Employing qualitative research interviews to understand urban forestry stakeholder continuing education needs

Harper, Richard W.; Huff, Emily S.; Bloniarz, David; DeStefano, Stephen; Nicolson, Craig; Davidsohn, Michael

doi:10.1080/03071375.2020.1764823

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“…In 2017, the growth rate of retail sales of cereals, edible oils, meat, eggs, and poultry was relatively low, while the retail sales of aquatic products, dried and fresh fruits, and milk and dairy products, which meet people's demand for high quality, grew faster by 5.4%, 4.8%, and 6.5%, respectively [1]. e retail sales of dried fruits and milk and dairy products grew faster, with year-on-year growth rates of 5.4%, 4.8%, and 6.5%, respectively.…”

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Analysis on Forestry Economic Growth Index Based on Internet Big Data

Duan

Kan

Tsai

2021

Mathematical Problems in Engineering

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The development of economic forestry industry is an important support in the process of rural revitalization strategy and precise poverty alleviation, as well as enrichment of the people. As the market of economic forestry products is close to a perfectly competitive market, brand effect is crucial under homogeneous competition, and economic forestry product enterprises and other business entities need to win and maintain sustainable competitive advantages through brand management. Currently, in the field of economic forest, products such as Chinese wolfberry, jujube, blueberry, fungus, walnut, tephrosia, hazelnut, and chestnut and forest foods and product brands with certain market recognition have emerged, but for most small- and medium-sized economic forest product enterprises, forest product brand cultivation and construction are still in the initial stage. Under the rapid development of the Internet, different types of Internet platforms, which provide new tools and possibilities for branding, the way of corporate brand marketing, and customer management services, have also undergone significant changes. In the market with serious homogenization and increasingly fierce competition, how to establish brand-consumer connection through the Internet platform, strengthen the intensity of consumer participation and connection to the brand, give play to the brand effect, and enhance the brand value in the long term, so as to obtain a new way to win a sustainable competitive advantage, has become an important proposition for all kinds of enterprises, including economic forest product enterprises. Combining the competitive characteristics of economic forestry products and the development of the Internet, the model of brand value enhancement of economic forestry products based on virtual brand communities is constructed. The model takes the experience value obtained by consumers in the virtual brand community as the antecedent and studies the path relationship from experience value, community identity, brand fit, and consumer brand value creation to brand value in four dimensions, utilitarian experience value, emotional experience value, social experience value, and learning experience value, and takes community integration and community support feeling as the moderating variables.

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Analysis on Forestry Economic Growth Index Based on Internet Big Data

Duan

Kan

Tsai

2021

Mathematical Problems in Engineering

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“…Major issues are concerns regarding the declining interest in the field [38] and the need to adapt forestry curricula to changing societal demands on forests and forestry professionals [3,47]. Forestry continuing education is less frequently discussed in the literature, which some commentators recognize as a regrettable lack of attention that needs to be remedied [45,51]. As is the case with debates regarding forestry higher education, there is evidence that forestry continuing education is gradually receiving more attention outside the traditional forestry higher education hubs of Europe and North America [44,48,53].…”

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“…Dorozhkin et al [50] developed a conceptual model to ensure that forestry continuing education incorporates all elements that are needed for forestry professionals to stay ahead of developments in their fields. Although continuing education in forestry receives modest academic attention, it is an ongoing research area in which alternative methodological approaches are also being explored [51,52].…”

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A Comparison of Forestry Continuing Education Academic Degree Programs

Jong

Huang

Zhuo³

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Forestry professionals are expected to be well trained and skilled. This facilitates progress in multiple global efforts to ensure a synergistic contribution of forests and the forest sector to sustainability goals. In recent years, societal demands and expectations associated with forests and the forest sector have changed profoundly. Forests have traditionally been a key resource that contributes to people’s livelihoods; however, this has only been fully embraced among forest professionals within the past 30 years as one of the responsibilities of the sector’s role in society. Forests are the largest repository of carbon stocks and have been assigned a major role in global efforts related to climate change mitigation and adaptation. The changing role of the forest sector is resulting in changes in forestry higher education programs and curricula; however, these changes are occurring unevenly in different regions of the world. One major effort to ensure that forestry professionals have the requisite training and skills, and the ability to implement technical management, public administration, and knowledge creation, are post-graduate training and higher education programs for early career forestry professionals. These programs aim to update a professional’s knowledge and skills to adjust to the changing societal demands on forests, and to address deficiencies in professionals’ undergraduate education. This paper reviews and compares five programs that aim to update and improve knowledge and skills among forest professionals, with a special focus on the Asia Pacific region. After reviewing and comparing several programs, the paper reflects on trends and their possible implications.

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“…This second issue for 2020 has three main papers and a research note, which between them address major issues of tree management in urban areas. Harper et al (2020). have researched stakeholder issues in relation to the roles of university continuing education for urban forestry provision.…”

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Urban forest education and ecosystem services

Rotherham¹

2020

Arboricultural Journal

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Employing qualitative research interviews to understand urban forestry stakeholder continuing education needs

Cited by 6 publications

References 8 publications

Analysis on Forestry Economic Growth Index Based on Internet Big Data

Analysis on Forestry Economic Growth Index Based on Internet Big Data

A Comparison of Forestry Continuing Education Academic Degree Programs

Urban forest education and ecosystem services

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