Common preferences of European small-scale forest owners towards contract-based management

Juutinen, Artti; Haeler, Elena; Jandl, Robert; Kuhlmey, Katharina; Kurttila, Mikko; Mäkipää, Raisa; Pohjanmies, Tähti; Rosenkranz, Lydia; Skudnik, Mitja; Triplat, Matevž; Tolvanen, Anne; Vilhar, Urša; Westin, Kerstin; Schueler, Silvio

doi:10.1016/j.forpol.2022.102839

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“…Vehola et al [73] investigated forest owners' preferences for different climate change mitigation strategies and found that supporting the production of long-lived and lower-emission wood products, together with the so-called "adaptation strategy", garnered the most support. Conversely, Juutinen et al [33], who examined the preferences of small-scale forest owners towards contract-based management, found that respondents expected higher compensation for timber-oriented management strategies than for nature-oriented strategies.…”

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“…Several studies have found that restriction-based measures (e.g., logging prohibition) reduce owners' willingness to enter payment schemes [29][30][31] and that more stringent restrictions increase expectations for higher payments [32]. In contrast, Juutinen et al [33] found that forest owners favor payment schemes that promote environmental objectives compared to those that focus on timber production. Moreover, the willingness to participate in payment schemes and the expected payments depend on the length of the ES payment contract [30,32,34,35] and the penalty for exiting the contract early [34,35].…”

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“…Moreover, the willingness to participate in payment schemes and the expected payments depend on the length of the ES payment contract [30,32,34,35] and the penalty for exiting the contract early [34,35]. Expected compensation also varies across countries [33]. Additionally, characteristics of the forest estate, such as the tree composition [36] and size of the estate [29], also affect an owner's willingness to enter a payment scheme.…”

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“…At the same time, owners expect lower payments for implementing measures that they are already putting into practice [24]. Regarding individual ES, carbon sequestration and biodiversity conservation have been shown to be important motivators for participation in payment schemes, as owners see biodiversity enhancement as beneficial to their forest in addition to direct financial benefits [29,33,37].…”

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Uncovering the Latent Preferences of Slovenia’s Private Forest Owners in the Context of Enhancing Forest Ecosystem Services through a Hypothetical Scheme

Plevnik,

Japelj

2023

Forests

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Background and objectives: Successful policy implementation relies on understanding stakeholders’ willingness to contribute to policy goals. The EU Green Deal, with strategies on forests, biodiversity, and the bioeconomy, also depends on the performance of the forestry sector, including a significant portion of privately owned forests. Materials and methods: We conducted a nationwide survey among a sample of 341 private forest owners in Slovenia (total population of 424,086). The online questionnaire had three sections: (1) knowledge and priorities regarding ecosystem services and the bioeconomy, (2) a discrete choice experiment for eliciting preferences concerning the implementation of activities supporting strategic goals originating from EU Green Deal policies, and (3) socio-economic data and future forest management objectives. Results: The results indicated heterogeneity in preferences for performing activities on private forest lands to enhance specific forest ES that contribute to policy goals. More than half of the respondents (57.6%) exhibited a reluctance to implement activities and were skeptical of higher compensation payments, whereas the rest expressed an inclination towards changing their forest management. Conclusions: Slovenia’s private forest owners appear to be heterogeneous in their willingness to participate in a hypothetical ES enhancement scheme that could contribute to some EU Green Deal goals. Policymakers must recognize intrinsic motives and social norms that affect the willingness of forest owners to be engaged to increase the acceptance of solutions.

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Forest Owner Attitudes Toward Climate-Proof Forest Management in Sweden and the Netherlands—Between Forest Strategies and Practical Measures

Sikkema,

Wilhelmsson,

Ellison

et al. 2024

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Our research targets the role of forests under the international Paris Climate Agreement, the EU Green Deal and Forest Strategy. In line with the latter objectives, Member States are expected to encourage forest owners to contribute to international climate goals via national strategic plans and new management measures. How forest owners will respond, however, to a range of climate smart forestry (CSF) measures in the near future, is not well known. After postal and email distribution in 2020, 98 Swedish (response rate 21%) and 241 Dutch forest owners (24%) filled out a forest-climate survey. Based upon specific CSF measures, several hypothetical climate-related scenarios were incorporated into the survey. Dutch forest owners are planning to introduce new tree species, more mixed species stands (a gradual shift to broadleaved species) and additional water reservoirs in anticipation of increased drought periods, all part of a hypothetical climate adaptation package for 2030. Swedish forest owners prefer earlier thinning and salvaging activities. Zooming in on Dutch scale differences, small forest owners rely less on current public subsidy packages and show significantly less interest in committing to the adaptation package than large forest owners. In Sweden, preferences for the high forest management intensity scenario is significantly affected by size class: more intensive activities are the least popular with the smallest forest owners. The greatest difference between both countries is the way in which CSF measures should be financially supported. In general, Dutch forest owners would prefer to maintain subsidy schemes but adapt them to new circumstances, while Swedish forest owners benefit from timber and bioenergy markets.

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Forest values and application of different management activities among small-scale forest owners in five EU countries

Westin

Bolte²,

Haeler

et al. 2023

Forest Policy and Economics

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Common preferences of European small-scale forest owners towards contract-based management

Cited by 16 publications

References 40 publications

Uncovering the Latent Preferences of Slovenia’s Private Forest Owners in the Context of Enhancing Forest Ecosystem Services through a Hypothetical Scheme

Uncovering the Latent Preferences of Slovenia’s Private Forest Owners in the Context of Enhancing Forest Ecosystem Services through a Hypothetical Scheme

Forest Owner Attitudes Toward Climate-Proof Forest Management in Sweden and the Netherlands—Between Forest Strategies and Practical Measures

Forest values and application of different management activities among small-scale forest owners in five EU countries

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