Attitudes towards Foresters in Polish Society

Abstract

In recent years, foresters in Poland have faced a decreasing level of social acceptance. Scientists have demonstrated that core values and personal experience shape the social acceptance of foresters and their work. The aim of our study was to determine what kind of attitudes towards foresters (ATF) do Poles have? What shapes Poles’ ATF? Is recreational behavior connected to the ATF? Which foresters’ PR and educational activities have the biggest impact on peoples’ ATF? The research tool used was the original research questionnaire consisting of closed questions only. A sample of 1000 Poles was selected in 2018. Most respondents (85%) held an ATF that was at least slightly positive. Most of the respondents recognized that the foresters are well prepared to do their job, and considered that the foresters perform their job well. Socio-demographic characteristics had no effect on ATF. Personal experiences, such as frequent visits to the forest; the use of educational, bicycle, jogging or horse riding paths in the forest; the picking of forest berries and mushrooms; and knowing a forester, have a small impact on the attitude. An organized community offer provided by foresters, such as picnics, and family events, etc., had no statistical effect on the attitude score.

Consumers' perceptions and attitudes toward hunted wild game meat in the modern world: A literature review

“…Studies that investigated gender found differences between male and female participants in terms of stated HWGM consumption (Tomasevic et al, 2018;Goguen & Riley, 2020;Niewiadomska et al, 2020), consumption frequency (Tolušić et al, 2006;Ljung et al, 2015;Tomasevic et al, 2018), declared consumed species (Burger & Gochfeld, 2002), consumption preferences (Bodnar et al, 2010) and attitudes toward HWGM Marescotti et al, 2019) and hunting (Krokowska-Paluszak et al, 2020). Overall, the results suggest that male consumers show a more positive attitude toward HWGM and hunting than female consumers and eat this product more frequently.…”

“…Considering consumers' age, the results reveal that younger consumers consume less HWGM than older consumers (Burger & Gochfeld, 2002;Ljung et al, 2015;Tomasevic et al, 2018;Krokowska-Paluszak et al, 2020). In this respect, it may be notable to look at the results reported by Burger and Gochfeld (2002) where in contrast to the other classes of participants, middle-aged consumers (35-45 years) declare that they eat less common wild species such as doves, raccoon, and squirrel.…”

“…Among the studies reviewed, 56.0% investigate the frequency of consumption of HWGM. It is relevant to highlight that some studies reported the presence of consumers who had never tasted HWGM in their lives in the sample (Bodnar & Szel, 2014;Hoffman et al, 2003;Ljung et al, 2015;Krokowska-Paluszak et al, 2020;Goguen & Riley, 2020), whereas all the studies reported frequencies of consumption of at least once a year for the majority of consumers surveyed. Considering the countries in which investigations have been carried out, the most consumed species in the US (Burger, 2000;Burger & Gochfeld, 2002;Goguen & Riley, 2020) and Spain (Sevillano Morales et al, 2018) were deer and red deer, respectively.…”

“…In this respect, it may be notable to look at the results reported by Burger and Gochfeld (2002) where in contrast to the other classes of participants, middle-aged consumers (35-45 years) declare that they eat less common wild species such as doves, raccoon, and squirrel. However, it also is interesting to see the results of Krokowska-Paluszak et al, (2020) in which the attitude toward hunting is studied and where a more positive attitude is revealed in young male participants (<40 years).…”

Social Media as Support Channels in Communication with Society on Sustainable Forest Management

“…Its introduction is carried out in the direction of fulfilling the international obligation to provide social and environmental tasks in addition to economic tasks [1][2][3]. As a result of a review of existing studies [4][5][6][7][8], it can be concluded that attempts have been made to conduct a very broad dialogue; however, there are no in-depth studies on the use of social media in communication between groups of communities involved in the production of forest products and the public. The relevance of research on the role of social media in the relationship between forest producers and Polish society is evidenced by activities highlighting the need for new forms of education, contact and even discussion.…”