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Evaluation analysis of the compensation payments schemes for ecosystem services: The case of Czech and Slovak Republic 生态系统服务补偿付款计划的评估分析：捷克和斯洛伐克共和国的案例

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Forest Policy and Economics Pub Date : 2024-04-04 DOI: 10.1016/j.forpol.2024.103202

Zuzana Dobšinská , Klára Báliková , Vilém Jarský , Michal Hríb , Roman Štifil , Jaroslav Šálka

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Good intentions meet complex realities: CITES listing of diverse frankincense (Boswellia species) might do more harm than good 美好愿望遭遇复杂现实：将多种乳香（乳香树种）列入《濒危野生动植物种国际贸易公约》可能弊大于利

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Forest Policy and Economics Pub Date : 2024-04-04 DOI: 10.1016/j.forpol.2024.103207

Stephen Johnson , Sue Canney Davison , Kelly Ablard , Frans Bongers , Anthony B. Cunningham , Anjanette DeCarlo , Ben-Erik Van Wyk

{"title":"Good intentions meet complex realities: CITES listing of diverse frankincense (Boswellia species) might do more harm than good","authors":"Stephen Johnson , Sue Canney Davison , Kelly Ablard , Frans Bongers , Anthony B. Cunningham , Anjanette DeCarlo , Ben-Erik Van Wyk","doi":"10.1016/j.forpol.2024.103207","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1016/j.forpol.2024.103207","url":null,"abstract":"<div><p>Frankincense gum resin is a globally traded forest product, likely generating more than $1 billion USD in value annually for its use in perfumery, medicines, and incense. It supports thousands of rural livelihoods in Somalia, Sudan, Ethiopia, India, and several other countries, where it is harvested from <em>Boswellia</em> trees. Recent research indicates unsustainable practices and population declines in both heavily and minimally traded species, prompting a review by the CITES Secretariat and consideration of potential listing of the genus (or species therein) in Appendix II. We argue that each of the 24 <em>Boswellia</em> species faces different circumstances and challenges with respect to trade and must be treated as an individual entity rather than being lumped together as part of a homogenous multi-species entity. The trade-conservation relationship for <em>Boswellia</em> species is not straightforward, with both positive and negative impacts of trade apparent, and interventions must account for this. CITES as a mechanism relies heavily on the infrastructure of exporting states, some of which suffer from limited resources, severe corruption, and existing trade suspensions. These limitations make CITES listing inappropriate as a conservation and regulatory tool. Tougher standards are needed, but without aiming for simple answers, we suggest that these are better implemented through importing country regulation driving private supply chain improvements rather than through exporting country-based CITES regulations. This can avoid foreseeable unintended negative consequences for both the conservation of different <em>Boswellia</em> species, populations, and the livelihoods of local communities frankincense tapping has supported for thousands of years.</p></div>","PeriodicalId":12451,"journal":{"name":"Forest Policy and Economics","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":4.0,"publicationDate":"2024-04-04","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"140343730","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":2,"RegionCategory":"农林科学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

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Synergies and trade-offs in the European forest bioeconomy research: State of the art and the way forward 欧洲森林生物经济研究的协同作用和权衡：技术现状和前进方向

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Forest Policy and Economics Pub Date : 2024-04-03 DOI: 10.1016/j.forpol.2024.103204

