Sammanfattning

Using secondary literature and interviews, this paper examines forest discourses since World War II in four countries: Italy, Lithuania, the Netherlands, and Sweden. The national discourses often thematically coincide between the case countries, most prominently in the post-war endeavour to restore forest resources. This period was followed by diverging ideas and practices such as abandonment and fragmentation in Italy, resource conservation by stealth in Lithuania, multifunctionality in the Netherlands, and ongoing intensification in Sweden. Recently, the national discourses have been re-converging on the environment and the bioeconomy, albeit at different times and intensity. Overall, many national ideological battles follow the global meta-discourses, but linkages to these are much weaker for forestry practices.

Nyckelord

Discourse; Europe; FOREST MANAGEMENT; meta-discourses; Comparative study

Publicerad i

Forest Policy and Economics
2022, Volym: 135, artikelnummer: 102641
Utgivare: ELSEVIER

SLU författare

• Edwards, Peter

  • Institutionen för skogens produkter, Sveriges lantbruksuniversitet
    

• Brukas, Vilis

  • Institutionen för sydsvensk skogsvetenskap, Sveriges lantbruksuniversitet
    

• Kleinschmit, Daniela

  • Albert-Ludwigs University of Freiburg
  • Institutionen för skogens produkter, Sveriges lantbruksuniversitet
    

Globala målen

Skydda, återställa och främja ett hållbart nyttjande av landbaserade ekosystem, hållbart bruka skogar, bekämpa ökenspridning, hejda och vrida tillbaka markförstöringen samt hejda förlusten av biologisk mångfald


UKÄ forskningsämne

Skogsvetenskap


Publikationens identifierare

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.forpol.2021.102641

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