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Deneke, Fred. "Recovering from Wildfire: A Guide for Arizona's Forest Owners." College of Agriculture and Life Sciences, University of Arizona (Tucson, AZ), 2002. http://hdl.handle.net/10150/146946.
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DeGomez, Tom. "Recovering from Wildfire: A Guide for Arizona's Forest Owners." College of Agriculture and Life Sciences, University of Arizona (Tucson, AZ), 2011. http://hdl.handle.net/10150/239604.
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Ingemarson, Fredrik. "Small-scale forestry in Sweden : owners' objectives, silvicultural practices and management plans /." Uppsala : Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences, 2004. http://diss-epsilon.slu.se/archive/00000657/.
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Thesis (doctoral)--Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences, 2004.Appendix includes reprints of four papers and manuscripts co-authored with others. Also issued electronically via World Wide Web in PDF format.
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Nilsson, Daniel. "Bioenergy from Swedish forests : A Study of extraction methods, quality and effects for forest owners." Licentiate thesis, Linnéuniversitetet, Institutionen för skog och träteknik (SOT), 2020. http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:lnu:diva-98150.
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The forest constitutes a very important element of renewable natural resources and makes a significant contribution to the Swedish bioeconomy. Biofuels are Sweden’s largest source of energy; of all the energy we use, 32% comes from biofuels, and of this approximately 85% comes from the forest and the forestry sector. In spite of this, logging residues constitute only a small component, compared to for example byproducts from sawmills and pulpindustry, and there is considered to be great potential for increasing their use. In 2019 the Swedish Forestry Agency issued new recommendations for logging residue harvest and ash recycling. This was a further development of the 2008 recommendations, which formed the foundation for how forest fuel producers work today, and were based on several decades of research into, for example, the impact on forest productivity and technological development of machinery. This practice of logging residue harvest aims to yield a dry and defoliated fuel where the needles are left at the clear felled area. However, if we are to increase the use of green renewable energy from forestry, it is very important to understand how different procurement systems affect the handling and storability of fuels from a quality perspective. It is also of great importance to understand, from the forest owners’ perspective, how removal of additional products from forestry influences nutritional balance and long-term productivity. If harvesting of logging residues does not affect long-term productivity, it is up to small-scale private forest owners to decide if removal of logging residues will be performed on their land. This thesis addresses some of these issues regarding removal of logging residues from the point of tree harvest up to the point of delivery to the energy conversion industry when the fuel chips are measured. Regarding different methods of handling of logging residues, the traditional method – dry-stacking – was compared with the, fresh-stacking method. The logging residues investigated came from stands that mainly consisted of Norway spruce (Picea abies (L.) Karst). The loads investigated in Paper 3 also came from logging of spruce-dominated forests. Both methods aim to dry the logging residues to an acceptable moisture content for delivery to the energyconversion industry. For the later part in the supply chain, moisture content measurements of logging residues were compared during a winter and summer season. The results of the studies indicate that the two methods do not create results that differ from what is allowed by the Swedish Forestry Agency and that they are quite similar with respect to dry mass- and nutrient removal from the clearfelled area. The results also show that similar yields and distributions of material are obtained from the logging residues with different stacking methods; in addition, the final felling itself, combined with the work performed by the forwarder operator, has a greater impact on the result than the method chosen for residue stacking of the logging residues. For the individual clear-felled area and the individual forest owner the increased removal associated with freshstacked logging residue has no major impact, however from a national perspective this small increase in removed logging residues may yield a supplement of between 0.5 – 1 TWh of green energy annually. Regardless of treatment, the studies indicated that the delivered fuel chips will have similar characteristics. The moisture content measurement techniques currently in use are sufficiently accurate and reliable. However, if the forest owner is unlucky and an error in measurement occurs or comminution and delivery happens during an especially wet period they may suffer a significant financial loss; indeed, it is generally not under the individual forest owners’ control when the logging residues are comminuted and delivered.
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Gustafsson, Julia. "Nya kommunikationsvägar till marknaden : En marknadsanalys av privata skogsägares behov av skogliga tjänster." Thesis, Linnéuniversitetet, Institutionen för skog och träteknik (SOT), 2017. http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:lnu:diva-65788.
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The enterprise Derome Forest, which manages the supply of raw materials to Derome Group's industries, wants to develop its communications with suppliers and also the forest services that the company provides. The purpose of the study was to find new information channels for forest companies to communicate about forest services to existing and future suppliers. In order to answer the research questions and achieve the purpose of the study, a questionnaire was chosen as a method in combination with a focus group. The most sought after services were final felling, thinning, and pre commercial thinning and planting. Forestry magazines, personal meetings and social activities were important sources of knowledge for forest owners. Few of the forest owners replied that they used the websites of forest companies or followed them on social media, although most of the respondents estimated that their internet use for forest purposes will increase. Digital calendars with forest companies' activities and mobile apps for measuring and calculating were digital tools that were requested. Damage and diseases on forests, intrusion issues and thinning were subjects that many forest owners thought was difficult. Greater diversity in forestry methods and a more goal-based and diversified advice were requested from forest companies.
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Marques, Marlene Maria Guilherme. "An expert model approach to assess the potential of non-wood forest products for forest owners." Master's thesis, ISA-UL, 2016. http://hdl.handle.net/10400.5/12129.
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Mestrado em Engenharia Florestal e dos Recursos Naturais - Instituto Superior de Agronomia - ULThe interest in sustainable development and environmental management from non-wood forest products (NWFPs) has been growing during the past decade. These products are important in the bio-economy especially in regions where wood is not the most profitable product. As NWFPs cover a wide range of species they provide an array of alternatives to use more green products and are a relevant component of sustainable forest management. We present an approach to characterize the potential of most promising NWFPs in the Alentejo region. We used the Analytic Hierarchy Process (AHP), one of many multi-criteria decision making methods, and a Delphi approach to support judgments collected from stakeholders and domain experts. In order to facilitate and manage the pairwise comparisons in the application of the AHP we selected seven regional NWFPs: boletus (Boletus edulis), cork (Quercus suber), pine nuts (Pinus pinea), pine resin (Pinus spp), yellow lavender (Lavandula viridis), honey from bees (Apis mellifera), and rabbit as game meat (Oryctolagus cuniculus). AHP incorporated the judgments (weights) from experts along a hierarchical decomposition of the problem into a set of criteria and sub-criteria, and generated a regionally explicit ranking of alternatives (NWFPs) by deriving priorities. The three NWFPs with the highest potential were cork, pine nuts and yellow lavender. In a second level of importance were boletus, pine resin, honey and rabbit. These results further reinforce that cork is the product with the greatest potential in Alentejo region. However, yellow lavender has a significant potential and could be an interesting opportunity for forest owners that aim diversifying the basket of products supplied. The sensitivity analysis indicated that the model is robust because the ranking of NWFPs did not change much with the weights of criteria. This model also provides forest owners with information to develop management strategies or to engage in related NWFPs businesses
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Starr, Sarah Elizabeth. "Factors Associated with Ohio Tree Farmers'; Forest Management and Outreach Needs." The Ohio State University, 2013. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=osu1366145812.
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Fällman, Karin. "Aspects of precommercial thinning : private forest owners' attitudes and alternative practices /." Umeå : Dept. of Silviculture, Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences, 2005. http://epsilon.slu.se/200590.pdf.
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Blandon, Peter. "Forecasting investment behaviour : the felling behaviour of Japanese private forest owners." Thesis, Bangor University, 1993. http://ethos.bl.uk/OrderDetails.do?uin=uk.bl.ethos.358017.
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Marques, Marco André Gonçalves Neves. "Cooperação na gestão florestal. O caso das Zonas de Intervenção florestal." Master's thesis, ISA/UTL, 2011. http://hdl.handle.net/10400.5/4143.
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Mestrado em Engenharia Florestal e dos Recursos Naturais - Instituto Superior de AgronomiaThe Forest Intervention Zones (ZIF) appeared in 2005 as a proposal for the organization of the Portuguese non-industrial private forest owners. Today, these zones already have a national distribution and occupy a total of about 8% of the country’s mainland. This work discusses, firstly, the structural context of the Portuguese forest, which allows for the implementation of a management based on the cooperation of non-industrial forest owners: property structure and management objectives of the owners. Secondly, a diversity of types of cooperation that can be applied in this context is presented. Finally, this work demonstrates the territorial and socio demographic variety of the ZIF zones, concluding that the capacity of application of these management models must attend to this diversity
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Jonsson, Cathrine. "Norrskogs distansskogsägare, deras upplevelse av nuvarande tjänsteutbud samt vilka tjänster de efterfrågar i framtiden." Thesis, Linnéuniversitetet, Institutionen för skog och träteknik (SOT), 2017. http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:lnu:diva-68859.
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Urbanization has reduced the population in rural areas while the urban population has increased in Sweden. As a consequence, also the number of distance forest owners increases continuously and today they own one third of Sweden's privately-owned forests. The purpose of this study was to describe the forest owner cooperative Norrskog’s distance forest owners, their perception of Norrskog's current services and their demand for services in the future. Data was collected through a web-based and a postal questionnaire. The results showed that the average age of Norrskog's distance forest owners was 63 years, a large proportion lived in metropolitan areas and a majority had more than 500 km to their forest property. Most of them owned their forest property together with relatives, 67 % were quite or very satisfied with their forest management, although most of them thought they had little knowledge of forest management. According to forest ownership, management of the family's land was valued the highest along with the feeling of ownership. Maximum yield and growth were valued the lowest. It was found that the forest owners in general were satisfied with the services offered by Norrskog. Thinning and precommercial cleaning got the highest average rating values and forest management plan and property valuation got the lowest. Among services for the future, - documentation of implemented silvicultural measures in the forestry plan was the most popular. Among Norrskog's distance forest owners many generational changes will likely occur soon. The new owners may be more interested in new ways of communication and services and therefore Norrskog should broaden its service portfolio to ease distance forest ownership.