L. Hetemäki , D. D'Amato , A. Giurca , E. Hurmekoski

{"title":"Synergies and trade-offs in the European forest bioeconomy research: State of the art and the way forward","authors":"L. Hetemäki , D. D'Amato , A. Giurca , E. Hurmekoski","doi":"10.1016/j.forpol.2024.103204","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1016/j.forpol.2024.103204","url":null,"abstract":"<div><p>The management and governance of forests must consider the synergies and trade-offs between different societal goals, especially with the bioeconomy being a key factor in recent sectoral strategies worldwide. This literature review explores the multidimensional concept of synergies and trade-offs, focusing on scientific publications dealing with the European forest bioeconomy. The objectives are twofold: 1) to provide an overview of the reviewed literature, including publication outlets, disciplinary diversity, and geographic scope of the studies; and 2) to analyze the synergies and trade-offs assessed by the reviewed articles, including the temporal scope of the assessment, the value chain segment considered, the methods used, and the policy implications and research gaps identified. The results show that European forest bioeconomy research concentrates on Finland, Sweden, and Germany, the three largest roundwood producers in the EU. The research is highly multidisciplinary (with a strong presence of social sciences), employing a variety of qualitative and quantitative methods. Out of the 138 studies reviewed, 22% explicitly analyze synergies and/or trade-offs in the forest bioeconomy. The reported synergies were widely varied, while most commonly reported trade-offs related to wood production versus climate change mitigation, biodiversity, and more generally other ecosystem services. The use of the synergy and trade-off concepts is often inexact, and the policy implications articulated in the literature are frequently formulated in generic terms, emphasizing communication. The findings and recommendations of this review are thus of relevance for both the scientific and practitioner/policy community.</p></div>","PeriodicalId":12451,"journal":{"name":"Forest Policy and Economics","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":4.0,"publicationDate":"2024-04-03","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S1389934124000571/pdfft?md5=f0ed58801ef1f4a9590e858ce1e0f510&pid=1-s2.0-S1389934124000571-main.pdf","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"140341872","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":2,"RegionCategory":"农林科学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

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Assessing policy preferences for preventing and managing wildfire in Greece 评估希腊预防和管理野火的政策偏好

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Forest Policy and Economics Pub Date : 2024-03-29 DOI: 10.1016/j.forpol.2024.103209

Kati Burton , Douglas Becker , Tasos Hovardas , Chloe B. Wardropper , Alexander Maas

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Do male and female family forest landowners have different training needs? A case study from Georgia, United States 男性和女性家庭林地所有者是否有不同的培训需求？美国佐治亚州的案例研究

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Forest Policy and Economics Pub Date : 2024-03-29 DOI: 10.1016/j.forpol.2024.103205

Kanchana Balasubramanian , Anne Mook , Parag Kadam , Puneet Dwivedi

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Barking up the wrong tree? - A guide to forest owner typology methods 误入歧途？- 森林所有者类型学方法指南

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Forest Policy and Economics Pub Date : 2024-03-29 DOI: 10.1016/j.forpol.2024.103208

Hanna Ekström , Brian Danley , Yann Clough , Nils Droste

{"title":"Barking up the wrong tree? - A guide to forest owner typology methods","authors":"Hanna Ekström , Brian Danley , Yann Clough , Nils Droste","doi":"10.1016/j.forpol.2024.103208","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1016/j.forpol.2024.103208","url":null,"abstract":"<div><p>Creating typologies of forest owners is a common approach for analyzing and understanding heterogeneity in responses to forest policies and management practice uptake. While many forest owner typologies have been developed, only a few quantitative methods dominate the field with little information on how methodological choice affects outcomes. In this study we compare five methods for quantitative typology formation and ask what type of information each method provides, and to which degree the methods complement each other. Empirically we use data from a survey conducted in 2014–2015 about Swedish forest owner's objectives, attitudes, and factors of decision-making. The results show that individual forest owners are assigned to different clusters by the compared methods, and how each method highlights different aspects of forest owner characteristics. The study shows the importance of method selection as it influences how we can describe and interpret forest owners in connection to policy adoption, uptake of practices, and environmental awareness. We conclude by providing basis for a methodological guidance on how to make judgments when selecting method(s) to typology formation based on research purpose and approach.</p></div>","PeriodicalId":12451,"journal":{"name":"Forest Policy and Economics","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":4.0,"publicationDate":"2024-03-29","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"140320748","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":2,"RegionCategory":"农林科学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

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The role of internal culture for coping with uncertainty in forest management 内部文化在森林管理中应对不确定性的作用

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Forest Policy and Economics Pub Date : 2024-03-29 DOI: 10.1016/j.forpol.2024.103211

