Article
Forestry
Piotr Tadeusz Golos, Joanna Ukalska, Emilia Wysocka-Fijorek, Wojciech Gil
Summary: The study surveyed 1003 forest landowners to determine the average expected economic compensation under timber harvesting restrictions, with expectations influenced by timber-selling farmers and those with larger agricultural areas.
Article
Forestry
Thomas Kronholm, Dianne Staal Wasterlund
Summary: The study found that Swedish family forest owners expect quality services in timber transactions, with satisfaction particularly in modern equipment and staff courtesy. It also concluded that skilled and service-minded employees are crucial for maintaining good relationships with family forest owners, and that forest companies can benefit from improving communication and considering the interests of family forest owners.
Article
Forestry
John Bergkvist, Alexandra Nikoleris, Hanna Fors, Anna Maria Jonsson
Summary: The transition to a fossil-free society in Sweden is expected to increase demand for forest-derived products and potentially intensify conflicts between forest ecosystem services. A survey of non-industrial private forest owners found a high valuation among all respondents for ecosystem services related to water quality, timber quality, recreation, and biodiversity. Most respondents preferred increasing proportions of mixed species and broadleaved stands in the future forest landscape. Certified forest owners prioritized economic income through roundwood production, while non-certified owners ranked recreation and biodiversity higher and preferred retaining more old forest. The results showed that certified forest owners had higher management activity and were more likely to have taken measures favoring risk management and biodiversity.
EUROPEAN JOURNAL OF FOREST RESEARCH
(2023)
Article
Forestry
Anna Thorning, Cecilia Mark-Herbert
Summary: This study aims to explain the motives for certification among private forest owners through a qualitative approach based on thematic interviews. Despite the challenges of forest management, some private owners choose to certify their operations, which is not taken for granted.
Article
Economics
Maxence Arnould, Laure Morel, Meriem Fournier
Summary: This paper presents a methodology to design territorial projects with non-industrial forest owners, using the Living Lab innovation process. The results show that the Living Lab approach can improve the acceptance and use of policy instruments by NIPF owners, and promote multi-stakeholder collaborations.
FOREST POLICY AND ECONOMICS
(2022)
Article
Environmental Studies
Clement Josset, David W. Shanafelt, Jens Abildtrup, Anne Stenger
Summary: Understanding private forest owners' management behaviors and their demand for ecosystem services is crucial for effective policy-making. Research based on a survey of French private forest owners shows that different types of owners can explain variations in ecosystem service demand.
Article
Ecology
Marijana Andabaka, Krunoslav Teslak, Andrej Ficko
Summary: The study reveals a strong association between landownership benefits and psychological ownership motives among private forest owners. Engaging in physical work in forests and tending young forests increases psychological landownership, while land tenure system and duration of ownership do not play a significant role. The findings also suggest potential hotspots and coldspots of land transfer at various scales.
LANDSCAPE AND URBAN PLANNING
(2021)
Review
Engineering, Environmental
Malin Tiebel, Andreas Moelder, Tobias Plieninger
Summary: This study examines the perspectives of small-scale private forest owners on nature conservation, finding that factors such as gender, education level, forest management practices, and ecological values of the property impact conservation perspectives. Recommendations are synthesized based on a natural resource conflict management framework, aiming to strengthen sustainable forest management by integrating nature conservation and resource use in decision-making processes.
Article
Forestry
Miikka Husa, Anna-Kaisa Kosenius
Summary: This study examines the factors affecting non-industrial private forest (NIPF) owners' preferences for forest management practices that promote carbon sequestration, climate change adaptation, and biodiversity conservation in boreal commercial forests. The results show that environmental and financial motivations play a significant role in decisions regarding forest management practices, and preferences vary among NIPF owners, with younger and highly educated owners being more supportive of practices promoting biodiversity conservation.
SCANDINAVIAN JOURNAL OF FOREST RESEARCH
(2021)
Article
Economics
Mohammed B. Degnet, Helena Hansson, Marjanke A. Hoogstra-Klein, Anders Roos
Summary: This study assessed the environmental concern of 226 non-industrial private forest owners in Sweden and found that personal values and personality traits help to explain environmental concern in forest management. This research provides insights for designing targeted interventions to promote environmental considerations in forest management.