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Green, Champe Brockenbrough. "Adoption-diffusion of wildlife management innovations by nonindustrial private forestland owners." Thesis, This resource online, 1992. http://scholar.lib.vt.edu/theses/available/etd-05042010-020203/.
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Rasamoelina, Maminiaina Solonirina. "Adoption of sustainable forestry practices by Non-Industrial Private Forest owners in Virginia." Diss., Virginia Tech, 2008. http://hdl.handle.net/10919/27865.
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The concept of Sustainable Forest Management (SFM) has been promoted in the past few decades all over the world. Non-industrial private forest (NIPF) owners play an important role in that aspect in the U.S. because of their number (about 16 millions), the size of forest land under their control (about half of all forest land in the continental US), and the dynamism of their population (increasing number of new owners). This study sought to better understand how NIPF owners come to a decision for adoption (or non-adoption) of SFM practices. We developed a theoretical model combining four theories (the Value-Belief-Norm theory, the Theory of Planned Behavior, the Elaboration Likelihood Model, and the Innovation-Diffusion Process) to explain NIPFâ s decision making. Using multivariate analyses, we determined which elements of the developed theoretical model were significant in explaining adoption of eight groups of practices. Overall, some of the most significant predictors of adoption we identified were technical assistance, motivations for owning land and the use of a written management plan. Particular attention was also directed toward the eventual relationship between education and adoption of SFM practices and it was found that NIPF owners who attended educational programs tended to be likely adopters compared to those who did not attend any educational program. Since SFM was not limited to the US, we also analyzed the concept of SFM with the same goals as in the US, but under a completely different context (socio-cultural, economic and ecologic) in Africa, through the community-based natural resource management (CBNRM) system. We used four case studies and focused on criteria such as participation, equity (both procedural and distributive, power devolution, trust, etc) to analyze how CBNRM works on the field, what lessons to take from the cases to better ensure the goal of sustainability of the resources.Ph. D.
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Peters, Daniel M. "The impacts of federal-state death and gift taxes on private nonindustrial forest owners." Thesis, This resource online, 1996. http://scholar.lib.vt.edu/theses/available/etd-09182008-063434/.
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Ashton, Sarah Fielding. "A Study of Cooperative Ventures Addressing the Needs of Forest Landowners in Southern Appalachia." Thesis, Virginia Tech, 2006. http://hdl.handle.net/10919/34143.
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Globalization, specialization, decentralization, and urbanization are changing social, economic, and ecological conditions for forest landowners throughout the United States. One possible response to these new and recurring challenges is economic cooperatives, an old idea being retooled and reapplied, keeping more of the power, control, and profit generated by natural resource extraction and management in the hands of private forest landowners and local communities.
Detailed case studies were carried out on four cooperatives in the Southern Appalachian region. The objectives for this study were: 1) to develop a set of potential criteria/attributes/dimensions/benefits by which these cooperative ventures can be evaluated, 2) to document and understand what mechanisms, institutions, and people will contribute to the success of these cooperatives, 3) to document and understand what obstacles stand in the way of these cooperatives, and 4) to illustrate these findings using four case studies and summarize results in key challenges and keys to success. The four main criteria developed to assess the success or potential success of landowner and business cooperatives were economic feasibility, social feasibility, community enhancement, and ecological sustainability.
The results of this study show that cooperative forestry endeavors such as those studied here are reaching out to forest owners missed by traditional service providers and outreach programs. They emphasize a different set of services coming from a different set of trusted sources and can build community capacity, improve ecological qualities, and enhance local economies; however, professional forestry, state and federal governments are only marginally involved with cooperative ventures. Additionally, nine key challenges that forestry cooperatives need to overcome were identified, and twelve keys to success defined.Master of Science
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Wiegandt, Söderén Turid. "Vilken attityd har skogsägare i mellersta Dalarna till att använda hästar i skogsbruket?" Thesis, Linnéuniversitetet, Institutionen för skog och träteknik (SOT), 2020. http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:lnu:diva-96599.
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Markkompaktering ökar risken för stress och skador på träden, såsom stormfällningar och rotröta. Idag spelar klimatfrågan en viktig roll, både i samhället och inom skogsbruket. Därför är det intressant att undersöka intresset för att använda alternativa skogsskötselmetoder. Syftet med denna studie var därför att undersöka skogsägares attityder till att använda hästar till drivning. Studien genomfördes som en enkätundersökning bland skogsägare i fem kommuner i Dalarna, med en svarsfrekvens på ca. 36%. Baserat på inkomna svar gick det inte att se några skillnader mellan certifierade och icke certifierade skogsägare. Däremot spelade inställningen till hyggesfritt skogsbruk och storleken på skogsinnehavet in. Slutsatserna var att det fanns ett intresse av att använda häst till drivningen av virket, speciellt vid uttag av vindfällen och fröträd. Skogsägarna bör ta ett större ansvar för sina kunskaper inom skogsskötsel och skogsbruk, medan hästentreprenörer och skogsbolag har ett stort ansvar i att visa på lämpliga alternativ till skogsmaskinerna.
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Schwab, Hallie E. "Social and Emotional Dimensions of Succession Planning for Family Forest Owners in the Northeastern United States." ScholarWorks @ UVM, 2017. http://scholarworks.uvm.edu/graddis/760.
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Keeping forestland intact has emerged as a critical policy objective at state and federal levels. This target has been supported by substantial public investment. The collective impact from the bequest decisions of millions of landowning individuals and families has the potential to affect the extent and functionality of future forests in the United States. Despite a growing body of research devoted to studying these transitions in forest ownership, much remains unknown about how family forest owners make decisions in this arena. The social and emotional dimensions of woodland succession planning have been particularly under-examined. This thesis explores the process of planning for the future use and ownership of woodlands through in-depth analysis of 32 semi-structured interviews with family forest owners in Massachusetts, Maine, New York, and Vermont. The first article investigates how family forest owners evaluate and integrate stories derived from their social networks when planning for the future of their woodlands. Analysis of the themes contained in stories framed as “cautionary tales” revealed common fears surrounding succession planning. The second article explores the complexity of emotional relationships with family forests showing how emotional geographies manifest in the succession planning process. Together, these studies deepen understanding of how family forest owners plan for the future of private woodlands and offer implications for Extension and outreach.
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Widman, Ulrika. "Protecting forests through partnerships." Doctoral thesis, Umeå universitet, Statsvetenskapliga institutionen, 2016. http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:umu:diva-127072.
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This thesis addresses the potential of private-public partnerships (PPPs) to involve private forest owners in formal forest protection. These partnerships have been widely advocated as means to engage actors from diverse sectors in collaborative new relationships, formed in a step-wise manner, to improve management of resources that combine public and private goods. Nature Conservation Agreements (NCAs) are the first kind of PPPs to be used in Swedish forest protection. NCAs were introduced in 1993 and are agreements based in civil law between a private forest owner and the Swedish Forest Agency or County Administrative Board. Although NCAs were introduced to promote interest in nature conservation among forest owners, the response has been rather weak. Thus, in 2010 the government launched a pilot project called the Komet program, in which private forest owners in selected pilot areas initiated protective measures. Although criticized by environmental non-governmental organizations, the government decided after the pilot project terminated in 2014 to implement the Komet program’s working methods nationwide. In this thesis, PPPs’ potential to contribute to forest protection is analyzed by applying the “Ladder of Partnership Activity” framework, developed to study global PPPs, with appropriate modifications for a national context. The framework incorporates, in a stepwise manner, context, the actors’ motives relating to trust-building, the creation of collaborative advantages in the partnering process and the institutionalization of PPPs. The thesis contributes to an empirical understanding of top-down and bottom-up PPP processes. It is based on studies in which qualitative research methods were applied to examine selected cases presented in four papers, designated Papers I-IV. The main sources of information are qualitative interviews with involved forest actors and policy documents they have produced. Papers I and II focus particularly on trust-building and the partnering process as perceived by involved forest actors, while Papers III and IV address the institutionalization of PPPs and their requirements to change the political order of forest protection in accordance with governmental objectives. The results show that willingness to adopt PPPs is dependent on past experience of collaborative efforts. They also show there is substantial discretion in involved actors’ interpretation of prescribed guidelines, and their motives may vary substantially. However, as long as they share the same ultimate objective, i.e. to protect forests, PPPs may still be successfully established. A major potential problem is that public officials tend to prioritize protection of biodiversity, while forest owners want to protect social values and unproductive (“useless”) forests. Thus, shared motives are essential to establish trust and initiate collaborative efforts. The voluntary element of initiatives supported by the Komet program appears to be essential for deliberation. PPPs need to be implemented nationwide to be institutionalized. However, the Swedish government has not provided sufficient resources and leadership capacity to enable PPPs to play their envisaged role in its forest governance system. If the government wants to adopt bottom-up approaches, it needs to provide sufficient resources so that the partnerships does not compete with other formal instruments and protection arrangements. Furthermore, coordination within and between sectors needs to be improved to clarify the purpose of the policy recommendations.
