Communication campaigns to engage (non-traditional) forest owners: A European perspective

Wilkes-Allemann, Jerylee; Deuffic, Philippe; Jandl, Robert; Westin, Kerstin; Lieberherr, Eva; Foldal, Cecilie; Lidestav, Gun; Weiss, Gerhard; Zabel, Astrid; Živojinović, Ivana; Pecurul-Botines, Mireia; Koller, Nancy; Haltia, Emmi; Sarvašová, Zuzana; Sarvaš, Milan; Curman, Marta; Riedl, Marcel; Jarský, Vilém

doi:10.1016/j.forpol.2021.102621

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“…Besides financial support analysed in the present study, the role of non-monetary support for small-scale forest owners should not be underestimated. Some incentives are not received directly by forest owners, but by regional support groups or training facilities supporting them, for example through the supply of seedling material or the provision of advice, trainings and workshops (Wilkes-Allemann et al, 2021). As there are more and more absent small-scale forest owners, who have little experience in forest management, they might be better reached through e.g.…”

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confidence: 99%

“…Nevertheless, it is important to not rely on a top-down approach, where knowledge is transferred one-way, but an approach where the active engagement of forest owners is encouraged e.g. in peerto-peer groups (Hamunen et al, 2015;Pelai et al, 2021;Wilkes-Allemann et al, 2021). In this way, their needs are heard and acceptance of the potentially new practises increases, stengthening the role of private forest owners.…”

Section: Subsidized Measuresmentioning

confidence: 99%

“…A growing concern is further that too extensively managed forests are not sufficiently adapted to climate change because absent forest owners may miss critical interventions leading to more yet avoidable damages caused by disturbances (Pröbstl-Haider et al, 2017). Incentives for encouraging the management of privately owned forests and thus for wood mobilisation have a long history and had a mixed success (Schaffner et al, 2014;Wilkes-Allemann et al, 2021). When subsidies are equally available (without major barriers e.g.…”

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confidence: 99%

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“…Depending on political trends, the ongoing changes in the composition of forest owners, and the global market situation, the Swedish forest policy has transformed. Starting in the 1980s, a turn has taken place from a highly regulated forest policy to voluntariness, labelled "freedom under responsibility", meaning that the steering is typically done using "soft" instruments such as information campaigns, advisory services, and education (Appelstrand 2007, Wallin 2017, Wilkes-Allemann et al 2021. The present forest policy also emphasizes the two goals of forest management-high and valuable timber production and preservation of environmental values-are equally important.…”

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The Impact of Swedish Forest Owners’ Values and Objectives on Management Practices and Forest Policy Accomplishment

Lindgren

Westin

2023

Small-scale Forestry

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Swedish forestry policy principles rest on voluntarism and a mutual interest among forest owners, the industry, and the state that timber production continuously be kept at a high level at the same time as environmental goals are achieved. An estimated 313,000 small-scale forest owners own half of Sweden’s forestland, and thus their objectives and values, and how these impact their management behavior, are matters of national policy interest. From a survey targeting a random sample of small-scale Swedish forest owners (n = 652), we found that overall forest owners found consumption objectives to be more important than production objectives. In line with this, they perceived social values, such as recreation, to be more important than economic values. Yet, on an aggregate level, timber production goals were fulfilled. Further, most forest owners left some of their productive forest untouched and applied restoration management, which could be interpreted as either intentional or unintentional considerations of the environmental goals. However, the environmental goals were not met on a national level. It can therefore be concluded that the voluntariness of the current forest policy seems to work when supported by the market’s interest in and mechanism for timber production but fails when only “soft” instruments such as information campaigns, advisory services, and education are at hand to promote environmental goals. Additional economic incentives, such as payment schemes, might be required.

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“…Legislatively anchored coordination mechanisms include inter-ministerial comment procedures, parliament committee meetings, and temporary inter-sectoral commissions are also used (Šálka, Sarvašová 2009). Professional advising takes place through campaigns or is intended for specific stakeholders (Šálka et al 2017;Wilkes-Alleman 2021).…”

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The Slovak forest policy arrangement: Post-1989 residues and changes

Halušková¹

2022

J. For. Sci.

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After 1989, Central and Eastern European countries with planned economies launched a process of transformation. In the Slovak forest policy, the main changes have been in the structure of forest ownership, increasing the share of governance mechanisms within the decision-making, and the organization of the sector. The aim of the paper is to analyse the current Slovak forest policy arrangement in relation to the socialistic political history, via the Policy Arrangement Approach. The analysis is based on literature search and consultations with forest policy experts. In total, 55 scientific publications were analysed. Subsequently, the results were consulted with four national forest policy experts. Despite the three decades-lasting transformation process, in Slovakia, forest policy is characterised by a strong influence of governmental actors, centralisation, and prevailing hierarchical use of policy instruments. Nature protection actors enter the policy arena, for instance, to expand protected areas. The top-down planning has an impact on the forest owners’ performance of rights to use their forests. Non-governmental actors attempt to enforce their interests through participation mechanisms, inter-ministerial commenting procedures, and voluntary instruments. Public opinion is turning towards nature protection and forestry as such has come under pressure with its traditionalist approach.

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Communication campaigns to engage (non-traditional) forest owners: A European perspective

Cited by 24 publications

References 24 publications

Forest subsidy distribution in five European countries

Forest subsidy distribution in five European countries

The Impact of Swedish Forest Owners’ Values and Objectives on Management Practices and Forest Policy Accomplishment

The Slovak forest policy arrangement: Post-1989 residues and changes

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