Attitudes towards various forest functions: A comparison between private forest owners and forest officers

Sammanfattning

In Sweden, privately owned forests provide timber as well as recreational opportunities and biodiversity. In general, forest officers from organizations, whose business is to serve private forest owners, manage these forests. Through survey data, this study compared the attitudes of private forest owners towards various forest functions to how forest officers understand these attitudes. The views of forest owners and forest officers did not always coincide, nor did the attitudes of forest owners in different regions of Sweden. Forest officers regarded timber production as more important than did forest owners. Forest owners considered recreational and environmental functions of the forest as more important to them than did forest officers. Possible explanations for these differences were discussed, along with forest policy implications.

Nyckelord

attitudes; biodiversity; recreation; timber production

Publicerad i

Scandinavian Journal of Forest Research
2008, volym: 23, nummer: 2, sidor: 133-136
Utgivare: TAYLOR & FRANCIS AS

SLU författare

• Kindstrand, Claes

  • Institutionen för sydsvensk skogsvetenskap, Sveriges lantbruksuniversitet
    

• Norman, Johan

  • Institutionen för sydsvensk skogsvetenskap, Sveriges lantbruksuniversitet
    

• Boman, Mattias

  • Institutionen för sydsvensk skogsvetenskap, Sveriges lantbruksuniversitet
    

• Mattsson, Leif

  • Institutionen för sydsvensk skogsvetenskap, Sveriges lantbruksuniversitet
    

UKÄ forskningsämne

Miljö- och naturvårdsvetenskap
Skogsvetenskap

Publikationens identifierare

• DOI: https://doi.org/10.1080/02827580801944842

Permanent länk till denna sida (URI)

https://res.slu.se/id/publ/17994