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Andersson, Ida. "Distansskogsägares nöjdhet med Södras tjänsteutbud och kvalité på tjänster." Thesis, Linnéuniversitetet, Institutionen för skog och träteknik (SOT), 2015. http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:lnu:diva-44544.
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The development of technology and the mechanization in the Swedish forestry has during the last 60 years resulted in depopulation of the country side and due to that the amount of distance forest owners has increased. Therefore the forest companies need to make some adjustments in order to keep the distance forest owners as customers and to attract new ones. The purpose of this essay was to examine and analyze the distance forest owners satisfaction with Södras service offering and quality of service and further develop some proposals for action. A web-based survey was sent out to 634 distance forests owners in Stockholm, Sweden, all members of Södra. 269 respondents participated in the survey and of them, 27 did also participate in a follow-up telephone interview. The results show that the members generally was satisfied with the service offering and the quality of service. Suggestions for improvement regarding the service offering is all about implementing forest management courses in Stockholm and including providing financial and generational counseling, also on location in Stockholm. The quality of service can be improved if the inspector changes the way of working towards an even more customer adapted way and also improve the dialogue with the entrepreneurs. Further suggestions for improvement is to a greater extent welcome complaints and to give some compensation and/or apologize when it is motivated.
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Skarin, Johanna. "Privata skogsägares tro på, upplevelse och anpassning av skogsbruket till klimatförändringar." Thesis, Linnéuniversitetet, Institutionen för skog och träteknik (SOT), 2016. http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:lnu:diva-54150.
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Climate scenarios for Sweden show that average temperatures could rise by 4-7 degrees by year 2100. Forecasts show that climate zones will shift northward by about 5-10 kilometers every year, which will result in large changes for forestry. The purpose of this study was to answer whether private forest owner's belief in and adaptation to climate change have increased since 2010. Furthermore, to investigate whether private forest owners have experienced climate change in their forestry and if this in turn affects the belief in and adaptation to climate change. A questionnaire was sent to 700 forest owners in Kronoberg County in Sweden. Nearly 20% of those respondents who answered that yes they certainly have experienced any weather or climate conditions which they interpret as a cause of climate change has also responded that they, yes certainly believe that climate change that it affects their forest. 28% of the respondents replied that they had adapted their forestry to climate change. The study showed that the proportion forest owners believing in climate change as well as the proportion adapting forestry to climate change has increased since 2010. There was a relation between belief in climate change mand the degree of adaption. There was also a relation between the perception of climate change and belief in climate change. A correlation was also seen between the experience of climate change and the level of adaption.
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Richter, K. Julie. "Using attitutudes and motivations to segment the landowner audience a typology of family forest owners in the Missouri Ozarks and description of management and information behaviors /." Diss., Columbia, Mo. : University of Missouri-Columbia, 2005. http://hdl.handle.net/10355/4116.
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Thesis (Ph. D.)--University of Missouri-Columbia, 2005.The entire dissertation/thesis text is included in the research.pdf file; the official abstract appears in the short.pdf file (which also appears in the research.pdf); a non-technical general description, or public abstract, appears in the public.pdf file. Title from title screen of research.pdf file viewed on (November 13, 2006) Vita. Includes bibliographical references.
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Sundberg, Erik, and Rasmus Nilsson. "Privata skogsägares syn på och användning av skogsbruksplanen." Thesis, Linnéuniversitetet, Institutionen för skog och träteknik (SOT), 2016. http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:lnu:diva-54478.
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Sweden is one of the countries in the world that has a great proportion of privately owned forests where up to half of all forests are owned by private individuals. What potential use do they have of their forest management plan? The purpose of this study was to examine whether there was any connection between the knowledge of the forest, the goal of forestry and the use of the forest management plan. A digital survey was conducted in cooperation with Vida, a private saw timber company. The respondents had two weeks to answer the survey and after that the analyses to find out any connection started. The results of the study showed that the forest owner had great use of the forest management plan. They were satisfied with it and the main objective of owning forest land was to manage it on to future generations. The conclusion of the study showed that there was a connection between the knowledge of the forest, the goal of forestry and use of the forest management plan.Sverige är ett av de länder i världen som har en stor andel privatägd skog. Skillnaden mellan olika typer av skogsägare är stor och återspeglas i ägarens målsättning och intresse med hur fastigheten drivs. Idag bor och arbetar en allt större andel av skogsägarna i en urban miljö vilket innebär att de inte fått en naturlig inskolning i och kunskap om skogsbruket från sina föräldrar som det varit i tidigare generationer. Skogsägare har olika behov av beslutsstöd beroende på kunskap, intresse, ekonomi, självverksamhetsgrad och fastighetens karaktär men ett bra underlag för att fatta beslut behövs både av erfarna och oerfarna skogsägare. Skogsbruksplanen är en sammanställning av skogsfastigheten och ger också förslag på åtgärder utifrån förhållandena i skogen och skogsägarens mål. Syftet med denna uppsats var att undersöka om det för privata skogsägare finns något samband mellan kunskapen om skog, målet med skogsbruket och användning av skogsbruksplanen. Studien genomfördes som en enkätundersökning bland privata skogsägare med en aktuell skogsbruksplan som upprättats av Vida Skog. Enkäten gjordes i form av en webbenkät som skickades ut via mail. Totalt svarade 175 personer (40%). Respondenternas svar sammanställdes, analyserades och samband undersöktes. Studien visade att 96 % av skogsägarna, i varierande grad, använder sin skogsbruksplan för att fatta beslut om skogliga åtgärder på fastigheten. Skogsbruksplanen skaffas för att underlätta skötsel samt för att den ger en bra översikt över fastigheten och ansågs som mest användbar för att se vad som behöver göras i bestånden eller för att se volym i bestånd. Skogsägare med liten skoglig kunskap uppvisade ett något större intresse för förvaltning av skogen för kommande generationer samt för att skapa miljö för rekreation. Skogsägare med stor skoglig kunskap hade ett större intresse för virkesproduktion och de tyckte också skogsbruksplanen följde deras mål med sitt skogsbrukande bättre än gruppen med låg kunskap beroende på att de i större utsträckning var med och påverkar utförandet av den. Studien visade också att större kunskap minskade intresset för att skapa miljö för biologisk mångfald. Det fanns även ett samband mellan mål med skogsbruket och användning av skogsbruksplanen där de skogsägare som prioriterade biologisk mångfald använde skogsbruksplanen i större utsträckning än de med andra mål. Slutsatsen av examensarbetet blir att det finns ett samband mellan skoglig kunskap, mål med skogsbruket och användningen av skogsbruksplanen
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Bitauskas, Benas. "Veiksnių darančių įtaką miškininkavimo sprendimams analizė." Master's thesis, Lithuanian Academic Libraries Network (LABT), 2014. http://vddb.library.lt/obj/LT-eLABa-0001:E.02~2014~D_20140616_131349-88241.
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Šio magistrinio darbo tikslas buvo identifikuoti veiksnius darančius įtaką privataus miško savininkų ir valstybinio miško valdytojų, miškininkavimo sprendimų priėmimui. Šio tikslo įgyvendinimui buvo atliktos kokybinės apklausos dviejuose tyrimo vietovėse: „Suvalkijoje“ ir „Žemaitijoje“. Duomenų analizei buvo pasitelkti kokybinės analizės metodai. Tyrimo metu buvo paklausti 29 respondentai: 18 privataus miško savininkų ir 11 valstybinių miškų valdytojų.
Analizuojant duomenis buvo atskleisti veiksniai darantys įtaką privataus miško savininkų ir valstybinio miško valdytojų miškininkavimo sprendimams. Nustatyta, kad miškininkavimo sprendimų priėmimui įtakos turi vidiniai (įvairios motyvacijos ir tikslai) ir išoriniai veiksniai (gamtinės sąlygos, teisinis reguliavimas, visuomenės poreikiai). Remiantis darbo rezultatų analize buvo išskirtos keturios privataus miško savininkų miškininkavimo motyvacijų grupės: paslaugos; aplinkosauga; socialinės funkcijos; ekonomika. Atskleista, kad privataus miško savininkų miškininkavimo sprendimams įtaką daro grupė motyvacijų. Valstybinio miško valdytojų apklausų kokybinė analizė nustatyta, kad valstybinių miškų valdytojai vadovaujasi ne tik miškininkavimą reguliuojančiais dokumentais, bet jų darbo sprendimams įtaką daro asmeninis požiūris į miškininkavimą. Apklausų duomenys parodė visuomeninius, aplinkosauginius ir ekonominio efektyvumo, tikslus ir motyvacijas darančius įtaką valdytojų miškininkavimo sprendimams.
Nustatyti išoriniai veiksniai... [toliau žr. visą tekstą]In this master thesis, analysis was done to identify factors influencing the decision making process of private forest owners and state forest managers’. In order to identify these factors an interview method was used throughout, this involved qualitative inquiries into two research areas: “Suvalkija” and “Žemaitija”. Data analysis was also performed using qualitative methods. During the research, 29 interviews were conducted: 18 with private forest owners and 11 with state forest managers. Results of the analysis revealed the following main factors that affected the decision making process of private forest owners and state forest managers. The main factors were internal factors such as motivations and objectives. Fr main groups of motivations and objectives of private forest owners were found: amenities, environmental protection, social and economic. The study showed that usually there is not one but multiple motivations and objectives affecting the decision making process. Qualitative analysis of state forest managers’ interviews revealed that they make decisions not only following rules and regulations but also are driven by their individual view about forestry. The motivations and objectives of state forest managers that influenced the decision making process were as follows: societal, environmental protection, economic efficiency. In addition there were external factors that influenced the decision making process of both private forest owners and state forest managers... [to full text]
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Stanislovaitis, Andrius. "Privačių miškų kontrolės sistemos Lietuvoje analizė." Master's thesis, Lithuanian Academic Libraries Network (LABT), 2009. http://vddb.library.lt/obj/LT-eLABa-0001:E.02~2009~D_20090615_115135-81772.
