Seeing the owner behind the trees: A typology of small-scale private woodland owners in England

Urquhart, Julie; Courtney, Paul

doi:10.1016/j.forpol.2011.05.010

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“…This is associated with a reduction in NIPF owners' relative dependence on the forest as a source of livelihood in terms of both labour and capital income (Ziegenspeck et al 2004;Wiersum et al 2005;Lien et al 2007). It has also been argued that NIPF owners who are focused on non-economic aspects of forest management and who are not financially dependent on forest-related income are becoming more numerous (Boon et al 2004;Urquhart and Courtney 2011). A lack of job opportunities and a narrow labour market in rural areas have also contributed to a steady out-migration to urban areas, leaving the rural areas with a declining population (Hedlund and Lundholm 2015).…”

Section: Literature Review: Society and Forest Ownership In Transitiomentioning

confidence: 99%

“…For instance, in a survey of Finnish NIPF owners, Karppinen (1998) found that almost a fourth of the owners (representing a third of the forest land) could be classified as multi-objective owners who valued both economic and amenity benefits. It has also been suggested that NIPF owners who are focused on the non-economic aspects of forest management, and for whom forest-related income is complementary rather than essential, are increasing in number (Boon et al 2004;Urquhart and Courtney 2011).…”

Section: Forest Values and Forest Owner Typologiesmentioning

confidence: 99%

“…The management of forests, and ultimately of the economic, social and ecological utilities they produce (MA 2003), is thus largely determined by non-industrial private forest owners-henceforth referred to as NIPF owners. Previous studies (Boon et al 2004;Wiersum et al 2005;Ingemarson et al 2006;Ní Dhubháin et al 2007;Urquhart and Courtney 2011;Urquhart et al 2012) have shown that NIPF owners make up an increasingly heterogeneous group, that their approaches to forest management tend to differ across different sub-groups (Lindroos et al 2005;Ingemarson et al 2006;Nordlund and Westin 2011;Urquhart and Courtney 2011), and that they are increasingly influenced by other activities than traditional timber production (Lien et al 2007). Therefore, changes within the group of forest owners can be expected to have consequences on the use and management of forests (MA 2003;Haugen 2015).…”

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confidence: 99%

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New Forest Owners: Change and Continuity in the Characteristics of Swedish Non-industrial Private Forest Owners (NIPF Owners) 1990–2010

Haugen

Karlsson

Westin

2016

Small-scale Forestry

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This paper presents a total survey of the characteristics and changes over time within the entire population of Swedish non-industrial private forest owners (NIPF owners). By charting the changed demographic, socio-economic and geographic profile of the NIPF owners, it also provides a baseline for a discussion and analysis of potential implications for forest management, policy and values. NIPF owners differ in important ways from the general population of Sweden. However, the gap has narrowed over time with regard to, e.g., educational level and sex composition. The ongoing urbanization process is evident in the growing share of non-residential NIPF owners who live at a distance from their forest property and who differ from their residential (rural) peers through, e.g., higher education, higher income and a higher prevalence of co-ownership of their forest holdings. Although these changes might translate into updated views on forest values among NIPF owners, there could be a delay before this impacts on forest management practices and output.

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Section: Literature Review: Society and Forest Ownership In Transitiomentioning

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Section: Forest Values and Forest Owner Typologiesmentioning

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New Forest Owners: Change and Continuity in the Characteristics of Swedish Non-industrial Private Forest Owners (NIPF Owners) 1990–2010

Haugen

Karlsson

Westin

2016

Small-scale Forestry

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“…The typologies are, for example, based on the value orientations of forest owners (Karppinen 1998), or-as is the case in most of the studies-on ownership motivations and objectives (Boon et al 2004;Kendra and Hull 2005;Ross-Davis and Broussard 2007). In some cases, the typology is constructed around specific groups of forest owners, such as new forest owners (Hogl et al 2005;Karppinen 2012), family forest owners (Ross-Davis and Broussard 2007;Hujala et al 2013), small-scale private woodland owners (Urquhart and Courtney 2011) or nonindustrial private forest owners (Karppinen 1998;Jennings and van Putten 2006). Most of the typologies have been developed on country level, some have a regional focus (e.g.…”

Section: Types Of Forest Ownersmentioning

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Exploring the financial rationales of Dutch forest holdings and their relation with financial results

Hoogstra-Klein

2016

Eur J Forest Res

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The financial situation of many forest holdings in the Netherlands is a major concern. For example, the yearly overview of Dutch private forest holdings larger than 5 ha shows that over the last 30 years, the average annual results were negative during most years. However, it should be taken into account that not all forest holdings focus primarily on the generation of financial benefits. Surprisingly, no studies relating financial rationales and financial results have yet been conducted. The aim of the present study was, therefore, to provide a better understanding of the financial situation of forest holdings, using Dutch forest holdings as a case study, by (1) determining their financial rationales and (2) relating these financial rationales to their financial results. A survey was conducted, in which the owners and managers of 205 forest holdings in the Netherlands participated. Based on a cluster analysis, these holdings could be classified into five rationales: 'hobby owners'; 'efficiencybased owners'; 'budget producers'; 'break even players'; and 'economically oriented owners'. Different financial rationales led to differences in financial results: owner types that were more strongly oriented towards financial benefits generally produce better results on average. However, the findings also showed that not all forest owners financially orientated on benefits achieved positive results. The findings give a better understanding of forest holdings and the financial results of their holdings, and provide a basis for further research and policy development.

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“…Hence urbanization is breaking the links between humans and forests (Dominguez, 2008;Ziegenspeck et al, 2004)). Or the profile of non-financial-oriented owners (Urquhart and Courtney, 2011).…”

Section: Grassroots Tacticsmentioning

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Comparative analysis on the communication strategies of the forest owners' associations in Europe

Fabra-Crespo

Rojas-Briales

2015

Forest Policy and Economics

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This research reports a comparative analysis of the communication strategy that forest owners' associations across Europe use to influence society on one side and the decision-makers on the other, in order to fulfill forest owners' interests. 60% of Europe's forests are privately owned by an estimated number of 16 million forest owners, who are represented by forest owners associations. One of its main functions is to influence the public perceptions on forests and forestry. In this article it is analyzed how a specific forestry stakeholder fixes its strategies to communicate with and lobby society in order to get acceptability for their proposals/demands. Open-end surveys have been used as a source of information in 2006 and repeated in 2012. Besides of the comparison among countries, a comparison along the time has been also performed. The whole communication frame is analyzed, considering the objectives, the structure, the messages, the channels, and the evaluation. The main conclusions that arise are: first, the temporary comparison (2006)(2007)(2008)(2009)(2010)(2011)(2012) results into an improvement in several issues; second, there is room for improvement of professionalization of communication in forest owners' associations in Europe; third, social research into public perception of forestry might help to define communication strategies.

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Seeing the owner behind the trees: A typology of small-scale private woodland owners in England

Cited by 77 publications

References 34 publications

New Forest Owners: Change and Continuity in the Characteristics of Swedish Non-industrial Private Forest Owners (NIPF Owners) 1990–2010

New Forest Owners: Change and Continuity in the Characteristics of Swedish Non-industrial Private Forest Owners (NIPF Owners) 1990–2010

Exploring the financial rationales of Dutch forest holdings and their relation with financial results

Comparative analysis on the communication strategies of the forest owners' associations in Europe

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