Stakeholder perspectives about proper participation for Regional Forest Programmes in Finland
| Autor: | Jukka Tikkanen, Annika Kangas, Leena A. Leskinen, Ninni Saarinen, Teppo Hujala, Heli Saarikoski |
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| Rok vydání: | 2010 |
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Economics and Econometrics
Pragmatism Sociology and Political Science media_common.quotation_subject Sustainable forest management Forest management 010501 environmental sciences Management Monitoring Policy and Law 01 natural sciences Political science 0105 earth and related environmental sciences media_common 040101 forestry business.industry Environmental resource management Stakeholder Forestry Citizen journalism 04 agricultural and veterinary sciences 15. Life on land Public relations Social engagement Framing (social sciences) Public participation 0401 agriculture forestry and fisheries business |
| Zdroj: | Forest Policy and Economics. 12:213-222 |
| ISSN: | 1389-9341 |
| DOI: | 10.1016/j.forpol.2009.10.006 |
| Popis: | Participation is seen as an important aspect of sustainable forest management (SFM). Especially important are the policy processes, where the effectiveness of the policy is determined by the commitment of the stakeholders to the selected policy. There are, however, different opinions as to what constitutes a successful participatory process. In this study, we analysed the stakeholder perspectives about proper participation process in Regional Forest Programme preparation in Finland using Q-methodology. We found four different perspectives: pragmatic consensus-seekers, reformers, expertise-oriented actors and participation sceptics. The pragmatists seek for consensus, but purely on traditional forestry issues. The reformers, on the other hand, wanted to introduce other aspects into the process and opposed the dominant position of the traditional forestry network in the RFP process. The expertise-oriented group was ready to discuss different aspects, but wanted to promote the power of experts. The sceptics wanted to allocate the minimum effort to participation. The results suggest that framing and organizing the process, reaching commitment, roles of different information, and the ways of taking into account the views of general public should be emphasized in future RFP's. |
| Databáze: | OpenAIRE |
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