Values of Forestry Professionals and their Implications for the Applicability of Policy Instruments

Pregernig, Michael

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“…These insights can help to tailor policy instruments and incentives towards better addressing forest managers' needs in the future, and thus support the implementation of climate change adaptation measures. However, while the specific beliefs and value systems of forestry professionals might differ (Pregernig 2001), it is important to recognize that also professional norms, habits, and traditions play an important role for management responses (Primmer and Karppinen 2010), as does their institutional environment (Zivojinovic and Wolfslehner 2015).…”

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The sensitivity of current and future forest managers to climate-induced changes in ecological processes

Seidl

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Rammer

et al. 2015

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Climate vulnerability of managed forest ecosystems is not only determined by ecological processes but also influenced by the adaptive capacity of forest managers. To better understand adaptive behaviour, we conducted a questionnaire study among current and future forest managers (i.e. active managers and forestry students) in Austria. We found widespread belief in climate change (94.7 % of respondents), and no significant difference between current and future managers. Based on intended responses to climate-induced ecosystem changes, we distinguished four groups: highly sensitive managers (27.7 %), those mainly sensitive to changes in growth and regeneration processes (46.7 %), managers primarily sensitive to regeneration changes (11.2 %), and insensitive managers (14.4 %). Experiences and beliefs with regard to disturbance-related tree mortality were found to particularly influence a manager's sensitivity to climate change. Our findings underline the importance of the social dimension of climate change adaptation, and suggest potentially strong adaptive feedbacks between ecosystems and their managers.

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The sensitivity of current and future forest managers to climate-induced changes in ecological processes

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“…These interviews certainly supplement the information provided by surveys about the attitudes and opinions of forestry professionals and the implementation of forest polices (Twight and Lyden 1988, Dove 1992, Brown and Harris 1998, Pregernig 2001, Hugosson and Ingemarson 2004, Hoogstra and Schanz 2008, Kindstrand et al 2008, Primmer 2008. It is suggested that in future development the social character of forest planning be emphasized and that the interwoven nature of planning and providing advice with societal norms being recognized.…”

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“…These practices should be explored as a part of the interwoven interaction relationship prevailing between social communities and ecological systems. The values, attitudes, and beliefs of forestry professionals influence the implementation of forest policy tools (Dove 1992, Pregernig 2001, Primmer 2008 and so practices are assumed to differ. Several studies have revealed that investigating "ground-level" practices is a fruitful approach in studying the development of planning (Flyvbjerg 2001), counseling (Silverman 1997), and policy implementation (Leskinen 2006).…”

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Effectiveness of sermon policy instruments: forest management planning practices applying the activity theory approach

Hokajärvi¹,

Hujala²,

Leskinen³

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Silva Fenn.

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Recent and ongoing societal changes have brought about a need to foster multiple-use forestry and to strengthen customer orientation in family forestry outreach. The study assesses how forest management planning in family forest holdings could be developed to tackle these challenges. The approach introduces a new way of evaluating the effectiveness of information-and communication-based policy instruments. Here, the cultural-historical activity theory is applied in studying the interwoven practices of present-day planning and the associated advisory services targeted at landowners. The data, comprising semi-structured in-depth interviews with 19 professional planners, were qualitatively examined, and a forest management planning activity model was constructed with the emphasis placed on the inherent contradictions of planning work. As the main contradiction, the forest and the forest owner compete as objects. The aims of making the forest productive and advising the landowners towards an increased activeness motivate forest management planning but the planners feel that they lack the opportunity to respond to the needs of the landowner. A wood-productionemphasizing interpretation of the benefits to the national economy frustrates the policy goal of genuinely promoting the goals of multiple-use forestry. The conclusion drawn is that the actors engaged in forest management planning can reveal the needs for change by discussing their opinions and practical innovations. This can be done with the aid of facilitation by e.g. researchers oriented to developmental work study.

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“…It also takes the less interventionist preference of regulatees as a given, which is not always the case. An example: Pregernig (2001) asserts that in forest policy, instrument preferences are dependent on the forest owner type: environmentalists prefer informative instruments, forestry entrepreneurs prefer financial incentives and traditionalists prefer legislation.…”

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From “smart regulation” to “regulatory arrangements”

2010

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When regulators are faced with practical challenges, policy instrument choice theories can help them find the best solution. However, not all such theories are equally helpful. This paper aims to offer regulators a better alternative to the current policy instrument choice theories. We will specifically address the shortcomings of ''smart regulation theory'' and present an alternative that keeps the best of that theory while remediating its weak points. Some authors (Böcher and Töller 2003;Baldwin and Black 2008) say that smart regulation theory does not address institutional issues, compliance typespecific response, performance-sensitivity and adaptability of regulatory regime. We have resolved these problems by merging the smart regulation theory with the policy arrangement approach and the policy learning concept. We call the resulting approach ''regulatory arrangement approach'' (RAA). The central idea of the RAA is to constrain the almost infinite ''smart'' regulatory options by: the national policy style; adverse effects of policy arrangements of adjoining policies; the structure of the policy arrangement of the investigated policy and competence dependencies of other institutions. The reduction can be so drastic that the potential governance capacity falls below the smart regulation threshold. In other words, no smart regulatory arrangement can be developed in that institutional context unless policy learning occurs. In addition, a ''smart'' regulatory arrangement is no guarantee that the policy will succeed. For this reason, the performance of the regulatory arrangement is measured and evaluated. Performance below a certain threshold indicates that the regulatory arrangement needs to be adapted, which then results in policy learning. 123Policy Sci (2010) 43:245-261 DOI 10.1007 We illustrate the usefulness of this new approach with a secondary analysis of the Flemish sustainable forest management policy.

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Values of Forestry Professionals and their Implications for the Applicability of Policy Instruments

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The sensitivity of current and future forest managers to climate-induced changes in ecological processes

The sensitivity of current and future forest managers to climate-induced changes in ecological processes

Effectiveness of sermon policy instruments: forest management planning practices applying the activity theory approach

From “smart regulation” to “regulatory arrangements”

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