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Magistro darbe analizuojama Lietuvos privačių miškų kontrolės sistema.
Darbo objektas – Lietuvos privačių miškų valstybinės kontrolės sistema.
Darbo tikslas – išanalizuoti privačių miškų valstybinės kontrolės sistemą Lietuvoje bei ištirti miško kontrolės pareigūnų ir miško savininkų požiūrį į jos funkcionavimą.
Darbo metodai: dokumentų analizė, anketinė apklausa ir loginė analizė.
Darbo rezultatai: Lietuvos privatus miškų ūkis sąlyginai smulkus. Savininkams trūksta žinių ir pasiruošimo. Nors dauguma savininkų pelno nesiekia, privatūs miškai naudojami intensyviau nei valstybiniai. Valstybinę privačių miškų būklės, naudojimo, atkūrimo ir apsaugos kontrolę vykdo bei miško savininkus konsultuoja regionų aplinkos apsaugos departamentų rajoninės agentūros. Pareigūnų darbą apsunkina netobula teisinė bazė bei resursų trūkumas. Kontrolė daugiau grindžiama tiesioginiu reguliavimu, veiklą ribojant draudimais arba išduodant leidimus, o ne informacinėmis (mokymu ir konsultavimu) ar ekonominėmis (subsidijomis ir mokesčiais) priemonėmis. Nors dabartinė kontrolė respondentų vertinama gerai, dalis jų pripažįsta, kad ji perdėta, o dauguma sutinka, kad ateityje jos apimtys turėtų mažėti ir būtų taikomi mažesni reikalavimai. Respondentai nurodė, kad šiuo metu konsultacijų savininkams nepakanka, o ateityje jų turi daugėti. Išaugęs konsultacijų ir savininkų švietimo kiekis ne tik sumažintų miškuose daromų pažeidimų kiekį, bet ir kartu su ekonominėmis priemonėmis skatintų savininkus efektyviau... [toliau žr. visą tekstą]Lithuanian private forests control is being analyzed in this master thesis. Object of the work – the state control system of Lithuanian private forests. Objective of the work - to analyze the state control system of Lithuanian private forests and to survey the attitude of control officers and forest owners towards its functioning. Methods: Document analysis, questionnaire, logical analysis. Results: Private forestry in Lithuania is relatively small scale. Private forest owners lack knowledge. Even if most of the owners do not seek for profit, private forests are used more intensively than state ones. The control of private forests state, utilization, regeneration and protection is carried out by the agencies of regional environment protection departments. The work of control officers is hampered by lack of recourses and imperfect legal acts. The control of private forest owners in Lithuania is mostly based on direct regulation (restrictions and permissions), but very little on extension services and economic incentives. The present control is described as good by the respondents, but some agree that it is too strict and most declare that its amounts and requirements should be reduced in the future. Respondents indicated that there is a lack of consultations at the moment and consulting amounts should grow in the future. Bigger amounts of consulting and training should not only reduce the amount of violations in private forests, but also, together with economical incentives... [to full text]
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Frödå, Charlotte. "Skogsägarnas intresse för att sälja virke genom en digital virkesmarknad." Thesis, Linnéuniversitetet, Institutionen för skog och träteknik (SOT), 2019. http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:lnu:diva-89896.
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A digital timbermarket helps forest owners reach out to severaltimber purchasers and be able to compare the forest companies’ price lists. The purpose of this study was to examine how the forest owners would respond to a digital timbermarket.The study analyzes if Swedish forest owners are interested in the use of a digital timbermarket. By using a web survey, the forest owner’s responses about a digital timbermarket have been collected and analyzed. The results of the study showed that most of the forest owners were positiveabout using a digital timbermarket. The forest owners who were positive usually had smaller properties, no education or work experience in forestry.Those who were most unwillingto use a digital timbermarket were mostly over 70 years old, had made more than 30timber sales and own forest properties over 300 hectares.En digital virkesmarknad är en webbplats där skogsägaren kan nå ut till flera olika virkesköpare vid försäljning av virke, köpare somskogsägarna i vanliga fall inte nått ut till. Här finns även offentliga prislistor från flera köpare samlade och detta kan på så sätt leda till en trasparantare virkesmarknad. Frågan är om skogsägare i Sverige är intresserade av att sälja virke genom en digital virkesmarknad, där olika bud kan jämföras. Om skogsägarna är det, vilka skogsägare är i så fall öppna för en digitaliserad marknad och vilka vill fortsätta sälja på traditionellt sätt. För att ta reda på hur intresset ser ut, har en webbenkät publicerats på Internet där skogsägare från hela Sverige kunnat fylla i enkäten. Totalt svarade 173 skogsägare. Deras svar har sedan sammanställts och analyserats för att se vad som skiljer skogsägare som är intresserade av att sälja virke genom en digital virkesmarknad från de som hellre säljer virke på traditionellt sätt. Studien visade att majoriteten (72 %) av skogsägarna var intresserade av att sälja virke genom en digital virkesmarknad. De skogsägare som skulle kunna tänka sig använda en digital virkesmarknad vid försäljning av sitt virke har oftast mindre fastigheter, ingen skoglig utbildning, använder Internet dagligen, ägt skogsfastigheten mindre än 10år och därmed gjort färre virkesaffärer. De som inte skulle kunna tänka sig använda en digital virkesmarknad vid försäljning av sitt virke är oftast över 70år, fastigheten är på över 300ha och gjort fler än 30 virkesaffärer.
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Magill, Daniel J. "Assessing West Virginia NIPF owner characteristics and preferred assistance topics." Morgantown, W. Va. : [West Virginia University Libraries], 2000. http://etd.wvu.edu/templates/showETD.cfm?recnum=1571.
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Thesis (M.S.)--West Virginia University, 2000.Title from document title page. Document formatted into pages; contains vii, 75 p. : ill., map. Includes abstract. Includes bibliographical references (p. 73-75).
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Howle, Matthew Bailey. "Family forest owners' perceptions of effectiveness and economic efficiency of herbicide treatments for Chinese privet (Ligustrum sinense) control a field focus group approach /." Connect to this title online, 2009. http://etd.lib.clemson.edu/documents/1252937415/.
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Hammarström, Linnér Marie, and Madeleine Martinsson. "Socioemotionellt Välstånd i Skogsägandet : Värden och beslutsfattande i skogsbruket." Thesis, Linnéuniversitetet, Institutionen för ekonomistyrning och logistik (ELO), 2020. http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:lnu:diva-96144.
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Bakgrund: De enskilda privata skogsägarna är en heterogen grupp som har genomgått en förändring under de senaste åren. Olika karaktärsdrag och olika förhållanden till skogen leder till olika värden med ägandet. Studien undersöker skogsägarnas incitament och beslutsfattande genom att studera skogsägarnas socioemotionella värden med hjälp av SEW-teorin. Syfte: Studien förklarar (1) vilka förutsättningar hos skogsägare som leder till socioemotionellt välstånd och (2) hur det socioemotionella välståndet påverkar beslutsfattande. Metod: Studien baseras på en kvantitativ tvärsnittsdesign för att undersöka studiens syfte. Hypoteserna har utvecklats utifrån SEW-teorin och forskning kring skogsägande. För att testa hypoteserna har en enkätundersökning genomförts i samarbete med Södra Skogsägarna. Slutsats: Studien bevisar att SEW-teorin är en applicerbar teori på skogsägare. Det visar att det socioemotionella välståndet påverkar skogsägarnas incitament och beslutsfattande. Studiens resultat visar även att deras socioemotionella och ekonomiska värden ökar tillsammans. Studien finner vissa indikatorer på faktorer som genererar SEW samt finner flera effekter av SEW på skogsverksamheten.Background: The private forest owners are a heterogeneous group that has undergone a change under the past years. They have different characteristics and different relationships to their forest, that leads to their values with their ownership. The study examines the incentives and decision-making process through socioemotional values of forest owners using the SEW-theory. Purpose: The study explains (1) the conditions of forest owners that lead to socioemotional wealth and (2) how socioemotional wealth affects decision making. Method: The study is based on a quantitative cross-sectional design to investigate the purpose of the study. The hypotheses have been developed based on SEW-theory and research on forest ownership, a survey was conducted in collaboration with Södra Skogsägarna. Conclusions: The study proves that SEW-theory is an applicable theory for forest owners. It shows that socioemotional wealth affects the incentive and decision making of forest owners. The results of the study also shows that their socioemotional and economic values increases together. The study find some indication of factors generating SEW and some initial evidence of effects on the forestry orchestrated by SEW.
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Schneider, Brian Jonathan. "Forestry Cooperatives for Diverse Management Goals: An Assessment of Interest Levels among Maine's Nonindustrial Private Forest Owners Enrolled in the Tree Growth Tax Program." Fogler Library, University of Maine, 2005. http://www.library.umaine.edu/theses/pdf/SchneiderBJ2005.pdf.