FOREST POLICY AND ECONOMICS
(2022)
Article
Economics
Artti Juutinen, Elena Haeler, Robert Jandl, Katharina Kuhlmey, Mikko Kurttila, Raisa Makipaa, Tahti Pohjanmies, Lydia Rosenkranz, Mitja Skudnik, Matevz Triplat, Anne Tolvanen, Ursa Vilhar, Kerstin Westin, Silvio Schueler
Summary: The study found that the majority of forest owners in Austria, Finland, Germany, Slovenia, and Sweden are willing to participate in a contract-based payment scheme to promote environmental goals, while schemes purely focused on increasing wood production are less attractive. Forest owners are positive towards improvements in profitability and environmental attributes, and negative towards deterioration of these attributes. There are differences in the expected contract payments among countries, but similarities in preferences towards environmental goals, including biodiversity and carbon stocks.
FOREST POLICY AND ECONOMICS
(2022)
Article
Forestry
Louise Eriksson, Clas Fries
Summary: The study found that factors such as gender, size of forest holding, land acquisition, and length of forest ownership were correlated with subjective knowledge or confidence in managing the forest among private forest owners. Structural variables and forest involvement variables were found to be related to both subjective and objective knowledge among private forest owners.
EUROPEAN JOURNAL OF FOREST RESEARCH
(2021)
Article
Economics
Matthias Sonnhoff, Andy Selter
Summary: The low participation rate of private forest owners in FMCs in Germany hinders the development of organizations that can cater to their needs and meet long-term timber market demands. This study explores the impact of social interaction among private forest owners on cooperation, emphasizing the importance of communication and symbolic interaction in fostering collaboration with FMCs.
FOREST POLICY AND ECONOMICS
(2021)
Article
Economics
Kabindra Shahi, Jacek Siry, Pete Bettinger, Yanshu Li, Jonathan Smith
Summary: This study estimates the timber supply behavior of private forest landowners in the US South and calculates the supply elasticities. The study finds that the supply of pine stumpage from these landowners is price elastic for sawtimber and Chip-N-Saw, but price inelastic for pulpwood. It provides valuable empirical evidence for understanding market outcomes and welfare changes, and predicting the impact of policies and market shocks on market participants.
FOREST POLICY AND ECONOMICS
(2023)
Article
Economics
Artti Juutinen, Mikko Kurttila, Tahti Pohjanmies, Anne Tolvanen, Katharina Kuhlmey, Mitja Skudnik, Matevz Triplat, Kerstin Westin, Raisa Makipaa
Summary: The majority of Finnish forest owners are willing to participate in contract-based payment schemes, especially those who support biodiversity and non-market ecosystem services. When considering the choice of contract-based management strategies, forest owners prefer the Nature Oriented approach. Forest owners' preferences for the contract-based management and associated effects vary.
FOREST POLICY AND ECONOMICS
(2021)
Article
Ecology
Peter Biber, Adam Felton, Maarten Nieuwenhuis, Matts Lindbladh, Kevin Black, Jan Bahyl, Ozkan Bingol, Jose G. Borges, Brigite Botequim, Vilis Brukas, Miguel N. Bugalho, Giulia Corradini, Ljusk Ola Eriksson, Nicklas Forsell, Geerten M. Hengeveld, Marjanke A. Hoogstra-Klein, Ali Ihsan Kadiogullari, Uzay Karahalil, Isak Lodin, Anders Lundholm, Ekaterina Makrickiene, Mauro Masiero, Gintautas Mozgeris, Nerijus Pivoriunas, Werner Poschenrieder, Hans Pretzsch, Robert Sedmak, Jan Tucek
FRONTIERS IN ECOLOGY AND EVOLUTION
(2020)
Article
Economics
Nataly Juerges, Bas Arts, Mauro Masiero, Emin Z. Baskent, Jose G. Borges, Yvonne Brodrechtova, Vilis Brukas, Maria Joao Canadas, Pedro Ochoa Carvalho, Giulia Corradini, Edwin Corrigan, Adam Felton, Marjanke Hoogstra-Klein, Max Krott, Jim van Laar, Isak Lodin, Anders Lundholm, Ekaterina Makrickiene, Marlene Marques, Americo Mendes, Gintautas Mozgeris, Ana Novais, Davide Pettenella, Nerijus Pivoriunas
FOREST POLICY AND ECONOMICS
(2020)
Article
Environmental Sciences
Aaron E. Maxwell, Michelle S. Bester, Luis A. Guillen, Christopher A. Ramezan, Dennis J. Carpinello, Yiting Fan, Faith M. Hartley, Shannon M. Maynard, Jaimee L. Pyron
Article
Water Resources
Luis Andres Guillen, Mary Beth Adams, Emily Elliot, Jason Hubbart, Charlene Kelly, Brenden McNeil, William Peterjohn, Nicolas Zegre
Summary: Long-term experimental watershed studies, such as those conducted at the Fernow Experimental Forest (FEF), have greatly influenced our global understanding of hydrological processes. FEF, with its rich research history and abundance of long-term data, is positioned to continue advancing our understanding of forest ecosystems in a time of unprecedented change.
