Stakeholders' perceptions of consultations as tools for co-management — A case study of the forestry and reindeer herding sectors in northern Sweden

Sandström, Camilla; Widmark, Camilla

doi:10.1016/j.forpol.2007.02.001

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“…Several ladders of participation, with different numbers of rungs and thus different levels of detail, have been suggested (Arnstein, 1969;Berkes, 1994;Campbell, 1996;Sandström and Widmark, 2007 …”

Section: Stakeholder Analysismentioning

confidence: 99%

Integrating multiple criteria decision analysis in participatory forest planning: Experience from a case study in northern Sweden

Nordström

Eriksson

Öhman

2010

Forest Policy and Economics

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Forest planning in a participatory context often involves multiple stakeholders with conflicting interests. A promising approach for handling these complex situations is to integrate participatory planning and multiple criteria decision analysis (MCDA). The objective of this paper is to analyze strengths and weaknesses of such an integrated approach, focusing on how the use of MCDA has influenced the participatory process. The paper outlines a model for a participatory MCDA process with five steps: stakeholder analysis, structuring of the decision problem, generation of alternatives, elicitation of preferences, and ranking of alternatives. This model was applied in a case study of a planning process for the urban forest in Lycksele, Sweden. In interviews with stakeholders, criteria for four different social groups were identified. Stakeholders also identified specific areas important to them and explained what activities the areas were used for and the forest management they wished for there. Existing forest data were combined with information from interviews to create a map in which the urban forest was divided into zones of different management classes. Three alternative strategic forest plans were produced based on the zonal map. The stakeholders stated their preferences individually by the Analytic Hierarchy Process in inquiry forms and a ranking of alternatives and consistency ratios were determined for each stakeholder.Rankings of alternatives were aggregated; first, for each social group using the arithmetic mean, and then an overall aggregated ranking was calculated from the group rankings using the weighted arithmetic mean. The participatory MCDA process in Lycksele is assessed against five social goals: incorporating public values into decisions, improving the substantive quality of decisions, resolving conflict among competing interests, building trust in institutions, and educating and informing the public. The results and assessment of the case study support the integration of participatory planning and MCDA as a viable option for handling complex forest-management situations. Key issues related to the MCDA methodology that need to be explored further were identified: 1) The handling of placespecific criteria, 2) development of alternatives, 3) the aggregation of individual preferences into a common preference, and 4) application and evaluation of the integrated approach in real case studies.3

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Section: Stakeholder Analysismentioning

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Integrating multiple criteria decision analysis in participatory forest planning: Experience from a case study in northern Sweden

Nordström

Eriksson

Öhman

2010

Forest Policy and Economics

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136

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“…clear cutting and road building, increased importance is placed on consultation between forest owners and Sami (Sandström and Widmark 2007;Mustajoki et al 2011). This is safeguarded for grazing on estates larger than 500 ha according to the Swedish Forestry Act (Swedish Forest Agency 2001).…”

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Comparison of co-existing forestry and reindeer husbandry value chains in northern Sweden

Berg¹,

Valinger²,

Lind³

et al. 2016

Silva Fenn.

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T., Suominen T., Tuomasjukka D. (2016). Comparison of co-existing forestry and reindeer husbandry value chains in northern Sweden. Silva Fennica vol. 50 no. 1 article id 1384. 16 p. Highlights• Forestry adapted to reindeer husbandry results in: potential economic improvement of reindeer husbandry, potential reduced cuttings in forestry and reduced wood flow to industry, reduced gross value added for forest industry and increased carbon storage in standing forest. AbstractForestry in Malå, northern Sweden, coexists with other land uses. Reindeer husbandry is in the area for centuries and requires large areas of grazing land. Competing land uses may threaten the Malå Sami village. The aim of the study was to evaluate increased consideration in forest management towards 1) reindeer husbandry, 2) nature and 3) a combination of the two. These scenarios were compared with forest management as it was in 2009. Results indicate that all three scenarios lead to a decrease in annual harvesting volumes of 0.2 to 0.4 million m 3 . Forest industry dominated the economic viability in the area. Forest management adapted to the needs of reindeer husbandry resulted in less potential for yearly harvest, employment and profits from forest industry. On the other hand, it led to an increase in growing stock and consequently the potential for carbon sequestration over time. Indeed the increased sequestration would compensate for all fossil emissions of carbon from the Forest Wood Chain (FWC). The nature scenario had minor effects on economic result and on the emissions of fossil carbon. The combined scenario gave a reduced economic performance for the FWC. A scenario based on forest management accommodating the needs of reindeer husbandry gave the best economic result for the reindeer chain, due to high survival rate of the reindeer. However the economic importance of reindeer husbandry in the region was small compared to the FWC. Results from scenario analysis could serve as a platform for mutual understanding between stakeholders.

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“…Thus, forest managers and reindeer herders comprise two groups of actors who, to a large extent, use the same land but for different purposes. This multiple use of the forest resources in the northern parts of Sweden is sometimes a source of conflict (Sandström and Widmark 2007). About 100 of the indigenous Sami people are organized in two reindeer herding communities, Vilhelmina North and Vilhelmina South Reindeer Herding Communities.…”

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Sustainable landscape management in the Vilhelmina Model Forest, Sweden

Svensson

Sandström

et al. 2012

The Forestry Chronicle

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The aim of this paper is to outline current foundations for sustainable landscape management in the Vilhelmina Model Forest, northwest Sweden. A case study revealed that the remaining patches of undisturbed or less disturbed boreal forest ecosystems comprise multiple values and, thus, constitute the basis for landscape planning. By identifying these patches, it is also possible to construct a spatial planning infrastructure for implementing sustainable management and land use. A more comprehensive toolbox needs to be developed, however, including monitoring and inventory schemes for relevant biophysical and socio-economic data, better temporal resolution for cause and effect analyses, and functioning scale-flexible planning and governance instruments.

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Stakeholders' perceptions of consultations as tools for co-management — A case study of the forestry and reindeer herding sectors in northern Sweden

Cited by 58 publications

References 7 publications

Integrating multiple criteria decision analysis in participatory forest planning: Experience from a case study in northern Sweden

Integrating multiple criteria decision analysis in participatory forest planning: Experience from a case study in northern Sweden

Comparison of co-existing forestry and reindeer husbandry value chains in northern Sweden

Sustainable landscape management in the Vilhelmina Model Forest, Sweden

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