Public-Private Interactions in the Conservation of Private Forests in the United States

Ruseva, Tatyana B.; Fischer, Burnell C.

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“…Researchers further note that the sustainability of private forests demands cooperative management at multiple scales and attention to the varying spatial and temporal scales at which forests provide goods and services (Fischer and Ruseva 2010, Goldman et al 2007, Ruseva and Fischer 2013. Changes in forest landscapes are a function of the actions of a heterogeneous group of owners, whose individual decisions are seldom coordinated with those of others and rarely refl ect the nature of forests as a public good that provides services such as clean water, air, and other amenities (MEA 2005 , Ruseva andFischer 2013 ). Rickenbach et al ( 2011 ) note that "from a landscape perspective, small forest landholdings are managed in a haphazard ownership-centric way that often lacks any connection to multiscalar ecological principles".…”

Section: Incentives Motivations and Householdlevel Forest Managementmentioning

confidence: 99%

Forest Landscapes and Global Change

Azevedo¹,

Perera²,

Pinto³

2014

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Section: Incentives Motivations and Householdlevel Forest Managementmentioning

confidence: 99%

Forest Landscapes and Global Change

Azevedo¹,

Perera²,

Pinto³

2014

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“…The disintegration of large vertically integrated timber companies in the last 30 years has increased concern about industrial forests being managing for short-term profit rather than long-term sustainability (Kay 2018;Gunnoe 2014). As a result, states have increased regulation of private forest management, and there has been increasing interest in alternative governance tools including certification (Ma et al 2012) and land trusts (Ruseva and Fischer 2013).…”

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Laws, Markets, and Local Politics Drive Outcomes of Minnesota’s County Managed Forests

Fleischman

Schmitz

Poljacik

2021

Journal of Forestry

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There are frequently calls to increase local government control over forests in the US. Minnesota’s county forests contain approximately 30% of all local-government-managed forests in the United States. These forests are managed in ways that protect public access while providing a stable timber supply to mills. This happens because of the intersection of law, markets, and local politics. County forests are legally obligated to provide revenue to local tax districts while paying for management from money earned from timber sales. This pushes counties towards managing with the goal of providing a stable revenue stream from their lands, a goal that is supported by local politics in timber-dependent counties. The result is that counties are more production-oriented than other public forestland managers; however, they provide more consistent public access than private forest owners. Study Implications There are frequent discussions in the US on whether to either turn over public lands to local governments or purchase private land to be managed by local governments for public benefits. We show that local governments can manage forests professionally, providing a consistent timber supply to local mills while maintaining recreational benefits to the public. Other benefits and costs of local management are difficult to evaluate. This outcome is dependent on the availability of robust timber markets, which may not exist in other parts of the country, and makes county land management dependent on fluctuating commodity prices.

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“…This is particularly important with forests, as the vast majority of these ecosystems are publicly owned (80% of the world's forests as of 2005; FAO, 2010). Hence, while voluntary and involuntary conservation tools directed at private lands are critical (particularly in countries with more private forests like the United States; see Ruseva & Fischer, 2013), it remains vital to know how these tools work in jurisdictions where public forests dominate (Fitzsimons & Wescott, 2004). The second condition is time.…”

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Diversifying Nature Protection: Evaluating the Changing Tools for Forest Protection in Canada and Norway

Auld

Gulbrandsen

2015

Review of Policy Research

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Governments increasingly struggle to protect representative nature types and ecological diversity within their territories only via the instrument of publicly designated protected areas. This article examines the rise of voluntary conservation and certification (i.e., private conservation) as tools for forest protection in Norway and Canada. We contrast the differing potential of these private conservation tools with protection through government legislation and regulation using four evaluative criteria: the representativeness of protected areas, the strength of protection, the longevity of protection, and the information generated through protection. We find that private conservation tools can match the strength of legal protection and help to dispel conflict, but that private tools create protection that is more likely to be reversed in the future. However, we also show that voluntary private conservation can become public protection, which highlights the importance of examining different paths toward secure and long‐lasting protection.

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Public-Private Interactions in the Conservation of Private Forests in the United States

Cited by 5 publications

References 59 publications

Forest Landscapes and Global Change

Forest Landscapes and Global Change

Laws, Markets, and Local Politics Drive Outcomes of Minnesota’s County Managed Forests

Diversifying Nature Protection: Evaluating the Changing Tools for Forest Protection in Canada and Norway

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