Research article - Peer-reviewed, 2020
Swedish Forests in the Bioeconomy: Stories from the National Forest Program
Fischer, Klara; Stenius, Tove; Holmgren, SaraAbstract
The concept of a bioeconomy has been placed central in formation of a Swedish National Forest Program (NFP). Drawing on Hajer's conceptual framework of storylines, we present a discourse analysis of the working group reports underlying the establishment of the NFP strategy. We ask what stories about Swedish forests come to dominate the NFP process, how well they reflect the commitment of balancing economic, social and environmental interests, and what role the concept of a bioeconomy, has on the formation of these stories. Storylines of Swedish forests in the bioeconomy unite wider European discourses on the bioeconomy and climate change with historical Swedish forest policy discourses, revitalizing a discourse coalition comprising the state and the industry. Particular to the Swedish discourse is the strong emphasis on creating consensus around a single story of the forest-based bioeconomy.Keywords
Bioeconomy; climate change; forest; Hajer; storylinePublished in
Society and Natural Resources2020, volume: 33, number: 7, pages: 896-913
Publisher: TAYLOR & FRANCIS INC
Authors' information
Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences, Department of Urban and Rural Development
Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences, Department of Urban and Rural Development
Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences, Department of Urban and Rural Development
Sustainable Development Goals
SDG13 Climate action
UKÄ Subject classification
Economics
Publication Identifiers
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1080/08941920.2020.1725202
URI (permanent link to this page)
https://res.slu.se/id/publ/104760