Peter Deegen

{"title":"The role of internal culture for coping with uncertainty in forest management","authors":"Peter Deegen","doi":"10.1016/j.forpol.2024.103211","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1016/j.forpol.2024.103211","url":null,"abstract":"<div><p>Theories about uncertainty usually focus on its reduction. However, a significant source of uncertainty lies in the innovative and creative capabilities of the human mind. This particular source entangles us in contradictions: both reducing and creating uncertainty simultaneously. Therefore, a theory of uncertainty that solely investigates ways to reduce it is incomplete. It must be complemented by aspects of how uncertainty contributes the betterment of people.</p><p>In our study, we establish a foundation for extending the theory of uncertainty in five steps. Drawing on the insights of William A. Duerr and Jean B. Duerr, who assert that faith, rather than measureable facts, guides forest resource management under uncertainty, we concentrate our analysis on informal institutions, customs, traditions etc.</p><p>Firstly, we reconstruct the evolution of the internal culture of forestry. Secondly, we delineate the bourgeois culture and compare it with the internal culture of forestry. Thirdly, we develop a theoretical approach to the re-valuation of uncertainty. Fourthly, we combine the theoretical approach with a historical analysis of the Great Enrichment to provide a comprehensive understanding of an overall picture how people re-valuated uncertainty. This involves placing higher value on the chances of self-induced unforeseen changes higher than on the associated dangers. Finally, we summarize our findings and close the paper with suggestions for future research on the extension of a theory of uncertainty.</p></div>","PeriodicalId":12451,"journal":{"name":"Forest Policy and Economics","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":4.0,"publicationDate":"2024-03-29","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"140328651","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":2,"RegionCategory":"农林科学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

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Crowdfunding or crowdsourcing time: Exploring the willingness of private citizens to help prevent forest fires 众筹或众包时间：探索民间帮助预防森林火灾的意愿

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Forest Policy and Economics Pub Date : 2024-03-27 DOI: 10.1016/j.forpol.2024.103210

Marieta Valente , Maria Eduarda Fernandes , Lígia Maria Costa Pinto

{"title":"Crowdfunding or crowdsourcing time: Exploring the willingness of private citizens to help prevent forest fires","authors":"Marieta Valente , Maria Eduarda Fernandes , Lígia Maria Costa Pinto","doi":"10.1016/j.forpol.2024.103210","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1016/j.forpol.2024.103210","url":null,"abstract":"<div><p>In Europe, southern countries like Portugal lose extensive forest areas to wildfires every year. Public investment in forest conservation and wildfire prevention is crucial, and public support is necessary. In this study, we explore the adequacy of two citizen engagement mechanisms to help in the prevention of wildfires. We design a preference elicitation survey to study preferences for forests and voluntary contributions towards a fire prevention programme, either through voluntary monetary contributions (crowdfunding the prevention expenses) or by contributing with time (crowdsourcing the execution of prevention tasks). We posit that individuals who value forests and forest fire prevention may be willing to contribute directly in either way.</p><p>We observe that the elicited willingness to participate in either form is high and that while some individual characteristics have an impact on elicited amounts, forest-related variables have no explanatory power. Additionally, respondents who prefer time contributions contribute relatively more time than those who prefer money contributions, who in turn contribute relatively more monetarily, which suggests that using targeted mechanisms for public involvement can optimise overall contributions to forest fire prevention. Furthermore, when comparing time and monetary contributions, as well as accounting for the cost of labour in Portugal, a crowdsourcing campaign would raise more work time than would a crowdfunding campaign to cover the cost of hiring workers to perform these activities.</p></div>","PeriodicalId":12451,"journal":{"name":"Forest Policy and Economics","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":4.0,"publicationDate":"2024-03-27","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S1389934124000637/pdfft?md5=ab0eedd0d1dc6370e2bf98d852ea0433&pid=1-s2.0-S1389934124000637-main.pdf","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"140296424","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":2,"RegionCategory":"农林科学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

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Psychological distances to climate change and public preferences for biodiversity-augmenting attributes in family-owned production forests 气候变化的心理距离和公众对家庭所有生产型森林生物多样性增强属性的偏好

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Forest Policy and Economics Pub Date : 2024-03-26 DOI: 10.1016/j.forpol.2024.103201

