Boosters of and barriers to smooth communication in family forest owners’ decision making

Hujala, Teppo; Tikkanen, Jukka

doi:10.1080/02827580802334209

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“…Yet, bonding in Hallaryd plays out differently as the dearth of time shared by forest inspectors restrains their relationships. Lack of time creates communicative distortions causing tension and incomprehension 3 (Hujala and Tikkanen, 2008). Such is the case when forest planners avoid clarifying owners´ objectives due to "time pressure and/or the owners' inability to express" them (Brukas and Sallnäs, 2012:609).…”

Section: [Mis]trusting [Un]shared Interests or [Lack Of] Personal Conmentioning

confidence: 99%

“…Officer A had been working in the area for a long time, creating personal relationships and building trust that can be passed through generations (Hujala and Tikkanen, 2008). The high trust towards Officer A raises the question about the importance of a single person versus the adopted organisational strategies of SFA.…”

Section: Trusting Organisations Personnel or Bothmentioning

confidence: 99%

“…Trust in advisors and face-to-face interactions are significant for the success of communication (Hujala and Tikkanen, 2008). Besides, understanding of local situations (Baral, 2012) and celebrating local identities (Smith, 2012) are key to trustful relationships.…”

Section: Social Capital In Forest Researchmentioning

confidence: 99%

“…Increasing cohorts of mostly urban forest owners grown up in the IT era would call for different types of communication. Since rural and urban owners utilise trust for different purposes (Hujala and Tikkanen, 2008), new types of NIPF owners will have different sets of values, interest and objectives. As a result, trust building might depend more on experiences of positive outcomes than on frequent and timeconsuming face-to-face interaction.…”

Section: [Mis]trusting [Un]shared Interests or [Lack Of] Personal Conmentioning

confidence: 99%

“…NIPF owners and forest officers) influence trust building varyingly. Firstly, diverse types of forest owners have different profiles of trustees (Hujala and Tikkanen, 2008), e.g. passive owners and conservationists are difficult to convince (Ingemarson et al, 2006).…”

Section: Social Capital In Forest Researchmentioning

confidence: 99%

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Social capital in small-scale forestry: A local case study in Southern Sweden

Guillén

Wallin

Brukas

2015

Forest Policy and Economics

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Small-scale forestry builds upon interactions among local stakeholders. Forest management entails multiple social situations such as consultations or cooperative engagements between owners and forest professionals. Successful social endeavours rest on positive social capital as operationalised via trust. Based on qualitative in-depth interviews with forest owners, managers and other forestry stakeholders, this study explores how trust influences the social relationships in a local context of Southern Swedish forestry. Most strikingly, the analysis reveals large differences in owners' trust towards two major actors: the Swedish Forest Agency (SFA) and the forest owner association (FOA) Södra. Permanence of personnel, a client-based approach, and personal features of SFA's local forest officer lead to strong local anchoring and high trust towards SFA. Södra proved to be a trustful partner in the aftermath of calamities; however its industrial priorities seem to erode owners' trust. The empirical findings of this study demonstrate the importance of recognising personal relationships and the catalysing role of bonding social capital in order to understand the local forest management situations. Our results are useful for forestry organisations and policy-makers willing to comprehend the local context and implement best practices in small-scale forestry.

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Section: [Mis]trusting [Un]shared Interests or [Lack Of] Personal Conmentioning

confidence: 99%

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Section: Social Capital In Forest Researchmentioning

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Social capital in small-scale forestry: A local case study in Southern Sweden

Guillén

Wallin

Brukas

2015

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Understanding small‐scale private forest owners is a basis for transformative change towards integrative conservation

Tiebel,

Mölder,

Bieling

et al. 2024

People and Nature

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Balancing societal demands on forests is a major challenge in current forest management. Small‐scale private forest owners are an important ownership group that is rarely addressed directly in this discussion. Our study aims to identify and differentiate between private forest owner groups. Based on this, we take a systemic approach and determine leverage points that can be used to foster transformative change towards integrative conservation‐oriented forest management. We conducted a survey of 1656 small‐scale private forest owners in northwest Germany within a typical European multi‐ownership landscape and formed three clusters based on their activities. While all groups generally perceived nature conservation as important, they differed with regard to their forest management activities. Multiple‐use‐oriented forest owners (45%) were most active, including in terms of conservation measures. Conservation‐oriented owners (25%) mainly focused on passive measures, and conventional owners (30%) showed only a little engagement with conservation‐related activities. Despite the differences, common instruments promoting conservation activities were identified. They included, for example on‐site consultation, information about legal regulations and financial incentives. Based on four system characteristics (parameters, feedback, design and intent), we identified leverage points towards transformative change. The deep and thus effective leverage points are changing the discourse, accounting for the heterogeneity of private forest owners as well as for uncertainty related to climate change and adapting measures to local contexts. Furthermore, working towards increasing awareness, knowledge and interest as well as accounting for the desire for autonomy and control are promising pathways for change. A holistic transformation of forest policy and management towards integrative conservation is urgently needed to meet the current challenges of climate change, biodiversity loss and timber demand. This transformation has to go beyond the adaptation of existing policy instruments and instead focus on systematic and cross‐sectoral changes in the underlying policy orientation, its design and its implementation. Read the free Plain Language Summary for this article on the Journal blog.

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Extension and Education Services: Applying Service-Dominant Logic Through Peer-to-Peer Learning

Catanzaro

Hamunen

2019

World Forests

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Boosters of and barriers to smooth communication in family forest owners’ decision making

Cited by 64 publications

References 24 publications

Social capital in small-scale forestry: A local case study in Southern Sweden

Social capital in small-scale forestry: A local case study in Southern Sweden

Understanding small‐scale private forest owners is a basis for transformative change towards integrative conservation

Extension and Education Services: Applying Service-Dominant Logic Through Peer-to-Peer Learning

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