Understanding the Characteristics of Non-industrial Private Forest Landowners Who Harvest Trees

Young, Timothy M.; Wang, Yingjin; Guess, Frank M.; Fly, Mark; Hodges, Donald G.; Poudyal, Neelam C.

doi:10.1007/s11842-015-9287-9

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“…One critical assumption was that land harvested or thinned in a specific ecosystem in a given year would be the result of the total area of a broad forest type harvested in that year according to the SRTS model, modified by the proportion of land in the specific ecosystem. That assumption is likely an oversimplification, and there are other factors that contribute to the likelihood of harvest, such as proximity to a biomass processing facility and landowner demographics (Evans et al, 2013;Dorning et al, 2015;Young et al, 2015). Refining the spatial distribution of land-use conversions and management actions will be important for better understanding the potential effects on ecosystems.…”

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Bioenergy production and forest landscape change in the southeastern United States

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Production of woody biomass for bioenergy, whether wood pellets or liquid biofuels, has the potential to cause substantial landscape change and concomitant effects on forest ecosystems, but the landscape effects of alternative production scenarios have not been fully assessed. We simulated landscape change from 2010 to 2050 under five scenarios of woody biomass production for wood pellets and liquid biofuels in North Carolina, in the southeastern United States, a region that is a substantial producer of wood biomass for bioenergy and contains high biodiversity. Modeled scenarios varied biomass feedstocks, incorporating harvest of 'conventional' forests, which include naturally regenerating as well as planted forests that exist on the landscape even without bioenergy production, as well as purpose-grown woody crops grown on marginal lands. Results reveal trade-offs among scenarios in terms of overall forest area and the characteristics of the remaining forest in 2050. Meeting demand for biomass from conventional forests resulted in more total forest land compared with a baseline, business-as-usual scenario. However, the remaining forest was composed of more intensively managed forest and less of the bottomland hardwood and longleaf pine habitats that support biodiversity. Converting marginal forest to purpose-grown crops reduced forest area, but the remaining forest contained more of the critical habitats for biodiversity. Conversion of marginal agricultural lands to purpose-grown crops resulted in smaller differences from the baseline scenario in terms of forest area and the characteristics of remaining forest habitats. Each scenario affected the dominant type of land-use change in some regions, especially in the coastal plain that harbors high levels of biodiversity. Our results demonstrate the complex landscape effects of alternative bioenergy scenarios, highlight that the regions most likely to be affected by bioenergy production are also critical for biodiversity, and point to the challenges associated with evaluating bioenergy sustainability.

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“…Researchers typically have relied on logistic regression to model forest landowner management decisions due to the categorical nature of dependent variable (e.g., harvest or not harvest) [14,36,[41][42][43][44]. Since our study also involves modeling the landowner's level of interest, as measured by a Likert scale, a multivariate logistic regression was used.…”

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Understanding the Factors Influencing Nonindustrial Private Forest Landowner Interest in Supplying Ecosystem Services in Cumberland Plateau, Tennessee

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Hodges

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Abstract:Private forests provide a range of ecosystem services for society including provisioning, regulating, cultural, and supporting services. Sustaining the supply of such services depends on the interest of nonindustrial private forest (NIPF) landowners in managing their forests for such services. Assessing factors that influence NIPF landowner intentions would be useful in identifying potential suppliers of ecosystem services and in designing and implementing outreach and education programs to elevate the interests of less interested landowners. Using data collected from a mail survey of NIPF landowners on the Cumberland Plateau of Tennessee, this study examined how landowner interest in supplying ecosystem services was influenced by socio-demographic characteristics, economic and market factors, land management objectives, and ownership motivations. To that end, a multivariate logistic regression model was employed to analyze the supply of three types of ecosystem services: carbon storage (regulating service), water quality (provisioning service), and aesthetics (cultural service). Results revealed that landowner interest in managing forests for ecosystem services were significantly related to socio-demographic factors, management and ownership characteristics, and availability of financial incentives. These findings will improve the understanding of the market segment of landowners as related to ecosystem OPEN ACCESSForests 2015, 6 3986 services. The findings may facilitate the development of market protocols and outreach programs that promote payments for ecosystem services in Tennessee and elsewhere.

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“…The largest share (86%) of timberland in the southeastern USA (both natural and planted) is privately owned by corporations and families, who are responsible for 96% of large roundwood harvesting . Market forces can influence private landowner decisions on forest management and harvest …”

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Modeling the impacts of wood pellet demand on forest dynamics in southeastern United States

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Verweij

Junginger

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Biofuels Bioprod Bioref

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The export of wood pellets from the southeastern United States (USA) has grown significantly in recent years, following rising demand from Europe. Increased wood pellet demand could lead to spatially variable changes in timberland management and area in the USA. This study presents an assessment of the impacts of increasing wood pellet demand (an additional 11.6 Mt by 2030) on land‐use dynamics, taking into account developments in other wood product markets as well as expected changes in other land uses. An economic model for the forest sector of the southeastern USA (SRTS) was linked to a land‐use change model (PLUC) to identify potential locations of land‐use change following scenarios of demand for pellets and other wood products. Projections show that in the absence of additional demand for wood pellets, natural timberland area is projected to decline by 450–15 000 km2 by 2030, mainly through urbanization and pine plantation establishment. Under the high wood pellet demand scenario, more (2000–7500 km2) natural timberland area is retained and more (8000–20 000 km2) pine plantation is established. Shifts from natural timberland to pine plantation occur predominantly in the Atlantic coastal region. Future work will assess the impact of projected transitions in natural timberland and pine plantations on biodiversity and carbon storage. This modeling framework can be applied for multiple scenarios and land‐use projections to identify locations of timberland area changes for the whole southeastern USA, thereby informing the debate about potential impacts of wood pellet demand on land‐use dynamics and environmental services. © 2017 The Authors. Biofuels, Bioproducts and Biorefining published by Society of Chemical Industry and John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.

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Understanding the Characteristics of Non-industrial Private Forest Landowners Who Harvest Trees

Cited by 16 publications

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Bioenergy production and forest landscape change in the southeastern United States

Bioenergy production and forest landscape change in the southeastern United States

Understanding the Factors Influencing Nonindustrial Private Forest Landowner Interest in Supplying Ecosystem Services in Cumberland Plateau, Tennessee

Modeling the impacts of wood pellet demand on forest dynamics in southeastern United States

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