Public preferences for forest structures: A review of quantitative surveys from Finland, Norway and Sweden

Gundersen, Vegard; Frivold, Lars Helge

doi:10.1016/j.ufug.2008.05.001

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“…Swedish and international studies on public preferences for forest management options suggest that it may depend on a multifold of factors, including region, urbanity, gender, age, and experience with forestry (Elands et al 2004;Gundersen and Frivold 2008;ECORYS 2009;Clement and Cheng 2011). Some forest studies have linked preferences or forest management attitudes to cognitive aspects such as values and beliefs (e.g., Manning et al 1999;Ford et al 2009;Clement and Cheng 2011).…”

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“…Although our study uses data gathered from a survey of the general public in Sweden and has direct implications for forest management in Sweden, it also has international relevance. Public perceptions of forests and forestry in boreal forest countries (e.g., other Nordic countries, Canada, USA) have many similarities (e.g., Gundersen and Frivold 2008;ECORYS 2009). Additionally, the adoption of intensive forestry in Sweden could influence the adoption of such practices in other boreal forest countries that have similar forestry.…”

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Public Perceptions and Acceptance of Intensive Forestry in Sweden

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Public Perceptions and Acceptance of Intensive Forestry in Sweden

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Mahapatra

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2013

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“…Generally results from preference studies can be useful component in planning multiple-use forest management (GUNDERSEN & FR VOLD, 2008). To light this approach, the primary aim of this paper is to characterize the demands of the inhabitants of rural and urbanized areas and to assess the differences between them.…”

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Differences between urban and rural population with respect to demand on forestry aspects, in a case study of the Turkish province of Bal kesir

Erol

2012

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“…Scenic beauty, landscape variability and suitability of forest for recreational activity can be improved by extraction of afterfelling residues (Tahvanainen et al 2001, Gundersen & Frivold 2008. For example, Ribe (1989) stresses slash removal to be an important post-harvest practice in increasing beauty perception of tourists.…”

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Biomasfor: an open-source holistic model for the assessment of sustainable forest bioenergy

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Zatelli³

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© iForest -Biogeosciences and Forestry IntroductionThe assessment of the agroenergy chain is a fundamental issue in the field of renewable energies, in particular for the substitution of alternative energy sources for fossil fuels in rural areas (Fiorese & Guariso 2010). In this framework, the relevant topics are the evaluation of the bioenergy demand/supply ratio and the quantification of the impact of biomass on ecological and socio-economic parameters (Steubing et al. 2010). Furthermore, the evaluation of the agroenergy chain must consider policy directives and the presence of fundings and regulation that can cause market distortion (Sonneborn 2004).The analysis of the biomass sector in holistic terms is quite complex given the proposed objectives and scale of results (Cornelissen et al. 2012). Territorial and technological characteristics can be highly differentiated among study areas and could introduce variation into assessments of agroenergy (Freppaz et al. 2004, Vettorato et al. 2011. The characteristics of the European region, particularly those of the Italian territorial area, coupled with the present forest landscape dynamics (Tattoni et al. , 2011 have suggested how the exploitation of wood-energy sources can achieve a high level of importance for bioenergy production in these areas (e.g., for a widespread relationship linking the agroforestry environment with the local population -Ramachandra 2009, Notaro & Paletto 2011). The variability of national forest areas in terms of geomorphology, species composition, facilities and socio-economic issues requires the use of flexible tools and Decision Support Systems (DSSs) to quantify the resources and to facilitate the communication between researchers, local stakeholders and policy makers in woodenergy planning activities as applied to the forest sector. A Geographic Information Systems (GIS) approach appears to represent an appropriate tool for attaining this goal.Several studies have analysed GIS and spatial analysis instruments as tools for biomass chain evaluation at the European, national and local levels. Angelis-Dimakis et al. (2011) classify energy availability in terms of potential availability (according to the gross energy of the source), theoretical availability (the harvestable fraction) and exploitable availability (based on ecological and economic sustainability criteria). A state-of-the-art treatment of the topic of forest biomass availability at the European level was developed by Rettenmaier et al. (2008) who analysed the methodological approaches and input datasets used for bioenergy estimation. These authors classified the analytic process according to biomass typology (ecological, technical, economical, sustainable), biomass sources (e.g., residues, stem, stumps) and spatial-temporal variables (e.g., scale of analysis, time frame). Geomatic applications for biomass resource evaluation have been implemented by different authors (Chirici et al. 2007, Lasserre et al. 2011, Kotamaa et al. 2010). For example, Gallaun et al. (2010) have com...

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Public preferences for forest structures: A review of quantitative surveys from Finland, Norway and Sweden

Cited by 272 publications

References 38 publications

Public Perceptions and Acceptance of Intensive Forestry in Sweden

Public Perceptions and Acceptance of Intensive Forestry in Sweden

Differences between urban and rural population with respect to demand on forestry aspects, in a case study of the Turkish province of Bal kesir

Biomasfor: an open-source holistic model for the assessment of sustainable forest bioenergy

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