| Autor: |
Fredrik Ingemarsson, Lars Hedman, Bo Dahlin |
| Rok vydání: |
2004 |
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| Zdroj: |
Small-scale Forest Economics, Management and Policy. 3:17-34 |
| ISSN: |
1447-1825 |
| DOI: |
10.1007/s11842-004-0002-5 |
| Popis: |
This article examines how professional foresters choose areas set aside for nature conservation and studies how these compartments differ from production compartments in Green Forest Management Plans for small-scale forestry in Sweden. The implementation of the forest management plans is supposed to lead to the desired policy outcomes. However, there has been a concern from several stakeholders that economic considerations could weigh too heavily. Observations from about 5000 compartments have been analysed at the estate and compartment level using discriminant analysis and descriptive statistics. The discriminant analyses highlight that planners mainly use the data in the plan to propose goal classes. Most variables studied were within the desired ranges for the areas set aside for nature conservation, for example age, volume and percentage of broad-leaved trees. However, the compartments set side for nature conservation were generally too small. In the south of Sweden the goal class ‘Nature conservation goal with management’ dominated, whereas the goal class ‘Nature conservation goal based on no management’ dominated in the north. Economic aspects were not found to be a major consideration when the planners selected compartments for nature conservation and the plans appear to comply with the new Swedish forest policy. |
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OpenAIRE |
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