Do-hun Kim , Hanne K. Sjølie , Francisco X. Aguilar

{"title":"Psychological distances to climate change and public preferences for biodiversity-augmenting attributes in family-owned production forests","authors":"Do-hun Kim , Hanne K. Sjølie , Francisco X. Aguilar","doi":"10.1016/j.forpol.2024.103201","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1016/j.forpol.2024.103201","url":null,"abstract":"<div><p>Understanding public perceptions on how management can help adapt forests to climate change is fundamental to the design of socially-acceptable policies. A binary discrete choice experiment in Norway and Sweden was conducted to elicit public preferences for biodiversity-augmenting changes in three forest management attributes (set-aside, proportion of uneven-aged tree stands, and number and type of tree species) compared to typical <em>status quo</em> conditions in family-owned production forests. Importantly, how self-constructed psychological (spatial, social, temporal and hypothetical) distances to climate change were associated with management preferences was investigated. Following integrated choice and latent variable modeling approaches to account for their latency, our econometric results show that closer psychological distances to climate change were associated with increased support for biodiversity-augmenting changes in management attributes from <em>status quo</em> conditions of family-owned production forests. On average, the Norwegian public preferred larger set-asides and introducing one more broadleaved species, while the Swedish public favored changes in all attributes. The highest utility was derived from increasing set-aside areas from the <em>status quo</em> (5%) to 10% and 20% in both countries with respective average WTP of about 10 to 11 EUR/month in Norway, and approximately 10 to 14 EUR/month in Sweden. Findings point to universal acceptability of increasing set-aside areas in both nations, and public approval for uneven-aged and mixed forest management in Sweden.</p></div>","PeriodicalId":12451,"journal":{"name":"Forest Policy and Economics","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":4.0,"publicationDate":"2024-03-26","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S1389934124000546/pdfft?md5=5cb2b8cfb84c19819865b807495974c4&pid=1-s2.0-S1389934124000546-main.pdf","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"140290780","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":2,"RegionCategory":"农林科学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

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Self-efficacy toward prescribed burning among female and male family forest landowners in Georgia, US 美国佐治亚州女性和男性家庭林地所有者对规定焚烧的自我效能感

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Forest Policy and Economics Pub Date : 2024-03-25 DOI: 10.1016/j.forpol.2024.103206

Carolina Berget , Anne Mook , Puneet Dwivedi

{"title":"Self-efficacy toward prescribed burning among female and male family forest landowners in Georgia, US","authors":"Carolina Berget , Anne Mook , Puneet Dwivedi","doi":"10.1016/j.forpol.2024.103206","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1016/j.forpol.2024.103206","url":null,"abstract":"<div><p>Around 9.6 million family forest landowners (FFLs) collectively own 36% of the forestland in the United States (US), playing a vital role in managing and shaping the forests across the country. There is an array of forest management practices that these families can pursue on their forestlands, including prescribed burning, which, although controversial, is a tool with many social and environmental benefits, such as hazardous fuels and wildfire reduction. Drawing on mail survey data of FFLs in Georgia, US, this study examines, through partial-least squares structural equation modeling and significance testing, how gendered self-efficacy (i.e., beliefs about gender roles in forestry, confidence in forest management skills, and knowledge about prescribed burning), predict prescribed burning intentions among female and male forest landowners. Our results show that male respondents believe in masculine gender roles in forestry, have more confidence in their forest management skills, and more confidence in their self-reported knowledge about prescribed fire, compared to their female counterparts. Exhibiting high self-efficacy in terms of confidence in own's forest management skills and prescribed burning knowledge increases the likelihood of prescribed burning intentions among FFLs. On the other hand, low self-efficacy among female FFLs is a negative predictor for their prescribed burning intentions in the next five years. We conclude that boosting female forest landowners' self-efficacy through same-gender peer learning groups would potentially increase their prescribed burning intentions, benefiting their forestlands, the southern forested landscape, and society.</p></div>","PeriodicalId":12451,"journal":{"name":"Forest Policy and Economics","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":4.0,"publicationDate":"2024-03-25","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"140290779","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":2,"RegionCategory":"农林科学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

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