Social Movements' Pressure Strategies during Forest Disputes in Finland

Sarkki, Simo; Heikkinen, Hannu I.

doi:10.1080/19390459.2010.487991

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“…Media plays an important role in achieving the stated targets of the example campaigns (Table 4). This view is supported by previous work (Deephouse, 2000;Gamson, 2004;Sarkki and Heikkinen, 2010). For example, Gamson (2004) sees it as important for generating funding for the group, and linked to this is the issue of survival of the group often taking preference over achieving the campaigns' stated targets (della Porta and Diani, 2006).…”

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Environmental campaigns against forest companies: What are the campaigns trying to achieve?

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Campaigns by environmental non-governmental organisations (ENGOs) can have far reaching consequences in determining the policies of governments and corporations. This paper examines campaigns targeting forestry companies to determine what makes a successful campaign. Over forty ENGOs completed a questionnaire defining what they perceive to constitute a successful campaign. The responses were analysed using Analytical Hierarchy Process. The results showed that campaigns by ENGOs have two main targets: changes in laws and the target group implementing the campaign’s recommendation(s). Achieving these targets, for most, constitute a successful campaign. Subsequently, representatives of seven ENGOs were questioned to attain their perspectives of the results in comparison to campaigns they are conducting against forest enterprises. They supported the results of the questionnaire, but also felt that there are various other factors that need to be considered (e.g. the campaign’s timeframe and the possibility of having hidden targets) that increase the issue’s complexity.

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Section: Discussionsupporting

confidence: 66%

Environmental campaigns against forest companies: What are the campaigns trying to achieve?

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González-Olabarría

Mola‐Yudego

et al. 2012

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“…Nijnik and Mather 2008) and drew on our previous research on ES, stakeholders, and governance with local stakeholders (Nijnik et al , 2011Heikkinen et al 2010Heikkinen et al , 2012Sarkki 2011;Sarkki and Heikkinen 2010). The questionnaire included closed-ended questions on the relevance of ecosystem services (n = 48), the beneficiaries of ecosystem services and the actors threatening ES (n = 70), and perceptions of governance and science-society relationships (n = 29).…”

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Benefits from and threats to European treeline ecosystem services: an exploratory study of stakeholders and governance

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The concept of ecosystem services (ES) is being increasingly applied in environmental governance and science. To safeguard key ES in changing and complex social-ecological systems such as treeline areas, we need to (1) map key ES in different types of treeline landscapes, (2) identify the stakeholders benefiting from and threatening ES, and (3) examine how ES could be governed more sustainably. We explore these questions in European treeline areas by using quantitative and qualitative social science techniques to analyse responses from a survey of local scientific experts in 20 altitudinal and polar treeline areas in 15 European countries. In contrast to the prevalent consideration of treeline areas as a single type of a socialecological system, we show that European treeline areas can be divided into two types that significantly differ in the delivery of ES. Our analyses allowed us to categorize stakeholders according to their benefits from and threats to ES; ''Green key players'' formed the most numerous group, while smaller number of stakeholder groups was categorized as ''Harmless crowd'', ''Occasional stressors'', and ''Risky users''. However, behaviour of stakeholders is very much site-specific. Of 595 pairs of stakeholders analysed, we found \5 EU-wide ''Allies'' and ''Opponents''. Recommendations for improved governance include adjusting governance instruments to specific problems in divergent treeline systems and creating participatory structures where stakeholders better interact with scientists and can genuinely influence management decisions.

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“…There is also a rather large body of literature published on the Inari dispute that we have gone through for our article (e.g. Lawrence, 2007;Raitio, 2008;Riipinen, 2008;Sarkki and Heikkinen, 2010).…”

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confidence: 97%

“…During the 1990s, the Finnish forest industry also started to consider the views and concerns of international ENGOs and consumers (Donner-Amnell, 1995: 216-217;see also Hellström, 2001: 23;Rytteri, 2003). ENGOs have used various strategies to pressurise forest companies and Metsähallitus; they have sought media attention and tried to name and shame forest companies (Sarkki and Heikkinen, 2010). ENGOs are driving towards more market-based and self-regulatory governance, as an option to previously state-dominated decision-making.…”

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“…These detouring strategies pertaining to the Inari dispute have resulted in some state forests having been left outside commercial activity. The Inari case is one of the most recent locations of dispute between Metsähallitus, Stora Enso, environmental and indigenous non-governmental organisations, and local communities (Lawrence, 2007;Raitio, 2008;Riipinen, 2008;Sarkki and Heikkinen, 2010).…”

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confidence: 98%

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