed to all members present at the annual general meetings (n=529) and only those who were private forest owner or provided services within machinery rings were eligible to complete the questionnaire (n=438). In the second phase, data on the amount of service provided by machinery ring members were compared with the amount of felling in private forests for 2019 to gain insight into the extend of forestry work (timber harvesting) carried out in a private forest under neighbourhood assistance.The results show that machinery rings members are predominantly male, on average 50 years old, mainly with high school education and occupation in agriculture, owning on average 15.2 ha of forest. Regardless of forest management activities, machinery ring members perform forest management activities in their forest by themselves or with the help of family members. Only a small proportion of members use neighbourhood assistance to carry out the work. This most often occurs in the transport of timber. A very small proportion of members provide forest services through the machinery ring, but their scope of services is not insignificant. In 2019, machinery ring members most often performed harvesting activities with the chain saw, followed by timber skidding as a service. Equipment with machinery for providing services is good among members – about three quarters of them have a chainsaw and an adapted agricultural tractor, but this machinery is quite old, showing that machinery is insufficiently used for forestry operations. The results show that machinery rings are nowadays an essential part of strategic (operational) management in Slovenian agriculture and forestry, and provide important insights into the possibilities to improve forestry operations and the future development cooperation between private forest owners in machinery rings to support wood mobilization from small-scale private forests.

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Poslovno povezovanje lastnikov gozdov na primeru Društva lastnikov gozdov Pohorje-Kozjak

Cited by 8 publications

References 5 publications

Implications of policy framework conditions for the development of forestry-based social innovation initiatives in Slovenia

Implications of policy framework conditions for the development of forestry-based social innovation initiatives in Slovenia

Private Forest Owner Characteristics Affect European Spruce Bark Beetle Management under an Extreme Weather Event and Host Tree Density

Private Forest Owner's Cooperation in Machinery Ring

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