Transformations Towards a New Era in Small Scale Forestry: Introduction to the Small-Scale Forestry Special Issue

Hujala, Teppo; Butler, Brett J.

doi:10.1007/s11842-020-09449-2

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“…As shown in Table 2, in terms of the factors at the level of individual socioeconomic attributes of farmers, based on human capital and social capital considerations in the sustainable livelihoods framework, individual and social resource and capital endowments have different degrees of influence on forest management behavior, philosophy, and willingness; therefore, the factors that affect the willingness to engage in forest management include farmer's identity, education level, living standard, forest land area [60], forest land function type, and other factors that will constrain forest landowners' management efficiency, future management risk, and judgment of management philosophy. In terms of factors at the level of forest landowners' perceptions and related experiences, forest landowners judge the ease of future operation and benefits based on their perceptions of the operation mode [61] and their actual participation in forestry-related projects in the past [62], so as to assess whether it is worthwhile to continue operation in the future, and therefore, three variables including the perceptions of joint-family operation and large-scale operation, and the participation of returning farmland to forestry and grass are summarized. In terms of influencing factors at the policy guidance level, social capital considerations based on the sustainable livelihood framework can achieve subjective regulation and incentive effects on forest landowners' willingness of management [63,64], including three variables of being subject to compensation for public welfare forests, satisfaction with collective forest rights system reform, and the strength of harvesting quota policy constraints.…”

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Are Minority Forest Farmers Willing to Participate in Forest Man-Agement? Evidence from the Minority Regions of Southwest China

Ya¹,

Chang²,

Dou³

et al. 2023

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Forest resources are an important material basis for ecological protection and economic devel-opment, and are responsible for the dual mission of guaranteeing national ecological safety and grain safety. Forest land is an important carrier of forest resources, and forest landowner is a direct component of forest land management. Forest landowners’ willingness to engage in forest man-agement affects whether the important value function of forest resources can be implemented. Are there differences in the willingness and behavior of forest management between ethnic minority foresters and ordinary foresters? How to stimulate the forest management willingness and behavior of forest farmers in ethnic minority areas?These questions will be about the realization of the value of forest resources. Through the analysis of 185 questionnaires in Yunnan Province, this paper clarifies the current situation of forest management of forest farmers in minority areas. Then, using the Sustainable Livelihoods Framework, we select three indicators including the socio-economic at-tributes of individual farmers, the cognition and experience of forest landowners, and policy guidance. And we use the binary logistic regression model to analyze the factors affecting the willingness of forester to participate in forest management. Through the above analysis, we find that: (1) Forest landowners' willingness to engage in forest management in minority regions is relatively high, at 71.98%. (2) Individual farmers’ socioeconomic attributes have the most significant degree of influence on willingness to engage in forest management, while forest landowners' cognitive and related experiences, policy guidance and other related variables influence willingness to engage in forest management at the macro level. (3) Literacy has a significant positive contribution to man-agement intentions, while forest land area, living standard, whether they are compensated by public welfare forest, and whether they participate in the project of returning farmland to forest and grass have a significant negative effect on management intentions. (4) There are significant differences between forest landowners' willingness to engage in forest management and the influencing factors between minority regions and non-minority regions. Finally, we suggest to improve the willingness to engage in forest management and forestry industry development in minority regions through innovative management methods, concentrated and continuous large-scale management, en-couraging capital investment and driving forest landowners to "nearby employment", optimizing the logging quota system and raising the compensation standard for public welfare forests. This study has important practical significance for promoting the realization of forest ecological products value, consolidating the achievement of poverty alleviation in forest areas and realizing rural re-vitalization in China.

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Section: Variable Selectionmentioning

confidence: 99%

Are Minority Forest Farmers Willing to Participate in Forest Man-Agement? Evidence from the Minority Regions of Southwest China

Ya¹,

Chang²,

Dou³

et al. 2023

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“…This will constrain the farmers' forest land management efficiency, future management risk, and the judgment of management philosophy, based on their education levels, will affect the adoption behavior of production tools and advanced technology. In terms of the factors that affect the forest landowners' perceptions and related experiences, forest landowners judge the ease of future management and the benefits based on their perceptions of the management mode [63] and their actual participation in forestry-related projects in the past [64], so as to assess whether it is worthwhile to continue this management in the future. Therefore, three variables including the perceptions of jointfamily operation and large-scale operations, and the participation of returning farmland to forestry and grass, were summarized.…”

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Willingness and Influencing Factors of Farmers’ Forestland Management in Ethnic Minority Areas: Evidence from Southwest China

Chang

Dou

et al. 2023

Forests

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This paper uses a questionnaire and interviews from households in ethnic minority areas of the Jianchuan County (Dali Bai Autonomous Prefecture) and Pingbian County (Honghe Hani and Yi Autonomous Prefecture) in Yunnan Province to explore the willingness of foresters to manage forests. Using the Sustainable Livelihoods Analysis framework, we select three indicators including the variables of individual social economic attributes, the cognition and experience of forest landowners, and policy guidance. We use a binary logistic regression model to analyze the factors affecting the willingness of foresters to participate in forest management. Through the above analysis, we found the following: (1) Forest landowners’ willingness to engage in forest management in ethnic minority regions is relatively high, at 71.98%. (2) Variables of individual social economic attributes have the most significant degree of influence on the willingness to engage in forest management. (3) Standard of living and the woodland area have a significant positive effect on forest land management intentions, while education level, whether they are compensated by public welfare forests, and whether they have participated in the project of returning farmland to forest and grassland have a significant negative effect on management intentions. (4) There are significant differences between forest landowners’ willingness to engage in forest management and the influencing factors between minority regions and non-minority regions.

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Wood Harvesting Practices, Technologies and Safety Considerations in Small-Scale Private Forests in Uganda

Namaalwa,

Akello,

Tugaineyo

et al. 2024

Small-scale Forestry

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Transformations Towards a New Era in Small Scale Forestry: Introduction to the Small-Scale Forestry Special Issue

Cited by 3 publications

References 23 publications

Are Minority Forest Farmers Willing to Participate in Forest Man-Agement? Evidence from the Minority Regions of Southwest China

Are Minority Forest Farmers Willing to Participate in Forest Man-Agement? Evidence from the Minority Regions of Southwest China

Willingness and Influencing Factors of Farmers’ Forestland Management in Ethnic Minority Areas: Evidence from Southwest China

Wood Harvesting Practices, Technologies and Safety Considerations in Small-Scale Private Forests in Uganda

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