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Anna Maria Jönsson

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Maintenance and enhancement of forest ecosystem services: a non-industrial private forest owner perspective

Författare

  • John Bergkvist
  • Alexandra Nikoleris
  • Hanna Fors
  • Anna Maria Jönsson

Summary, in English

The transition to a fossil-free society in Sweden is expected to cause an increased demand for forest-derived products which may intensify existing conflicts between forest ecosystem services. This study investigated the preferences among non-industrial private forest owners for maintaining multiple forest ecosystem services and their preferences for future forest development. The findings were related to their prioritizations for and knowledge of forest management. The study results were generated through the means of a survey which revealed a consistent high valuation among all respondents of ecosystem services relating to water quality, timber quality, recreation, and biodiversity. A majority of the respondents desired increasing proportions of mixed species and broadleaved stands within the future forest landscape. Certified forest owners who were members of a forest owner association (CMs) prioritized achieving high economic income through roundwood production with strong preferences for the ecosystem services high stand growth and high timber quality. For CMs, carbon substitution was the preferred means of mitigating climate change. Forest owners lacking both certification and membership in a forest owner association ranked the ecosystem services recreation and biodiversity significantly higher, and also preferred retaining more old forest within the landscape. The survey results revealed a higher management activity among CMs, resulting in a more frequent establishment of mixed and broadleaved stands. Forest owners with medium to large scale properties were well-represented within the CM category. The results indicated that while the CMs have stronger preferences for roundwood production compared to owners of small properties, they are also more likely to have taken adaptive measures favoring risk management and biodiversity.

Avdelning/ar

  • Institutionen för naturgeografi och ekosystemvetenskap
  • BECC: Biodiversity and Ecosystem services in a Changing Climate
  • Miljö- och energisystem
  • Centrum för miljö- och klimatvetenskap (CEC)
  • LU profilområde: Naturbaserade framtidslösningar

Publiceringsår

2023-10-13

Språk

Engelska

Publikation/Tidskrift/Serie

European Journal of Forest Research

Dokumenttyp

Artikel i tidskrift

Förlag

Springer

Ämne

  • Forest Science
  • Social Sciences Interdisciplinary

Nyckelord

  • Forest ecosystem services
  • Forest management
  • Non-industrial private forest owners
  • Mixed-species stands
  • Certification

Status

Published

Projekt

  • Envisioning forest management practices for a fossil free society in the face of goal conflicts and uncertainties

ISBN/ISSN/Övrigt

  • ISSN: 1612-4669