Gender Perspectives on Forest Services in the Rise of a Bioeconomy Discourse

Lidestav, Gun; Johansson, Maria; Huff, Emily S.

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“…This constitutes a paradox between problem and solution: women are expected to contribute to the forest industry's growth and profitability, while being at the same time perceived as lacking the interest and legitimacy to be considered for forest work. These findings corroborate previous studies which have demonstrated that forest policy leans towards objectives of productive forestry at the expense of other forest uses (Andersson and Lidestav, 2015;Lidestav et al, 2019), in which gender equality is instrumentalized (Holmgren and Arora-Jonsson, 2015). This focus is to be expected, as "the selection and definition of problems always bear the social fingerprints of the dominant group in a culture" (Harding, 1986, p. 22).…”

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confidence: 89%

“…The debate regarding the bioeconomy is one such discussion but is too often based on a blinkered view of what the forest can "produce", equating the entire forest sector with the forest industry (Holmgren et al, 2022). This ignores the interests of other groups such as men who are "not compliant with the stereotypical masculine ideal in forestry" (Lidestav et al, 2019), as well as the Sápmi people or newcomers to Sweden. Allowing more diverse groups of people to enter the forest sector would require allowing the possibility of other forest uses to emerge, for e.g., non-wood forest products or forest protection services (Baublyte et al, 2019), opening new opportunities and ideas in the changing rural landscapes of Sweden.…”

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confidence: 99%

“…The Swedish government considers gender equality 'a matter of democracy and justice', and essential for 'growth and economic development' (Government Offices of Sweden, 2019a, p.1). It has also been argued that the bioeconomy debate could benefit from including a wider set of values such as tourism, hunting, and green products, in addition to timber production, possibly challenging structures of hegemonic masculinity and productive forestry (Lidestav et al, 2019).…”

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confidence: 99%

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“…Together, all of these interactions form what we see as gender norms in society. Because forestry is understood as a masculine field (e.g., Andersson et al 2018;Johansson et al 2019a;2019b;Lidestav et al 2019;Bergsten et al 2020;Laszlo Ambjörnsson 2020;Laszlo Ambjörnsson 2021), it is important to understand how gender norms could impact the behaviour of women forest owners. The gendered nature of forestry is discussed in the all articles comprising the current thesis.…”

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“…Another explaining factor of the gender differences in forestry could be the gendered norms in forestry. Forestry has been found to be dominated by masculine norms, leaving femininity marginalised (e.g., Lidestav and Ekström 2000;Reed 2003;Arora-Jonsson 2005;Brandth and Haugen 2005;Lidestav and Egan Sjölander 2007;Lidestav 2010;Lidestav and Berg Lejon 2013;Andersson and Lidestav 2016;Lidestav et al 2017;Andersson et al 2018;Johansson et al 2019a;Johansson et al 2019b;Lidestav et al 2019;Laszlo Ambjörnsson 2020;Bergsten et al 2020;Laszlo Ambjörnsson 2021). This makes gender aspects an interesting viewpoint to study.…”

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Challenging the concept of active forest ownership: the perspective of women forest owners in Finland

Kuhlman

2024

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In Finland, women comprise 41% of private forest owners. However, studies examining forest ownership from the gender perspective are scarce. Forestry and forest ownership is a field dominated by masculine and techno-economic values. For example, this is manifested in the ideal of ‘active forest owner’ in forest policy documents. Therefore, this dissertation studied the concept of ‘active forest ownership’ from the perspective of women forest owners. Different conceptual lenses were used, such as the gender theory and service-dominant logic. Specifically, the thesis focused on four questions: 1. Are women less active than men when a variety of forestry related activities are studied? (Article I); 2. How do women forest owners understand the concept of active forest owner, how does it differ from the one from Finnish forest policy and what kind of attributes impact women forest ownership? (Article II); 3. Do women forest owners have differing objective structure compared with men? (Article III); and 4. Is the relationship between objectives and activity different between women and men? (Article IV). Both quantitative (Articles I, III and IV) and qualitative (Article II) methods were applied. Articles I and III employ exploratory factor analysis and Article IV confirmatory factor analysis. Two sets of data were used: a questionnaire of the Finnish Forest Owner 2020 research project (n=6558) and 22 semistructured interviews. In this thesis, women were found to be less active than men when a selection of forestry related activities were studied (Article I). Women forest owners also had more diverse objective structure compared with men (Article III). In addition, the relationship between forest owner objectives and activity differed between genders (Article IV). Women also defined the concept of ‘active forest owner’ as a much wider concept than Finnish policies. (Article II). These findings suggest that forest ownership is a gendered performance and that there is a lack of service-dominant logic, that is, value cocreation corresponding to the objectives of women. More specifically, the results indicate that women owners need support, especially when forest ownership is something new. Furthermore, gendering and the prevailing forest values impact the whole forest owner population, their behaviour and forest owner research. Understanding this can enable the design of more equal and inclusive forest policies and services.

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Gender and the Imaginary of Forestry in Boreal Ecosystems

Reed

Lidestav

2023

Advances in Global Change Research

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In this chapter, we examine forestry work in two boreal regions—Canada and Sweden—where gender mainstreaming has long been established in government policy. Despite having policies that support gender equality in both countries, the roles, opportunities, remuneration, and expectations of women and men engaged in forestry work are highly differentiated by gender. We explain this discrepancy by considering the way in which forestry work has been and continues to be imagined. The narrow interpretation of forestry as “tree cutting” has reduced the visibility of women and continues to narrow the range of activities deemed valuable to the forestry sector. By asking questions about how forestry has been imagined, we seek to catalyze fresh thinking about the nature of forestry work and the capacity of the forest industry in both countries to adapt to climate change.

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Gender Perspectives on Forest Services in the Rise of a Bioeconomy Discourse

Cited by 6 publications

References 31 publications

What is the ‘problem’ of gender inequality represented to be in the Swedish forest sector?

What is the ‘problem’ of gender inequality represented to be in the Swedish forest sector?

Challenging the concept of active forest ownership: the perspective of women forest owners in Finland

Gender and the Imaginary of Forestry in Boreal Ecosystems

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