Making a difference: Forest biodiversity, affective capacities, and the micro-politics of expert fieldwork

Knowledge use in the management of privately owned forests: a focus on decision support services for multi-objective forest use

“…The work of forest service providers is still largely driven by traditional roundwood market needs (Mattila et al 2013) and hence concentrates on timber production and procurement (Peltola and Tuomisaari 2015). Forest Management Associations (FMAs) are local service organisations that forest owners themselves administer as an association.…”

“…However, the underestimation or negligence of social knowledge system not only affects the distribution of encapsulated and tacit knowledge but also the use of codified knowledge. With biodiversity hotspot databases this may be partly due to the data in the databases not being considered reliable (Peltola and Tuomisaari 2015). It also causes mismatches between the two knowledge systems, which causes gaps in knowledge flows.…”

Decision Making in Tree Selection – Contemplating Conflicting Goals via Marteloscope Exercises

“…It seems important to them that non-foresters understand their self-image as forest managers balancing several forest functions. As a Finnish case study finds (Peltola and Tuomisaari, 2015), foresters' work is often driven and motivated by a sense of duty, implying liability. They expect themselves to integrate various goals, which is an important prerequisite to reconcile trade-offs in forest management.…”

“…This setting facilitates rethinking about one's own routines and to consider alternative strategies in the interest of conflict resolution. In reality, however, this remains a challenge because routinised practices play a major role in forest management (Hoogstra, 2008;Peltola and Tuomisaari, 2015;Primmer, 2011), and silvicultural practices are strongly influenced by ' entrained thinking', tradition, and habit (Primmer and Karppinen, 2010;Puettmann et al, 2009). When forest managers work on their own and must decide under time pressure, routinised assessments are time-efficient, allowing orientation in situations of uncertainty, and hence usually go unquestioned.…”

Between hope and boredom: Attending to long-term related emotions in participatory environmental monitoring programmes

“…Defining affects as bodily changes to the changing situations in which people find themselves (Protevi, 2009: 33) might suggest that they are essentially spontaneous and ephemeral. However, the capacity to be affected develops gradually through a learning process nurtured by successive interactions between humans and their surroundings (Lorimer, 2008;Peltola and Tuomisaari, 2015). Affects can thus last and have long-lasting effects.…”