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Ekströmer, Karin. "Produktion och miljötänk - då och nu : Introduktion och utveckling av miljöhänsyn i svenskt skogsbruk." Thesis, Linnéuniversitetet, Institutionen för skog och träteknik (SOT), 2017. http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:lnu:diva-65439.
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Sveriges natur förknippas mer än något annat med skog. Två tredjedelar av landets drygt 40 miljoner hektar landareal täcks av skog. Av 27,1 miljoner hektar skogsmark (inklusive skyddad mark) är 23,3 miljoner hektar produktiv skogsmark. Andelen privata skogsägare uppgår till ca 330 000 personer och äger hälften av all skogsmark i Sverige samt levererar drygt 60 % av den totala råvaran till skogsindustrin. Skogsstyrelsens, och skogsvårdstyrelsernas, främsta roll har alltsedan bemyndigandet 1903 varit rådgivning till skogsägarna, ett viktigt styrmedel för att kunna förebygga lagingripanden och mildra lagstiftningen. I början av 1960-talet väcktes det diskussioner, som sedan dess har varit aktuella, om: att jordens resurser är ändliga och hur vi förvaltar dem. Det mest turbulenta årtiondet för svensk skogsvårdpolitik var 1970-talet och den tidiga miljörelaterade kritiken mot skogsbruket var inte underbyggd av forskning om miljötillståndet i skogen, utan skapades av en allmän opinion i samhället. Flertalet av de intervjuade skogsägarna uppgav att rådgivning varit viktiga vägledare för dem i deras skogsvårdsbeslut, även om det i enstaka fall fått negativa konsekvenser. Miljöhänsynens avtryck i den enskilda skogsägarens skogsvård följer i stort sett den historiska utvecklingen, det är dock inte entydigt om det i första hand berott på Skogsvårdsstyrelsens kampanjer och rådgivning. Resultatet visar att rådgivning i miljöhänsyn påverkar skogsägarnas beslut i sina val av beståndsåtgärder. Den viktigaste slutsatsen som kan dras av studien är att rådgivning, utbildning och kunskaper är de avgörande framgångsfaktorerna i det fortsatta miljövårdsarbetet. Större hänsyn till den enskilde skogsbrukarens äganderätt, erfarenheter och kännedom om sin mark är något som både myndigheter samt den allmänna opinionen bör iaktta och värdesätta.About two-thirds of Swedens land area is covered by forest. Half of the total forest land is owned by private forest owners.The purpose of this study was to describe the decades before and after the environmental concerns became self-evident in Swedish forestry, and from a forest policy perspective elucidate the introduction of environmental concerns in forest management. Interviews with private forest owners and field studys was conducted to identify specific occurences of conservation that could be linked to advisory service from The National Board of Forestry since the 1970´s. The result shows that guidance, education and skills are crucial success factors for the continuence of conservation and sustainable forestry, but also greater consideration and respect for the private forest owners property rights, experiences and knowledge.
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Karlsson, Lovisa, and Fredrik Persson. "Konsekvenser för privata skogsägare vid registrerad nyckelbiotop : Ekonomiska och äganderättsliga aspekter." Thesis, Högskolan i Gävle, Samhällsbyggnad, GIS, 2018. http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:hig:diva-27023.
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Skogsstyrelsens inventering och registrering av nyckelbiotoper är ett högaktuellt ämne som berör många skogsägare över hela landet. En nyckelbiotop är ett område med mycket höga naturvärden där det kan förväntas förekomma rödlistade arter och som därmed är viktiga att bevara. Nyckelbiotoper saknar idag ett formellt skydd vilket skiljer sig från de områden som enligt svensk lagstiftning är formellt skyddade med berättigad ersättning. För att uppnå ett av regeringens miljökvalitetsmål har Skogsstyrelsen tilldelats ökade resurser för att genomföra en nationell inventering och registrera dessa nyckelbiotoper. Registrering av nyckelbiotoper kan medföra ekonomiska konsekvenser samt en upplevd inverkan på äganderätten för den privata skogsägaren. Denna uppsats behandlar de konsekvenser som kan uppstå för skogsägare när en nyckelbiotop registreras ur ett ekonomiskt och äganderättsligt perspektiv. Dagens moderna skogsbruksmetoder har inverkan på möjligheten att bevara områden med höga naturvärden vilket tidigare gjord forskning belyser. Syftet med denna uppsats är att vidga förståelsen om de privata skogsägarnas uppskattade värde av en nyckelbiotops område och därmed underlätta vid värdering, överlåtelse och fastighetsbildning. På längre sikt är målet att förståelsen kan leda till en hållbar utveckling av den biologiska mångfalden. För att utreda och besvara ämnet har metoder i form av enkätutskick till privata skogsägare samt intervjuer med sakkunniga på marknaden tillämpats. Resultatet visar att privata skogsägare upplever äganderättsliga och ekonomiska konsekvenser när ett område registreras som nyckelbiotop. Många anser att äganderätten påverkas oavsett i vilken omfattning det upplevda intrånget är samt att ersättning bör utgå för detta.The Swedish Forest Agency’s inventory and registration of “nyckelbiotoper”, key biotopes, is a current topic which affects many forest owners in Sweden. A key biotope is an area which has been identified for having a very high natural valuation in endangered and at-risk species, it also has the required habitat for regenerating endangered species and is therefore important to protect. Key biotopes are missing formal protection that differs from other areas which are already protected by Swedish law with legitimate compensation for land owners. The identification and registration of key biotopes can cause economic consequences as well as having a perceived effect on the forest owner’s ownership. To reach one of the Swedish governments environmental quality objectives, the Swedish Forest Agency has been assigned increased resources to undertake and operate a new national inventory and registration of these key biotopes. This essay discusses the consequences that can emerge for forest owners when a key biotope is registered from an economic and ownership perspective. Modern-day forestry methods have an impact on the ability to protect areas with high natural importance which former research already illustrates. The purpose of this essay is to broaden the understanding about private forest owners appreciated value of key biotope areas and in turn simplify the valuation, conveyance and land parcelling of these areas. The long-term ambition of this work is to build knowledge which will result in the sustainable development of biodiversity across Sweden. To investigate and answer the subject, a methodical approach in the shape of a survey directed to private forest owners and interviews with experts in the field have been used. The results show that private forest owners experience consequences on ownership and economical value when an area is registered as a key biotope. Most find that their ownership is affected no matter the size of the felt infringement and that compensation should be paid out for this.
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Lincoln, Philippa R. "Stalled gaps or rapid recovery the influence of damage on post-logging forest dynamics and carbon balance /." Thesis, Available from the University of Aberdeen Library and Historic Collections Digital Resources, 2008. http://digitool.abdn.ac.uk:80/webclient/DeliveryManager?application=DIGITOOL-3&owner=resourcediscovery&custom_att_2=simple_viewer&pid=24813.
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Manokaran, N. "Population dynamics of tropical forest trees." Thesis, Available from the University of Aberdeen Library and Historic Collections Digital Resources, 1988. http://digitool.abdn.ac.uk:80/webclient/DeliveryManager?application=DIGITOOL-3&owner=resourcediscovery&custom_att_2=simple_viewer&pid=59678.
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Kasanen, M. (Mervi). "Yksityismetsänomistajien valinnat metsänhoidossa 2000-luvun Suomessa." Doctoral thesis, Oulun yliopisto, 2011. http://urn.fi/urn:isbn:9789514296796.
