Public Opinions and Use of Various Types of Recreational Infrastructure in Boreal Forest Settings

Gundersen, Vegard; Vistad, Odd Inge

doi:10.3390/f7060113

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“…The significant rate of birdwatching development indicates the need for a better understanding of the demography, preferences and behavioural patterns of birdwatchers [6]. The results of preference studies may be useful in ensuring the multifunctional development of natural-valued areas [32]. Also Reichhart and Arnberger [33] believe that understanding visitor preferences is valuable in developing effective landscape management strategies.…”

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“Not just a hobby, but a lifestyle”: Characteristics, preferences and self-perception of individuals with different levels of involvement in birdwatching

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Birdwatching is one of the most sustainable types of nature-based tourism and, at the same time, a form of recreation that is developing very dynamically. Birdwatching is attracting more and more people, not only professionals, but also amateurs from many countries. Birdwatching research is still relatively embryonic, especially when compared to nature tourism or wildlife tourism. Our main aim was to determine preferences and opinions of birdwatchers visiting the largest national park in Poland, in relation to their different levels of involvement. The data were collected in 2018 from a survey of a sample of 357 Polish and foreign birdwatchers. Results showed that birdwatcher respondents were predominantly male, middle-aged, and living in a large city. An important tool described in this article is a new scale that assesses the level of involvement of individual people engaged in birdwatching activity. This scale corresponds well with the individual characteristics of birdwatchers. Most birdwatchers defined their birdwatching activity as a permanent rather than a temporary hobby and therefore considered it to be more of a lifestyle than a hobby. Engagement in birdwatching activity increased with age and frequency of trips. The two most important reasons for birding were ‘to be close to nature’ and ‘fascination with birds’. It has been proven that the development of birdwatching in the future will require a developed infrastructure enabling interaction with the objects of observation.

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“Not just a hobby, but a lifestyle”: Characteristics, preferences and self-perception of individuals with different levels of involvement in birdwatching

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“…Seinare vart temaet studert vha. 15 foto av ulik infrastruktur i ulike skogmiljø, som gjekk til eit tilfeldig utval vaksne innbyggarar på Austlandet og i Trøndelag (Gundersen & Vistad, 2016). Det biletet som var mest populaert (snitt på 5,63 av maks.…”

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Flø¹

2021

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The once-proud graziers have begun to have doubts. They have begun to doubt whether everything they used to believe, everything that gave meaning to what they have been doing, still makes sense. This essay takes the reader home to the graziers and out into the Norwegian countryside: the mountains, forests and deep fertile valleys, the terrain the Norwegians call outfields (utmark). Based on conversations with graziers in different parts of Norway, this essay discusses the future of grazing in the outfields against the backdrop of the big, as well as the small, political and social issues that both the graziers and we as a society are facing. For the graziers are struggling with many questions today. Is it no longer ecologically sustainable to use the outfields resources for food production? Shouldn’t the outfields be a resource for the production of food and fibre anymore? Is there no place for grazing animals in the Norwegian mountains in the future? Grazing farmers are currently asking themselves these questions and more. They feel degraded and exposed in the public debate, and the feeling tears at their self-image and makes every day grey; it becomes increasingly difficult to find motivation for each day that passes. But what can be done to reverse this trend? What can the grazing farmers do themselves, and what do we others need to do for them, politically as well as socially? This chapter discusses the emergence of a new concept of outfields and how it has affected grazing in the outfields. The essay raises a number of important questions that we as a society need to address in the debate about the future role of traditional upland grazing areas in our landscape.

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“…Very few scientific works are devoted to the aspect of using elements of educational infrastructure in forests to support informal educational activities. On the other hand, many publications deal with facilities supporting tourism and recreation [14][15][16], their use for various recreational purposes [17,18], and public opinion towards the elements in question [18][19][20][21]. Educational boards are an integral part of educational path management [22][23][24][25][26].…”

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Forest Education with the Use of Educational Infrastructure in the Opinion of the Public-Experience from Poland

Korcz

Janeczko

2022

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In Poland, informal forest education is carried out mostly on forest educational paths, equipped with educational boards. Due to the diverse audience, an attempt was made to assess the elements supporting forest education from the perspective of forest users. The aim of the study is to determine the basic criteria that, in the opinion of path users, determine the use, attractiveness, and importance of educational boards in education. In an anonymous questionnaire, 504 people participated during meetings with an educator on paths in forests of the Regional Directorate of the State Forests in Lublin. In the opinion of trail users, boards are not an important element that should be present on educational trails; in their opinion, they moderately support informal forest education activities. Users generally paid attention to between one to two or three to four boards. The attractiveness of the boards is determined by the graphics of the whole board. Respondents would also prefer boards on which information is presented in graphical rather than text form. Our study indicates a somewhat negative perception of educational boards in forest education, which has prompted the authors to conduct further research in order to clarify forest users’ perceptions of the issues analyzed.

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Public Opinions and Use of Various Types of Recreational Infrastructure in Boreal Forest Settings

Cited by 27 publications

References 32 publications

“Not just a hobby, but a lifestyle”: Characteristics, preferences and self-perception of individuals with different levels of involvement in birdwatching

“Not just a hobby, but a lifestyle”: Characteristics, preferences and self-perception of individuals with different levels of involvement in birdwatching

Mot ei framtid for utmarksbeite – om beiting, sjølvkjensle og forståing mellom folk

Forest Education with the Use of Educational Infrastructure in the Opinion of the Public-Experience from Poland

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