Rethinking recent changes of forest regimes in Europe through property-rights theory and policy analysis

Kissling-Näf, Ingrid; Bisang, Kurt

doi:10.1016/s1389-9341(01)00059-4

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“…Forest lands were transferred to private ownership through restitution and sale. In some areas of Eastern and Central Europe this led to increased logging rates by the new private owners, due in part to economic turmoil and crisis as well as weakened institutions which characterised the transition period (Plutzar et al 2015;Kissling-Näf and Bisang 2001;Kuemmerle et al 2009). …”

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Characteristics and drivers of forest cover change in the post-socialist era in Croatia: evidence from a mixed-methods approach

2016

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Extensive forests in Croatia represent an important biological and economic resource in Europe. They are characterized by heterogeneity in forest management practices dating back to the socialist planned economy of the pre-1991 era. In this study we investigated the difference in rates of deforestation and reforestation in private and state owned forests during the post-socialist period, and the causal drivers of change. The selected region of Northern Croatia is characterised by a high percentage of privately owned forests with minimal national monitoring and control. We used a mixed-methods approach which combines remote sensing, statistical modelling and a household-based questionnaire survey to assess the rates of forest cover change and factors influencing those changes. The results show that predominantly privately owned forests in Northern Croatia have recorded a net forest loss of 1.8% during the 1991-2011 period, while Croatia overall is characterised by a 10% forest cover increase in predominantly state-owned forests. Main factors influencing forest cover changes in private forests are slope, altitude, education structure, population age and population density. The results also show that the deforestation in private forests is weakening overall, mostly due to the continuation of the de-agrarization and de-ruralisation processes which began during socialism.

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Characteristics and drivers of forest cover change in the post-socialist era in Croatia: evidence from a mixed-methods approach

2016

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“…For example, systems are established to control and monitor foresters' conformance with laws and rules of forestry organizations (Kaufman 1960, Butler andKoontz 2005). Property and use rights or management responsibilities are assigned to particular actors (Kissling-Näf and Bisang 2001). In Finland, the formal requirement of biodiversity conservation in managed forests has been stated in the Forest Act (1996), and the roles of administrative organizations have been assigned in specifi c laws (Laki metsäkeskuksista… 1995, Laki metsänhoitoyhdistyksistä, 1998.…”

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“…Kaufman (1960) has observed uniformity of the forestry administration despite its large geographical spread and context-dependence. More recently, forestry practices have been recognized to be extremely standardized both through hierarchical coercive mechanisms and through professional norms (Twight and Lyden 1988, Jokinen 2006, Kissling-Näf and Bisang 2001.…”

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“…Regarding the authoritative policy tools, Schneider and Ingram's assumption about the legitimacy of existing structures is explicitly based both on the typically long history of regulation (Kaufman 1960, Ollonqvist 1998, Siiskonen 2007, and the tendency to make incremental changes (Sabatier et al 1995, Kissling-Näf andBisang 2001). Integrating ecological aspects in policy has made no exception to this logic of incremental change of relatively broadly applied standards, compliance with which has been the responsibility of the forest management organizations and professionals, perhaps mostly in the public sector (Butler andKoontz 2005, Cubbage andNewman 2006, Fig.1).…”

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Integrating biodiversity conservation into forestry: an empirical analysis of institutional adaptation

Eeva¹

2010

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“…Although significant contributions attempted to clarify the issue (BASS & HEARNE 1997;OSTROM 1998;AIZPURUA & GALILEA 2000;KISSLING-NÄF & BISANG 2001;GLÜCK 2002;KISSLING-NÄF et al 2002;BALAND & FRANÇOIS 2005;, there is still not enough knowledge on how the property relationship on forests effectively works and what structure of rights over forest utilisation exists in the European context. In fact, the actual research on forest property rights is largely characterized by the intent to clarify the legal possibility of transforming secondary forest products and services in marketable goods as an answer to decreasing financial returns from traditional forestry (CESARO et al 1998;MERLO et al 2000;MANTAU et al 2001;REKOLA 2004).…”

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Allocation of Property Rights on Forests through Ownership Reform and Forest Policies in Central and Eastern European Countries

Bouriaud

Schmithüsen

2005

Schweizerische Zeitschrift Fur Forstwesen

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The study applies some concepts of the economics of property rights to the allocation of rights on forests in Central and Eastern European countries. The classification of forest assets, according to their economic characteristics and the analytical framework proposed by SCHLAGER & OSTROM (1992), are used to examine the impact of ownership reforms and policy changes on forest utilisation in the CEE region. It is shown that while reform ownership reforms deal with the formal definition of rights on forestland, new forest policies more properly define the economic rights, e.g. the owner's ability to make a profit from the assets he owns. The conclusions argue that the combination of property and liability rules, applied to ensure the procurement of environmental services, can efficiently allocate forest resources. However, the rules on forest utilisation are formulated collectively in public policy-driven decision making processes in which private forest owners are not yet able to adequately participate. Measures must be adopted to facilitate more effective participation of private land owners in political processes in order to balance the presently ongoing trends of considering forests, irrespective to the legal regime of ownership,as a common-pool resource.

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Rethinking recent changes of forest regimes in Europe through property-rights theory and policy analysis

Cited by 46 publications

References 8 publications

Characteristics and drivers of forest cover change in the post-socialist era in Croatia: evidence from a mixed-methods approach

Characteristics and drivers of forest cover change in the post-socialist era in Croatia: evidence from a mixed-methods approach

Integrating biodiversity conservation into forestry: an empirical analysis of institutional adaptation

Allocation of Property Rights on Forests through Ownership Reform and Forest Policies in Central and Eastern European Countries

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