Naturally dead and downed wood in Norwegian boreal forests: public preferences and the effect of information

Gundersen, Vegard; Frivold, Lars Helge

doi:10.1080/02827581.2010.536567

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“…Although studies have revealed a higher preference for certain low biodiversity forest scenes [39], the results from the present study are in line with several other studies in which preference has been found to be generally higher for high biodiversity settings [43]. One interpretation is that whereas certain aspects indicative of high biodiversity (e.g., dead wood) may be disliked, other aspects such as lush vegetation may be liked.…”

Section: Forest Recreation and Biodiversitysupporting

confidence: 81%

“…Settings with low and high levels of biodiversity (rated by an expert) were compared. Although studies of forests have shown higher preference ratings for scenes with a low level of biodiversity [39], studies of other natural settings, such as rivers, have demonstrated the opposite results [41]. Furthermore, studies of how different levels of biodiversity influence intention to engage in specific recreation activities are lacking.…”

Section: The Present Studymentioning

confidence: 91%

“…People have been found to prefer low biodiversity scenes of open areas with groups of bushes and trees rather than high biodiversity scenes of dense vegetation, leading several researchers to suggest that there is a conflict between biodiversity and visual esthetics and that people would be less likely to visit low biodiversity settings [36][37][38]. For example, Gundersen and Frivold [39] found that a respondent sample in Norway rated forest scenes with dead wood lower compared to scenes with little or no visible dead wood, indicating that people may prefer forests with lower levels of biodiversity. However, access to ecological information about the forest scene resulted in a higher rating of the scenes with dead wood.…”

Section: Biodiversitymentioning

confidence: 99%

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Recreation in Different Forest Settings: A Scene Preference Study

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Nordlund

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Recreation activity preferences in forest settings were explored in a scene preference study. The importance of type of human intervention and the level of biodiversity for preference and intention to engage in recreation activities were examined in a sample of forestry and social science students in Sweden. Results showed that forestry students displayed an almost equally strong preference for natural-looking scenes as for scenes with traces of recreation (e.g., paths), whereas social science students preferred recreational scenes the most. Least preferred were scenes with traces of forest management. Different forest settings were furthermore preferred for different recreation activities. Recreational settings were favored for walking and going on outings, and natural-looking settings were more appreciated for picking berries or mushrooms. Respondents displayed a stronger intention to study plants and animals in high biodiversity settings and the intention to exercise was stronger in low biodiversity settings. Implications for future land use planning and forest management are discussed.

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Section: Forest Recreation and Biodiversitysupporting

confidence: 81%

Section: The Present Studymentioning

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Section: Biodiversitymentioning

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Recreation in Different Forest Settings: A Scene Preference Study

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“…Because of the growing demand on forests for recreational activities, societal demands on forest ecosystems have intensified and become more diverse. Edwards and Smith, 2011;Gundersen and Frivold, 2011;Hunziker et al, 2012). Gürlük et al, 2012;Matsiori et al, 2012) and the preferences of forest users (e.g.…”

Section: O Ver the Course Of The Last Decade There Has Been A Growinmentioning

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Governance of Forest Recreation in Urban Areas: Analysing the role of stakeholders and institutions using the institutional analysis and development framework

2015

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Among the different functions forests offer, recreation is increasing in importance to a growing global population. This is at a time when multifunctional forest management can no longer cover its costs solely from the revenue from wood production. The governance of forest recreation is assumed to be different from that of other forest functions but is poorly understood, which limits proper forest management. Meanwhile, conflicting interactions between forest users are increasing. In this paper, we study forest recreation governance with a particular focus on forests in urban areas in developed countries. The paper first identifies key governance challenges for forest recreation and then provides a better understanding of forest recreation governance, focusing on the role of stakeholders and institutions. This is done using the Institutional Analysis and Development framework. We use urban forest areas of Switzerland to illustrate and exemplify the developments in forest recreation and their consequences for forest governance. The study draws on different empirical sources and analysis techniques, including statistical data, focus groups and document analyses. The findings show that six main action situations need to be considered when analysing forest recreation governance. In each action situation, several stakeholders are involved. We argue that understanding the governance of forest recreation is one of the future challenges in forest management and planning, particularly in urban areas. Finally, our study shows that the applied framework is appropriate and useful in analysing the structure and arrangements of forest recreation governance.

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“…For example, many studies have shown that people generally prefer naturalistic forests and larger trees (Blasco et al, 2009;Gundersen & Frivold, 2008;Irvine & Herrett, 2018;Tyrväinen, Silvennoinen, & Hallikainen, 2017). However, deadwood is often viewed unfavourably, and the size of clear-cuts correlates negatively with recreational value (Edwards et al, 2012a;Gundersen, Clarke, Dramstad, & Fjellstad, 2016;Gundersen & Frivold, 2011). In Finland, seasonality has also been shown to be important, with snow cover increasing the suitability of commercial forest stands for recreation (Tyrväinen et al, 2017).…”

Section: Introductionmentioning

confidence: 99%

Quantifying cultural ecosystem services: Disentangling the effects of management from landscape features

2019

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Cultural ecosystem services are undeniably important, yet are typically neglected in land management decisions due to a suite of intractable challenges: they are highly complex, localised, and inextricably associated with landscape features. However, to incorporate the ecosystem services framework into land management, decision‐makers need the tools to disentangle the effects of land use from other factors. This is a major challenge for ecosystem services research. Forestry is a widespread land use that has considerable potential to deliver a broad range of ecosystem services, although this requires careful management planning. Additionally, modern production forestry is undergoing a period of rapid change in the face of a plethora of challenges, such as climate change and disease. To increase cultural ecosystem services delivery from forests, managers need tools to understand the implications of different management options. In this paper, we directly test how land use affects cultural ecosystem services. We use a new approach that recognises the underlying complexity of cultural ecosystem services but produces easily interpretable results that are locally relevant and directly applicable to land management. By combining participatory geographic information systems (GIS) and a novel site matching technique, we relate cultural values explicitly to land management, while accounting for the influence of landscape features. Applying this new method to a major UK forest site, we conducted a large survey to gather participatory GIS data points. We showed that land management significantly affected cultural ecosystem service values and were able to make a series of practical forest management recommendations. Notably, a greater diversity of tree species would improve cultural value, and open space is important within the forest landscape. This approach is highly flexible and can be applied to any type of landscape. It allows cultural ecosystem services to be fully integrated into land management decisions to formulate the best management strategy to maximise ecosystem service delivery. A plain language summary is available for this article.

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Naturally dead and downed wood in Norwegian boreal forests: public preferences and the effect of information

Cited by 45 publications

References 31 publications

Recreation in Different Forest Settings: A Scene Preference Study

Recreation in Different Forest Settings: A Scene Preference Study

Governance of Forest Recreation in Urban Areas: Analysing the role of stakeholders and institutions using the institutional analysis and development framework

Quantifying cultural ecosystem services: Disentangling the effects of management from landscape features

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