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Abstract The present environmental anthropological study explores the premises and views of forest owners regarding different stages of forest management and factors affecting forest management by interviewing 24 owners of forest in the Northern Ostrobothnia region during 2005-2007. In addition, the views of forestry professionals were examined, mainly by using interviews from the ”Forest Professionals During Forestry’s Period of Transition” project collected during 1999-2002. The collected qualitative data was mostly employed in order to examine processes of reasoning in connection to both periodic- and continuous-cover silviculture. The views of the forest owners were compared to the Forestry Development Centre Tapio’s Forest Management Practice Recommendations. The research source materials also included the official documents from four cases involving forest regeneration and forest harvest sites in different parts of Finland during 2004-2008. The analysis in this study employs three perspectives, namely those of political ecology, cognitive anthropology and actor-network theory. When exploring the views of forest owners from the perspective of political ecology, these perspectives were examined as a part of the historical development of forestry and the discussion on forests in Finland. By applying the concept of cultural models from cognitive anthropology, two generalising models of thought were recognised in the interview material: an established model of forest management and an alternative model of forest management. The established model of forest management followed the management policy presented in the Forest Management Practice Recommendations. The alternative model of forest management diverged from the recommendations, but only in part. Views regarding what is natural, the implementation of different stages of forest management and how financial profitability is achieved from the forest owners’ point of view were, to some extent, different in these two models. However, it was not possible to identify the views of the interviewees as belonging entirely to one of the models only. The actor-network theory was particularly efficient in analysing court case documents in which the different views on forest management that were found in the cultural models become established. Based on the criticism presented in the source materials, it can be said that the differing views and needs of forest owners should be acknowledged in forest administration with greater versatility than is done at presentTiivistelmä Tässä ympäristöantropologisessa tutkimuksessa selvitettiin metsänomistajien perusteluita ja käsityksiä metsänhoidon vaiheista ja metsänhoitoon vaikuttavista tekijöistä haastattelemalla 24 Pohjois-Pohjanmaalla metsää omistavaa metsänomistajaa vuosina 2005–2007. Myös metsäalan ammattilaisten käsityksiä selvitettiin käyttäen aineistona lähinnä vuosina 1999–2002 kerättyjä ”Metsäammatit metsätalouden murroksessa” -hankkeen haastatteluita. Laadullisen aineiston avulla selvitettiin erityisesti jaksolliseen ja jatkuvaan metsänkasvatukseen liittyvää päättelyä. Metsänomistajien käsityksiä verrattiin Metsätalouden kehittämiskeskus Tapion hyvän metsänhoidon suosituksiin. Aineistona olivat myös neljän eri puolilla Suomea tapahtuneen metsänuudistamista ja hakkuita koskeneen oikeustapauksen asiakirja-aineistot vuosilta 2004–2008. Analyysissä hyödynnettiin kolmea näkökulmaa: poliittista ekologiaa, kognitiivista antropologiaa ja toimijaverkkoteoriaa. Poliittisen ekologian näkökulmassa metsänomistajien käsityksiä tarkasteltiin osana Suomen metsätalouden ja metsäkeskustelun historiallista kehitystä. Kognitiivisen antropologian kulttuuristen mallien käsitettä käyttäen haastatteluaineistosta nostettiin esiin kaksi yleistävää ajattelumallia: vaihtoehtoisen metsänhoidon malli ja vakiintuneen metsänhoidon malli. Vakiintuneen metsänhoidon malli mukaili Hyvän metsänhoidon suosituksissa esitettyä metsänhoidon linjaa. Vaihtoehtoisen metsänhoidon malli erosi suosituksista osittain. Käsitykset metsänhoidon luonnonmukaisuudesta, metsänhoidon vaiheiden toteutuksesta ja taloudellisen kannattavuuden muodostumisesta metsänomistajien kannalta poikkesivat näissä malleissa toisistaan joiltakin osin. Haastateltujen käsityksiä ei voinut jaotella aina kaikilta osiltaan vain toiseen malliin kuuluvaksi. Toimijaverkkoteoria jäsensi erityisesti oikeustapausaineistoja, joissa tiivistyivät kulttuurisissa malleissa esiintyneet käsitykset metsänhoidosta. Aineistossa esitetyn kritiikin pohjalta metsähallinnoinnissa olisi huomioitava metsänomistajien vaihtelevat käsitykset ja tarpeet entistä monipuolisemmin
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Richards, Mark L. A. "Modelling competition amongst individual trees in Caledonian Forest." Thesis, Available from the University of Aberdeen Library and Historic Collections Digital Resources, 2007. http://digitool.abdn.ac.uk:80/webclient/DeliveryManager?application=DIGITOOL-3&owner=resourcediscovery&custom_att_2=simple_viewer&pid=24803.
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Ekdal, Emil. "Markägares val av skogspartner :." Thesis, Linnéuniversitetet, Institutionen för skog och träteknik (SOT), 2013. http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:lnu:diva-26542.
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Derome Skog AB is a purchase company whose main task is to provide Derome Timber's sawmills in Halland with timber raw material. Because of the very hard competition in the roundwood market it is important to know what kind of purchase offers are required in order to buy a valuable product from forest owners. This study aims to elucidate the crucial factors when private forest owners choose to harvest and sell their forest. As base for this study, a questionnaire has been performed with private forest owners. The result of the study shows that it is not particularly often that the timber price is the crucial factor why the forest owners choose to harvest and sell the forest products; i.e. timber, pulpwood as well as energy assortments. Most often, it is entirely other reasons which drive the forest owner to harvest. The price of timber is however very important and can very well be the factor that determine to whom the forest owner chooses to sell his timber.
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Mickevičius, Karolis. "Pre-commercial Thinnings In Private Forests." Master's thesis, Lithuanian Academic Libraries Network (LABT), 2011. http://vddb.laba.lt/obj/LT-eLABa-0001:E.02~2011~D_20110601_115930-14844.
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This thesis was started in order to find out how pre-commercial thinnings are violated in Lithuania. Analysis has been done in four methodological steps.
Understanding forest owners’ behaviour to pre-commercial thinnings (PCT) is impossible without verifying real situation in practice. Therefore in the beginning inspection of 15 thoroughly selected sample stands was carried in central part of Lithuania. Results revealed that in none of 15 stands pre-commercial thinnings were performed as it is required by legislation. Only two stands showed some marks of PCT.
Important factor having significant effect on application of thinnings in private forests is legislation system. Therefore Forest Law (2010a), Regulations for forest felling (2010b) and Regulations for tending and usage of private forests (2004) were analyzed. Regretfully pre-commercial thinnings as mandatory forest management tool until recently has not been described in any of the listed documents.
Economic factors such as subsidies or loans could also be a part of implication of pre-commercial thinnings in private forests. Support from European Union funds is available in Lithuanian, though some requirements and stages of application process are not well appreciated by forest owners and stop them from using it. The main causes are: prohibition to perform thinnings for owners themselves; relatively small percent PCT expenses covered; too long and in some cases too messy support implementation process.
For analysis... [to full text]Šiuo metu pusė visų Lietuvos miškų priklauso valstybei, tačiau nemenka dalis yra ir privačių miškų savininkų rankose. Valdydami 829,4 tūkst. hektarų miškų, privačių miškų savininkai dažniausiai įžvelgia tik apsaugines ir estetines jų panaudojimo galimybes. Tiesa, kai kurie savininkai panaudoja turimą mišką kuro ar statybinių medžiagų gavimui, tačiau dažniausiai tik savo reikmėms tenkinti. Tai yra visiškai suprantama, kadangi vidutinės miško valdos dydis yra vos 3,28 hektaro (LRAM. 2010). Tik labai maža dalis privačių miškų savininkų pagalvoja apie ekonominę naudą, kurią galėtų gauti iš savo valdomo miško – tai, Lietuvos sąlygomis, didelių (5 ha ir daugiau) miško valdų savininkai (Mizaraite, 2001; Pivoriūnas, Lazdinis 2004). Ugdomieji miško kirtimai visuomet buvo ypač svarbi miškininkavimo dalis miškais garsėjančiose valstybėse. Tai yra ne kas kita, kaip tenykščių žmonių įžvalga ir supratimas, kad gerai ir teisingai prižiūrimas miškas ateityje gali būti daug vertingesnis, nei santaupos banke. Deja, tai nėra taisyklė Lietuvoje, kur ugdomieji miško kirtimai yra pamirštami arba nepakankami. To priežastimis galėtume laikyti finansinių išteklių trūkumą, nepakankamą žinių, kaip teisingai vykdyti ugdomuosius kirtimus, bagažą ar net savininkų amžių. Paskutinių tyrimų duomenimis, tipinis privataus miško savininkas Lietuvoje yra 56 metų amžiaus moteris, gyvenanti 100 kilometrų atstumu nuo jai priklausančios valdos (Mikalajūnas, 2009). Anot naujųjų miško kirtimų taisyklių, kurios... [toliau žr. visą tekstą]
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Strandberg, Tora. "Inventorying humans in the forest : a study of coastal forest owners'understanding of the political shift in focus within Swedish forestry." Thesis, Linköping University, Department of Thematic Studies, 2003. http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:liu:diva-1950.
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Forestry operations in Sweden can be traced a long way back in history. The overall emphasis has traditionally been on the forests’ economic or profitable role, even though they are also of great ecological and social interests. Nevertheless, the focus has shifted during the last decade due to the impact of sustainable development. A new Forestry Act has now provided the Swedish forestry with a new policy which is guided by two equally-weighted objectives; production and environmental concern. The European Union (EU) has also adapted to the direction of sustainable development. It places particular interest in the creation of sustainable coastal areas within the union.
The aim of the Bachelor of Science thesis was to investigate how Swedish coastal forest owners define their role in the creation of sustainable coastal forests. The study is built on interviews which were conducted with seven forest owners, all of whom have properties in the coastal zones of Östergötland and Kalmar. These two counties are situated in the south-eastern part of Sweden.
The study raises three different issues. The first is the manner in which the informants shape their knowledge of the existing forestry legislation, based on their identities and responsibilities. The second concerns the preconditions with which they are faced when managing their coastal forest properties and whether or not they see the new legislation as a shift in focus. The final issue highlights the importance of local knowledge and looks at the participation of the informants in the development of new regulations.
The following conclusions are drawn from the investigations. Many owners of forest properties do not identify themselves as forest owners; it is therefore important to be aware of this distinction which is made between being a forest owner and being the holder of a forest property. The coastal forest owners who were interviewed run their forests according to their individual situations. Because of this they do not appear to be part of any shift of focus within the Swedish forestry. As a result, they may not have a defined role in its development. This role would probably be clearer or greater if their local knowledge were more explicitly valuated.
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AZEVÊDO, Jéssika Karla Castro de. "Percepção dos Proprietários sobre a Biodiversidade de suas Florestas e a Necessidade de Incentivos Econômicos para sua Conservação na APA Aldeia-Beberibe, Pernambuco." Universidade Federal de Pernambuco, 2015. https://repositorio.ufpe.br/handle/123456789/16610.
