How Do African American and White Family Forest Landowners Conceptualize Forest Legacy in Georgia, United States?

Goyke, Noah; Dwivedi, Puneet

doi:10.1007/s11842-020-09455-4

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“…However, multigenerational forest landowners tend to have stronger personal and professional relationships in the forest sector, which increases the likelihood of completing goals leading to better financial outcomes (Hitchner et al 2019;Lind-Riehl et al 2015). Minority family forest landowners in particular value legacy due to their collective struggle to maintain land (Goyke and Dwivedi 2021b). Despite economic challenges and opportunities, family legacies seem to increase the desire to conserve forested land.…”

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“…While the literature on place attachment in various settings and populations proposes a variety of dimensions, in this paper, we use three established dimensions of place attachment (place dependence, place identity, and place satisfaction) and adapt them to family forest landowners located in the Southern US. We added a fourth dimension, family legacy, because heritage and continuing family traditions are a deeply rooted form of place attachment for many forest landowners (Goyke and Dwivedi 2021a).…”

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“…Additionally, the demography of family forest landowners is changing across the US, including in the Southern US. About 52 percent of landowners in the nation and 59 percent in the southern region are 65 years and older; therefore, it is expected that a significant proportion of the forestland will be turned over in the coming years (USDA Forest Service 2021a, 2021b. As wives tend to outlive husbands, more forestland is moving to females over time (see Table 1).…”

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Conservation Intentions and Place Attachment among Male and Female Forest Landowners*

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Forests offer critical social, economic, and ecological benefits. As fifty‐five percent of Georgia's forests are family‐owned, management decisions of these forest landowners have a considerable impact on the state's environment and beyond. So far, little is known about what drives the conservation intentions of forest landowners and how these drivers vary by gender. However, several studies outside the field of forestry have theorized that place attachment predicts pro‐environmental views and behaviors. To test this theory, we surveyed 1,143 family forest landowners in Georgia. Our results show that male landowners report stronger attachments to their forest, except for continuing family legacies which is of greater importance for female landowners. Regression models show that all dimensions of place attachments (dependence, identity, satisfaction, and family legacy) are strong predictors for conservation intentions in males. In contrast, the level of education and only a few dimensions (satisfaction and, to a lesser extent, dependence) of place attachment predict conservation intentions in females. As gender demographics in forest landowners are shifting and environmental degradation is an increasingly pressing concern, this study provides important insights and offers directions for further research for policymakers, researchers, and extension agents.

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A Survival Analysis of Family Forest Owners in the USA: Estimating Life Expectancy and 5-Year Survivorship

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et al. 2023

Small-scale Forestry

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Individuals, families, and trusts own a plurality of forest land in the United States, and the decisions made by these landowners have substantial impacts on the ecological, economic, and social bene ts their lands provide. Some of the most impactful decisions include when and to whom to sell or leave their forested land, and whether or not to actively manage. Family forest landowners constitute an older population relative to the general population, and, the life expectancy of these landowners is a critical factor determining future land transitions, as well as patterns of management and land use. In this paper, we conduct a survival analysis using life tables and estimate that the average family forest landowner in the USA has a life expectancy of 21.0 additional years and an 89.3% chance of surviving the next ve years. Five-year survivorship is a signi cant predictor of future plans to transfer land, as well as future intentions to actively manage. Additionally, at least in the Northeastern USA, survivorship signi cantly predicts ling wills and establishing land trusts. These results suggest that landowners may be consciously or subconsciously aware of their declining life expectancy and may be taking it into account when making decisions regarding estate planning and land management.

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Shifting forest landownership interests over the life-course of female forest landowners in rural Georgia, United States

Mook

Dwivedi

2023

Journal of Rural Studies

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How Do African American and White Family Forest Landowners Conceptualize Forest Legacy in Georgia, United States?

Cited by 4 publications

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Conservation Intentions and Place Attachment among Male and Female Forest Landowners*

Conservation Intentions and Place Attachment among Male and Female Forest Landowners*

A Survival Analysis of Family Forest Owners in the USA: Estimating Life Expectancy and 5-Year Survivorship

Shifting forest landownership interests over the life-course of female forest landowners in rural Georgia, United States

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