HYDROLOGICAL PROCESSES
(2021)
Article
Environmental Sciences
Luis Andres Guillen, Rodrigo Fernandez, Brandi Gaertner, Nicolas Pierre Zegre
Summary: The study revealed that climate controls have a greater impact on precipitation partitioning, while landscape controls have a smaller influence. In a complex mountainous terrain, partitioning controls may vary between different basins.
WATER RESOURCES RESEARCH
(2021)
Review
Environmental Sciences
Aaron E. Maxwell, Timothy A. Warner, Luis Andres Guillen
Summary: Recent studies have shown that accuracy assessment methods used in remote sensing DL papers diverge from traditional remote sensing studies, lacking complete confusion matrices and population-based confusion matrices. There is a need for guidance on best practices for accuracy assessment in CNN-based DL thematic mapping and object detection.
Review
Environmental Sciences
Aaron E. Maxwell, Timothy A. Warner, Luis Andres Guillen
Summary: The study found that DL RS research has largely abandoned traditional RS terminology in accuracy assessment, while some accuracy measures have direct equivalents in traditional RS terminology. DL studies are increasingly focusing on the role of class prevalence in designing accuracy assessment approaches and testing the generalization of their models on new datasets.
Article
Ecology
Nataly Juerges, Bas Arts, Mauro Masiero, Marjanke Hoogstra-Klein, Jose G. Borges, Yvonne Brodrechtova, Vilis Brukas, Maria Joao Canadas, Pedro Ochoa Carvalho, Giulia Corradini, Edwin Corrigan, Adam Felton, Uzay Karahalil, Ugur Karakoc, Max Krott, Jim van Laar, Isak Lodin, Anders Lundholm, Ekaterina Makrickiene, Marlene Marques, Americo Mendes, Gintautas Mozgeris, Ana Novais, Davide Pettenella, Nerijus Pivoriunas, Burak Sari
Summary: Forests provide essential ecosystem services (ESs) to people, but increasing the supply of one ES may have negative impacts on another. This study examined forest management practices and ES trade-offs in Germany, Ireland, Italy, Lithuania, Portugal, Slovakia, Sweden, the Netherlands, and Turkey. Through qualitative interviews and analysis, power dynamics among actors with different interests in ES were identified, highlighting the importance of power analysis in ES research.
ECOSYSTEM SERVICES
(2021)
Article
Economics
Peter Edwards, Vilis Brukas, Algirdas Brukas, Marjanke Hoogstra-Klein, Laura Secco, Daniela Kleinschmit
Summary: This paper examines forest discourses in Italy, Lithuania, the Netherlands, and Sweden since World War II, finding thematic overlap in post-war efforts to restore forest resources but diverging ideas and practices in subsequent periods. Recently, national discourses in these countries have refocused on the environment and the bioeconomy.
FOREST POLICY AND ECONOMICS
(2022)
Article
Environmental Sciences
Michael R. Gallagher, Aaron E. Maxwell, Luis Andres Guillen, Alexis Everland, E. Louise Loudermilk, Nicholas S. Skowronski
Summary: Predicting burn severity using TLS data as an alternative method to assess fire impacts is effective, with machine learning algorithms successfully predicting total plot CBI and strata-specific CBI. However, the accuracy of predictions varies among different strata. The combination of TLS and RGB variables improves predictions, highlighting the potential of TLS-based methods for quantifying burn severity compared to traditional methods.