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CAPEs
A APA Aldeia Beberibe é uma Unidade de Conservação Estadual criada recentemente (2010) e tem por principais objetivos a conservação da Mata Atlântica no estado para assegurar o provimento dos serviços ambientais, dentre eles, o fornecimento de água para a Região Metropolitana do Recife. Envolver os proprietários nas políticas e ações para conservação das florestas da APA é imprescindível para o sucesso da mesma. Desse modo, a pesquisa buscou avaliar a percepção dos proprietários sobre suas áreas de floresta nativa, a biodiversidade, os seus serviços ambientais a elas associados e sua responsabilidade por esse bem que traz benefícios à comunidade, avaliando sua disposição a pagar (DAP) para a conservação da floresta em sua região e sua disposição a receber como compensação pela manutenção da floresta (DARF) em sua propriedade. Para avaliar se a percepção do proprietário é condizente com os níveis de biodiversidade de sua propriedade e se há propriedades que se sobressaem em biodiversidade a outras, de modo a serem priorizadas por mecanismos de Pagamento por Serviços Ambientais (PSA), a diversidade de aves, morcegos, pequenos mamíferos não-voadores e/ou plantas arbóreas foram compiladas para cada propriedade. Dentre um total de 22 entrevistados, 74% escolheram morar em Aldeia para ter uma melhor qualidade de vida (com tranquilidade e proximidade à natureza), 100% pensam que a presença da floresta valoriza sua propriedade no mercado imobiliário e 95% se preocupam com o destino da sua floresta, a qual gostariam que fosse conservada. Mais que a metade (51%) afirmou que as principais mudanças observadas na região estão relacionadas ao crescimento populacional desordenado, motivo este que desvaloriza a propriedade e ocasiona mudanças à nível local, como a diminuição da fauna e a disponibilidade de água. A maioria (68%) dos entrevistados está disposta a pagar pela conservação das florestas e 75% afirmam que seu pagamento depende da credibilidade da proposta e da administração do dinheiro. Sobre a DARF, 45% afirmaram que estariam dispostos a receber, pois o dinheiro serviria para incrementar o que já vem sendo feito. Os níveis de diversidade variaram de 9 a 30 espécies para aves, 5 a 10 para morcegos, 0 a 5 para pequenos mamíferos não-voadores e 17 a 43 para as árvores. Além disso, em todas as propriedades foram encontradas espécies endêmicas e em oito foram encontradas espécies vulneráveis. No entanto, os proprietários desconheciam os níveis de diversidade de suas propriedades, sua composição e a existência de espécies ameaçadas e/ou endêmicas, não havendo portanto nenhuma correlação da DAP ou DARF com os níveis de diversidade. Há trechos que são importantes para vários grupos e várias espécies endêmicas e ameaçadas, e portanto, à nível local, podem ser priorizados quanto ao recebimento de programas de PSA. Porém, é interessante estender essa política a todos os proprietários, garantindo uma maior interconectividade na paisagem. De modo geral, conclui-se que o estabelecimento de uma proposta de PSA é uma alternativa viável para a alocação de recursos em prol da gestão ambiental da área estudada, tendo uma maior aceitação, caso seja realizado por meio de um mecanismo que garanta a transparência e eficiência na gestão dos recursos, como por exemplo, através de parcerias que viabilizem um contrato direto entre o doador e o receptor dos recursos.
The APA Aldeia-Beberibe was recently created (2010) and has the objectives the conservation of Atlantic forest in the region to ensure the provision of environmental services, including the supply of water for the metropolitan region of Recife. Involve the owners in the policies and actions for the conservation of the APA forests is essential to its success. Thus, the research was to evaluate the perception of the owners about their forests, the biodiversity, the environmental services and their responsibility for the asset that benefits the community, assessing their willingness to pay for forest conservation in their region and their willingness to receive as compensation for forest maintenance on your property. To assess whether the perception of the owner is consistent with the levels of biodiversity of their property and if there properties that stand in biodiversity, to be prioritized for Payment for Environmental Services mechanisms, the diversity of birds, bats, non-flying small mammals and/or arboreal plants were compiled for each property. Among a total of 22 respondents, 74% chose to live in Aldeia to have a better quality of life (with tranquility and proximity to nature), 100% think that the presence of forest value your property in the real estate market and 95% care about the fate of his forest, which would like to be preserved. More than a half (51%) said the main changes observed are related to disordered population growth, this reason that devalues the property and causes changes to the local level, as the decrease of fauna and water availability. The majority (68%) of respondents is willing to pay for conservation of forests and 75% say that their pay depends on the credibility of the proposal and money management. What about the willingness to receive as compensation for forest maintenance, 45% said they would be willing to receive, because the proceeds would enhance what is already being done. Diversity levels ranged from 9 to 30 for birds species, for 5 to 10 bats, 0 to 5 non-flying small mammals and 17 as 43 to trees. Moreover, all properties were found endemic species and in eight properties were found vulnerable species. However, the owners were unaware of the diversity of levels of its properties, its composition and the existence of threatened or endemic species, not so there is no correlation of willingness to pay for forest conservation or willingness to receive as compensation for forest maintenance with the levels of diversity. There are passages that are important to several groups and several endemic and endangered species, and therefore the local level, can be prioritized from receiving the payment for environmental services programs. However, it is interesting to extend this policy to all owners, ensuring greater interconnectivity in the landscape. Overall, it is concluded that the establishment of a proposal for payment for environmental services is a well-accepted alternative to the allocation of resources for environmental management of the study area, having a greater acceptance if done through a mechanism that is transparent and efficient management of resources, such as through partnerships that enable a direct contract between the donor and the receiver of resources.
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Luckey, Amanda. "Enskilda skogsägares relation till sina skogsfastigheter : En studie av Andskapet hos enskilda skogsägare i Västerbotten." Thesis, Umeå universitet, Kulturgeografi, 2017. http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:umu:diva-137217.
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ABSTRACT The law regulating what non-industrial private forest owners (NIPF's) can and cannot do within their forest holdings is an outline law. Thus the NIPF's have great opportunity to shape the landscape inside their holdings by their own will. Their perceptions of their holdings can thus be of great interest. This because information about their perceptions can predict change, and also bring about more understanding of the group as a whole. The aim of this essay is therefore to explore the NIPF's relationship to their forest holdings by describing their mindscapes. The data necessary to fulfil the aim was acquired from semi-structured interviews, done with five NIPF's in Västerbotten. The data was then analysed using thematic analysis, with the term mindscape as a frame. All of the NIPF's were living in the same municipality as their forest holdings. Seven themes in the mindscapes of the NIPF's were found: Everyday knowledge, human presence, the balance between human- and natural processes, change, feelings, the forest holding inside the rural landscape and to be more than one. Previous research was used to triangulate, and to better understand the mindscape of the respondents. The respondents could be divided into two of Ingemarsons (2004) typologies; Traditionalists and multiobjective owners. Where the mindscape of the multiobjective owners contained the most change.
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Miller, Kevin Todd. "Reaching Non-industrial Private Forestland Owners with Their Preferred Methods of Information Delivery." NCSU, 2006. http://www.lib.ncsu.edu/theses/available/etd-03292006-073825/.
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In North Carolina, non-industrial private forestland owners control approximately 78% of the state?s forested resource (18.8 million acres). Because they provide benefits that contribute to the health and economic well-being of the state, it is critically important that this diverse group of people is supplied with research-based forestry information and education to ensure the sustainable management of North Carolina?s natural resources. Researchers have evaluated the efficacy of non-traditional methods of information exchange and have determined overall preferences for information delivery methods, but have been unable thus far to satisfactorily connect particular information delivery preferences with other characteristics of landowners. The objective of this study was to seek out and describe groups within the population of non-industrial private forestland owners with particular information delivery method preferences. Identification of these groups will allow educational efforts to be more directed, making outreach efforts more efficient and cost-effective. A questionnaire was mailed to a stratified random sample of 2600 non-industrial private forestland owners from both urban and rural counties found within each of North Carolina?s seven Cooperative Extension districts. A cluster analysis was performed to identify distinct clientele groups among landowners based on their preferences for delivery methods. These groups were used to correlate preference for information delivery methods with more easily identifiable socio-demographic, land, or management characteristics of individuals. Based on the results, recommendations are made to assist Extension Forestry at North Carolina State University increase its impact on the citizens of the state.
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Jakes, Lyndabelle. "Success Strategies of Small Business Owners." ScholarWorks, 2018. https://scholarworks.waldenu.edu/dissertations/4967.
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In the United States, 20% of newly established small businesses, including small
businesses in the life insurance industry, fail within 2 years, and over 50% of them fail during the first 5 years. The purpose of this multiple case study was to identify and explore the strategies that life insurance brokerage owners use to sustain business operations beyond 5 years. Porter's 5 forces model served as the conceptual framework for exploring this subject matter. Owners of 3 separate small life insurance brokerage firms in Texas, who sustained their businesses beyond 5 years, participated in semistructured interviews. A secondary source of data was relevant company documents. Methodological triangulation and member checking assured the reliability and validity of the interpretations. Through thematic analysis and supporting software, 5 themes emerged: exceptional customer service, relationship-building, efficient promotional strategies, regular training of salespersons, and hiring the right employees. The application of the findings of the study could contribute to positive social change by reducing unemployment and thereby catalyzing an economic environment supporting employees, families, and communities.
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Nylander, Cecilia. "Återkoppling till privataskogsägare i samband med föryngringsåtgärder." Thesis, Linnéuniversitetet, Institutionen för skog och träteknik (SOT), 2020. http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:lnu:diva-96831.
