Private landowner intent to supply woody feedstock for bioenergy production

Leitch, Zachary John; Lhotka, John M.; Stainback, G. Andrew; Stringer, Jeffrey W.

doi:10.1016/j.biombioe.2013.04.017

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“…Alternatively, a short biomass supply chain could be developed locally, under a cooperative approach with neighbouring forest properties, in order to limit transportation costs and impacts, and guarantee a year over year supply for the monastery buildings. Such a cooperative approach across property boundaries would likely be easier to implement in landscapes that comprise relatively small family farm properties, where neighbours know each other and have a common interest for biomass production despite its low market value [144,145].…”

Section: Zoning Scenarios For the St-benoî T-du-lac Abbey Propertymentioning

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Multiple-Use Zoning Model for Private Forest Owners in Agricultural Landscapes: A Case Study

Truax

Gagnon²,

Fortier³

2015

Forests

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Many small-scale private forest owners increasingly focus their management on amenity functions rather than on wood production functions. This paradigm shift is an opportunity to implement novel forestry management approaches, such as forested land zoning. Forest zoning consists in separating the land base in three zones that have different management objectives: (1) conservation zones; (2) ecosystem management zones; and (3) intensive production zones, which locally increase productivity, as a trade off to increase the land area dedicated to conservation and ecosystem management. We evaluate the ecological feasibility of implementing forest zoning on a private property (216 ha) at St-Benoî t-du-Lac, Qué bec (Canada) characterised by agricultural and forest land uses. As a basis for delineating conservation and ecosystem management zones, historical and contemporary data and facts on forest composition and dynamics were reviewed, followed by a detailed forest vegetation analysis of forest communities. Delineating intensive production zones was straightforward, as fertile agricultural field margins located downslope were used to establish multifunctional hybrid poplar buffers. At St-Benoî t-du-Lac, a realistic zoning scenario would consist of (1) conservation zones covering 25% of the forestland (37 ha); (2) ecosystem management zones covering 75% of the forestland (113 ha, including restoration zones on 24 ha); and (3) intensive production zones on 2.8 ha. Based on a yield projection of 13 t/ha/year for hybrid OPEN ACCESSForests 2015, 6 3615 poplars, only 5.6% of agricultural field areas would need to be converted into agroforestry systems to allow for the loss of wood production in a conservation zone of 37 ha of forest. Ecosystem services provision following the implementation of zoning would include increased habitat quality, biodiversity protection and enhancement (by restoration of some tree species), carbon storage, non-point source aquatic pollution control, local biomass production for heating, and increased forest economic value.

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Section: Zoning Scenarios For the St-benoî T-du-lac Abbey Propertymentioning

confidence: 99%

Multiple-Use Zoning Model for Private Forest Owners in Agricultural Landscapes: A Case Study

Truax

Gagnon²,

Fortier³

2015

Forests

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“…For instance, Thompson et al [16] applied TPB to explore private landowners' attitudes towards participating in carbon sequestration. Similarly, Leitch et al [36] used the TPB theory to explore private landowners' intentions to supply woody feedstock.…”

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“…Researchers typically have relied on logistic regression to model forest landowner management decisions due to the categorical nature of dependent variable (e.g., harvest or not harvest) [14,36,[41][42][43][44]. Since our study also involves modeling the landowner's level of interest, as measured by a Likert scale, a multivariate logistic regression was used.…”

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Understanding the Factors Influencing Nonindustrial Private Forest Landowner Interest in Supplying Ecosystem Services in Cumberland Plateau, Tennessee

Tian

Poudyal

Hodges

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Forests

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Abstract:Private forests provide a range of ecosystem services for society including provisioning, regulating, cultural, and supporting services. Sustaining the supply of such services depends on the interest of nonindustrial private forest (NIPF) landowners in managing their forests for such services. Assessing factors that influence NIPF landowner intentions would be useful in identifying potential suppliers of ecosystem services and in designing and implementing outreach and education programs to elevate the interests of less interested landowners. Using data collected from a mail survey of NIPF landowners on the Cumberland Plateau of Tennessee, this study examined how landowner interest in supplying ecosystem services was influenced by socio-demographic characteristics, economic and market factors, land management objectives, and ownership motivations. To that end, a multivariate logistic regression model was employed to analyze the supply of three types of ecosystem services: carbon storage (regulating service), water quality (provisioning service), and aesthetics (cultural service). Results revealed that landowner interest in managing forests for ecosystem services were significantly related to socio-demographic factors, management and ownership characteristics, and availability of financial incentives. These findings will improve the understanding of the market segment of landowners as related to ecosystem OPEN ACCESSForests 2015, 6 3986 services. The findings may facilitate the development of market protocols and outreach programs that promote payments for ecosystem services in Tennessee and elsewhere.

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“…Studies conducted in some states in the south have found as many as two-thirds of the NIPF landowners have an intention to harvest woody biomass for energy (Leitch et al 2013). On the other hand, Hitchner and Schelhas (2012) assessed the social perception of biofuel in the Southeastern USA and pointed out some public concerns and skepticism over emerging biofuel industry.…”

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Understanding the Characteristics of Non-industrial Private Forest Landowners Who Harvest Trees

Young

Wang

Guess

et al. 2015

Small-scale Forestry

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Achieving regional and national goals of renewable energy production will depend on sufficient supply of biomass from private forests, the majority of which are controlled by non-industrial private forest landowners (NIPF). Considering the diversity in management objectives and changing demographic dynamics in this ownership group, it is important to understand the characteristics of landowners that may supply woody biomass. This study developed linear discriminant analysis (LDA) and classification tree (CT) models to examine the characteristics and motivation of such NIPF landowners. Thirteen combinations of CT variable selection and split-point selection models were used in conjunction with LDA. The ''importance of income'' from a woody biomass harvest was the most important factor influencing NIPF landowners' decisions in supplying woody biomass. Another significant interrelated variable was ''farmer or non-farmer'' forestland ownership, which was also related with ''years of residency'', ''availability of a multi-management plan,'' and ''ownership of multi-tracts of land.'' CT models provided higher-level explanatory information when compared with LDA models. Study findings provide useful insight for land managers, wood procurement managers, and policy-makers in identifying the landowner groups with interest in biomass supply, and in understanding the factors influencing their decisions.

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Private landowner intent to supply woody feedstock for bioenergy production

Cited by 41 publications

References 9 publications

Multiple-Use Zoning Model for Private Forest Owners in Agricultural Landscapes: A Case Study

Multiple-Use Zoning Model for Private Forest Owners in Agricultural Landscapes: A Case Study

Understanding the Factors Influencing Nonindustrial Private Forest Landowner Interest in Supplying Ecosystem Services in Cumberland Plateau, Tennessee

Understanding the Characteristics of Non-industrial Private Forest Landowners Who Harvest Trees

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