Article
Environmental Sciences
Luis Andres Guillen, Edward Brzostek, Brenden McNeil, Nanette Raczka, Brittany Casey, Nicolas Zegre
Summary: Forest species composition affects evapotranspiration and water availability downstream. Investigating the consequences of species shifts on water cycles is crucial for understanding ecosystem responses to climate change. The study found that black oak and sugar maple showed different sap velocity rates and responses to vapor pressure deficit. Future climate scenarios may reduce water resources in heavily populated areas downstream.
SCIENCE OF THE TOTAL ENVIRONMENT
(2022)
Article
Biodiversity Conservation
Katja Malmborg, Ida Wallin, Vilis Brukas, Thao Do, Isak Lodin, Tina-Simone Neset, Albert Norstrom, Neil Powell, Karin Tonderski
Summary: This study presents a comparative analysis of four research projects that applied participatory futures methods, aiming to co-produce knowledge about the future provision of ecosystem services in a specific study area. The analysis highlights the importance of flexibility in research design and the need for adaptation as the process unfolds.
ECOSYSTEMS AND PEOPLE
(2022)
Article
Environmental Studies
Isak Lodin, Vilis Brukas
Summary: Land uses like forestry apply standardized management schemes to meet goals and serve interests of various actors. However, differences in power can lead to certain goals being promoted at the expense of others, homogenizing forest management. Ideal outcomes are often hard to achieve and forest owners may resist implementing programs due to conflicting ideas.
Article
Economics
Sara Lorenzini, Nadia von Jacobi
Summary: This paper fills the gap in the literature on polycentric governance by focusing on the micro-processes of conflict that precede its establishment. Through a comparative analysis of four case studies, the authors find that conflict can lead to negotiations and the eventual establishment of common procedural rules, which can sustain polycentric governance.
FOREST POLICY AND ECONOMICS
(2024)
Article
Economics
Hubert Palus, Lenka Marcinekova, Jaroslav Salka
Summary: The complexity and comprehensiveness of sustainability issues in forest certification schemes require knowledge based and transparent decision-making processes, which involve open and multi-stakeholder participation. This study examines the latest PEFC national sustainable forest management standard revision process in Slovakia from the viewpoint of stakeholder participation. The results highlight the importance of stakeholder understanding, trust, and satisfaction in the effectiveness of the revision process.
FOREST POLICY AND ECONOMICS
(2024)
Article
Economics
Nicholas Palaschuk, Jason Gauthier, Ryan Bullock
Summary: Non-timber forest products (NTFPs) are important for the spiritual and cultural identity of Indigenous communities, but current forest policies in Canada do not adequately protect these resources. This research used a participatory approach and community interviews to document local criteria, elements, and values related to NTFP development and conservation. The resulting framework can guide decision making and promote socio-economic benefits for the Missanabie Cree First Nation.
FOREST POLICY AND ECONOMICS
(2024)
Article
Economics
Laila Berning, Metodi Sotirov
Summary: This paper analyzes the coalition politics driven by beliefs and interests in the new European Union Regulation on deforestation-free products (EUDR). The study identifies pro-regulation and contra-regulation coalitions and highlights the strategic alliance formed between pro-EUDR business actors and other pro-coalitions. Despite opposition from a weaker contra-regulation coalition, the EUDR was ultimately institutionalized as a compromise solution accommodating different beliefs and interests of state and non-state actors.
FOREST POLICY AND ECONOMICS
(2024)
Article
Economics
Mehwish Zuberi, Michael Spies, Jonas o. Nielsen
Summary: Smallholder farmers play a crucial role in agrarian value chains in the Global South, but they are often neglected in technology-oriented agricultural interventions. However, they face challenges such as lack of resources, established crop rotation patterns, and market and climatic factors.
FOREST POLICY AND ECONOMICS
(2024)
Article
Economics
James Chamberlain, Carsten Smith-Hall
Summary: More countries are adopting novel approaches to transition to a forest-based bioeconomy, which can address global challenges such as sustainable forest management, poverty alleviation, and climate change mitigation. Utilizing non-timber forest products is crucial for the realization of a forest-based bioeconomy.
FOREST POLICY AND ECONOMICS
(2024)
Article
Economics
Keith Barney
Summary: The social impacts of industrial wood plantations in Southeast Asia, specifically in Laos, are debated. This study finds that under certain conditions, these plantations can positively contribute to local livelihoods, but there are still issues of land dispossession and inadequate compensation.
FOREST POLICY AND ECONOMICS
(2024)