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Syftet med studien var att undersöka vilken återkoppling pri-vata skogsägare får och efterfrågar i samband med att för-yngringsåtgärder utförs på deras mark. En enkätstudie genomfördes med ett urval på 250 privata skogsägare inom SCA Skog Medelpads skogsförvaltning, svarsfrekvensen uppgick till 48 % . Studien visade att 19 % av respondenterna upplevde dagens återkoppling innan, under och efter att en föryngringsåtgärd genomförts som bristfällig. Skogsägarens efterfrågan på återkoppling var hög, de före-drog att återkopplingsformen var brev eller telefonsamtal både innan under och efter. 79 % av skogsägarna önskade att SCA skulle genomföra en återväxtkontroll två år efter att plantorna var planterade. Skogsägarens känner ett starkt behov att få återkoppling ge-nom hela föryngringsfasen, oberoende vilken skogsägarkate-gori de tillhör.
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Jägervall, Filip, and Bennie Johansson. "Efterfrågan av små skogsmaskiner vid gallring i södra Sverige." Thesis, Linnéuniversitetet, Institutionen för skog och träteknik (SOT), 2018. http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:lnu:diva-76396.
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Abstract Gallring med små maskiner är märkbart dyrare än med normalstora maskiner. I dagsläget är inte efterfrågan på små maskiner kartlagd, vilket innebär att skogsföretagen inte känner till hur stor del av skogsägarna som vill gallra med små maskiner istället för normalstora maskiner. Syftet med studien var att undersöka efterfrågan hos privata skogsägare i södra Sverige gällande gallring med små maskiner. Undersökningen hade både en kvantitativ och en kvalitativ ansats genom en enkätundersökning och kvalitativa intervjuer. Enkäten skickades ut till 500 skogsägare. 83 % av respondenterna skulle välja/i vissa fall välja små maskiner vid gallring om det erbjuds av ett virkesköpande bolag. Det finns en relativt stor efterfrågan (43 %) på små maskiner i förstagallring i södra Sverige även vid en ökad avverkningskostnad på 45 kr/m3fub. Även vid dyrare m3fub pris än 45 kr/m3fub skulle 21 % välja små maskiner vid förstagallring.Abstract Thinning with small forest machines is noticeably more expensive than thinning with normal sized forest machines. The demand for small machines is at present not researched, which means that the forest industry does not know at what extension the forest owners want to use small machines in thinning. The purpose of this study was to investigate south Swedish private forest owner’s demand of small machines in thinning. The study had both a quantitative and qualitative approach through a questionnaire and qualitative interviews. The questionnaire was sent to 500 forest owners. 83 % of the respondents would choose/in some cases choose small machines in thinning if offered by a forest company. There was a relatively high demand (43 %) for small machines in first thinning in southern Sweden even if the felling cost increased with 45 SEK/ m³ solid volume excl. bark. With an increased felling cost over 45 SEK/ m³ solid volume excl. bark 21 % would choose small machines in first thinning.
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Rydé, Sara. "Utvärdering av effekter hos deltagare i projektet Skogsbruk och vatten inom Landsbygdsprogrammet hos Skogsstyrelsen i Östergötland." Thesis, Linnéuniversitetet, Institutionen för skog och träteknik (SOT), 2013. http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:lnu:diva-31293.
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Som skoglig sektorsmyndighet är det Skogsstyrelsens uppgift att omsätta regeringens skogspolitiska mål i praktiken. De behöver därför ha kunskap om deras arbete faktiskt ger effekter i skogsbruket. Ett verktyg för att undersöka effekter är utvärderingar. Genom en utvärdering kan Skogsstyrelsen se vilka effekterna är samt få ett underlag till att förändra och utveckla framtida projekt. Denna studie syftade till att utvärdera effekter hos deltagare avseende kunskapsinhämtning och användningsgrad samt deltagarnas upplevelse av vattenkvällarna i projektet Skogsbruk och vatten inom Landsbygdsprogrammet hos Skogsstyrelsen i Östergötland. Utvärderingen genomfördes som en kvantitativ intervjustudie genom telefonintervjuer med 50 deltagare från vattenkvällarna. Resultatet visade att informationen var lärorik och på en lagom nivå samt att muntlig information och praktiska förevisningar var de informationskällor som gav mest. Användningsgraden varierade beroende på hur mycket kunskap de hade sedan tidigare och om de har vattendrag på den egna fastigheten. Flertalet ansåg att det delvis skett en förändring av deras synsätt och framtida brukande av skog. Majoriteten hade ett bra helhetsintryck.As the state authority of forestry the purpose of the Swedish Forest Agency is to transfer forest policy into practice. Therefore, it has to obtain knowledge of its efforts and their effects on forestry. A tool to measure such effects is evaluation. Through evaluating these effects the Swedish Forest Agency can develop and improve its future projects. The aim of this study was to evaluate the effects of the Forestry and Water project run by the Swedish Forest Agency in the district of Östergötland, supported by the Rural Development Program, on participants with respect to increased knowledge, usefulness and experience of the Water seminars. The evaluation was made as a quantitative interview study and data was gathered through phone interviews with 50 participants in the Water seminars. The results showed that the information was worthwhile and distributed at an appropriate level. Furthermore, oral presentations and practical advices were the most suitable way of gaining information. The usefulness varied among participants depending on previous knowledge as well as if they had waters on their own forestry properties. Several participants thought that the seminars to some degree had changed their approach and thoughts about future forestry. The general impression of the water seminars was good for a majority of the participants.
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Leitch, Zachary John. "PRIVATE LANDOWNER INTENT TO SUPPLY FOREST BIOMASS FOR ENERGY IN KENTUCKY." UKnowledge, 2012. http://uknowledge.uky.edu/forestry_etds/3.
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The Commonwealth of Kentucky is taking steps to expand bioenergy production in response to federal policy initiatives as well as environmental and energy security concerns. The success of this industry will be impacted by the supply of feedstock available from private individuals who own a majority (78%) of forest resources in the state. Despite a developing body of bioenergy research, little is known concerning the social availability of forest biomass for energy production. This study measures intent to harvest energy wood among family forest owners using a mail-‐based survey and tests the effect of educational materials provided to participants. The theory of planned behavior is used to model factors that affect landowner intentions. Two-‐thirds of respondents reported that they intend to include energy wood in future harvests, but the educational material treatment did not affect intentions. Respondents’ attitudes, perceived subjective norms, and perceived control each had a significant effect on intent to harvest. Respondents also identified barriers that may prevent them from harvesting, providing forestry professionals with a list of challenges to overcome if supply is to be maximized. The results of this study are valuable for all stakeholders involved in the development of a sustainable biomass and bioenergy industry.
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Owusu-Afriyie, Kennedy. "Forest fire incidence, damage and control measures in Ghana." Thesis, Available from the University of Aberdeen Library and Historic Collections Digital Resources, 2008. http://digitool.abdn.ac.uk:80/webclient/DeliveryManager?application=DIGITOOL-3&owner=resourcediscovery&custom_att_2=simple_viewer&pid=26030.
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Tomlinson, Francis J. "Do harvesting impacts determine patterns of non-forest vegetation in Dipterocarp Forest in Sabah 15 years post logging?" Available from the University of Aberdeen Library and Historic Collections Digital Resources, 2009. http://digitool.abdn.ac.uk:80/webclient/DeliveryManager?application=DIGITOOL-3&owner=resourcediscovery&custom_att_2=simple_viewer&pid=59623.
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Carlsson, Stefan. "Strategisk management för privata skogsägare : En metod för proaktiv skogsförvaltning efter stormarna Gudrun och Per." Thesis, Växjö University, School of Technology and Design, 2007. http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:vxu:diva-1530.
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Familjeskogsbruket har sällan någon anledning att bekymra sig om grundläggande förändringar av verksamhetens inriktning.
I ett slag har dock situationen förändrats för skogsägarna i de stormdrabbade områdena. Den uppkomna situationen gör att många olika beslut måste tas som kommer att forma skogsfastigheten i flera decennier. Det finns därför ett behov av att kunna styra skogsgårdens verksamhet så att varje enskilt beslut bildar ett enhetligt mönster mot ett gemensamt mål. Ett sätt att göra det på är att använda teorierna kring strategisk management och applicera dessa på familjeskogsbruken.
Denna rapport har utgått från gängse metodik vid strategiframtagning och målsättningsarbete. Olika metoder och verktyg beskrivs till sitt innehåll och syfte. Därefter samlas ett antal metoder i ett arbetsflöde som passar behoven för skogsgårdens strategiframtagning. Slutligen testas metodiken på en speciell skogsgård i det storm-drabbade området
För att få kontinuitet i förändringsarbetet så har en återkommande revidering av strategiarbetet föreslagits. Det är bara genom ett enträget och långsiktigt arbete som gamla vanor och arbetsprocesser kan förändras.
The family forest farms do seldom have any reason to worry about basic changes of the business plan.
In an instant, that has been changed for the forest owners in the region that was hardest hit by the storm. The situation at hand calls for a lot of different decisions to be taken that will shape the forest estate for several decades. There is a need for controlling the forest farm business so that each individual decision is forming a uniform pattern against a defined objective. One way of doing just that is to use the theories of strategic management and apply those on the family forest farm business.
This report is based on the generic methodology that is used for strategy definition and goal setting. Different methods and tools are described to content and purpose. After that, a couple of methods are used in a work flow that fit the needs when developing the strategies for the forest farm. As a last step, the methodology is tested on a special forest farm that is situated in the storm hit region.
To achieve continuity in the change process, a reoccurring assessment of the strategy work has been proposed. It is only by dedicated and consistent work that old habits and working processes can be changed.
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Pereira, João Miguel Ramos. "Estimativa do potencial produtivo de resina em pinheiro bravo no concelho de Castro Daire." Master's thesis, ISA/UL, 2015. http://hdl.handle.net/10400.5/9224.
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