Determinants of sustainable forest management: the cases of industrial private forest plantations in East Africa and non-industrial private forests in Sweden

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Mohammed Besher Degnet
Keyword(s):  
Forest Management ◽  
East Africa ◽  
Sustainable Forest Management ◽  
Forest Plantations ◽  
Private Forest ◽  
Private Forests

scholarly journals Conservation perspectives of small-scale private forest owners in Europe: A systematic review

AMBIO ◽  
2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Malin Tiebel ◽  
Andreas Mölder ◽  
Tobias Plieninger
Keyword(s):  
Nature Conservation ◽  
Forest Management ◽  
Structural Changes ◽  
Sustainable Forest Management ◽  
Three Dimensions ◽  
Small Scale ◽  
Private Forest ◽  
Private Forest Owners ◽  
Forest Owners ◽  
Private Forests

AbstractPrivate forest owners are the main forest ownership group within Europe, and important conservation values have been found on their land. Yet, small plot sizes, societal heterogeneity, and structural changes impede developing and implementing effective conservation programs in private forests. We present a systematic literature review focusing on small-scale private forest owners and their perspectives on nature conservation by synthesizing research approaches, social-ecological drivers, and policy recommendations. Conservation perspectives were positively related to female gender, higher levels of education, formalized forest management, an active relation to the forest, and ecological values of the property. In contrast, high age, rural orientation, economic forest management factors, large parcel size, and economic and sentimental property values negatively influenced conservation perspectives. Applying a natural resource conflict management framework, we synthesized recommendations covering three dimensions: substance, procedure, relationship. Considering perspectives of small-scale private forest owners in current forestry decision-making has great potential to strengthen sustainable forest management that integrates nature conservation and resource use.

Involving private forest owners in the sustainable use of forests: a case study for Flanders, Belgium

2000 ◽  
Vol 65 ◽  
Author(s):  
B. Van der Aa ◽  
P. Huvenne ◽  
B. Muys ◽  
N. Lust
Keyword(s):  
Forest Management ◽  
Sustainable Forest Management ◽  
Stakeholder Management ◽  
Sustainable Use ◽  
Forest Resources ◽  
Private Forest ◽  
Private Forest Owners ◽  
Forest Owners ◽  
Private Forests ◽  
Private And Public

The  main features of the forest landscape in Flanders (Belgium) are the relative  small area    forested (only 10% of the land), the large proportion of privately owned  forests (70%) and the    high degree of fragmentation of these forests (average owned area of 1 ha).  This situation    makes the implementation of a policy aiming at the promotion of sustainable  management and    conservation of natural values in Flemish private forests extremely  difficult.    The Flemish forest administration prepared a concrete strategy towards a  close to nature type    of management in public forests. It was decided to promote this type of  forest management also in private forests, but without making it compulsory. As a consequence, other strategies had to    be found to involve private forest owners into a more sustainable forest  management. The aim    of this paper is to show some examples of such strategies, their success  and their failure. The    findings might be inspiring for regions with recently privatized forest  resources. In this regard,    the specific opportunities of both private and public initiatives should be  stressed. Effective    sustainability of forest resources will be reached in those circumstances  where initiatives are    based on trust, communication and stakeholder management. Valuable  bottom-up approaches    arising from the private owners themselves should be especially  strenghtened.

scholarly journals Kelembagaan Pendukung Pembelajaran Petani dalam Pengelolaan Hutan Rakyat Lestari (Kasus di Kab. Gunung Kidul, Provinsi Daerah Istimewa Yogyakarta dan Kabupaten Wonogiri, Provinsi Jawa Tengah)

2015 ◽  
Vol 8 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
Yumi Yumi ◽  
Sumardjo Sumardjo ◽  
Darwis S Gani ◽  
Basita Ginting Sugihen
Keyword(s):  
Forest Management ◽  
Learning Process ◽  
Sustainable Forest Management ◽  
Structural Equations ◽  
Team Work ◽  
Survey Method ◽  
Learning Support ◽  
Private Forest ◽  
Central Java ◽  
Private Forest Management

<p>Forest Management is facing the challenge of implementing the sustainable forest management which includes private forest. Successfully gained the Ecolabel Certificate, some private forest management units in Central Java and Yogyakarta’s districts prove that the small units run by farmers are able to implement the sustainable forest management. The farmers’ success in implementing the sustainable forest management must have been gained through learning process. How the learning process was and what farmers’ learning support institutions influencing of the sustainable private forest management were, were the research questions of this study. The study used explanatory survey method on 200 farmers in Gunung Kidul and Wonogiri. Data collection was conducted from December 2009 to February 2010. The data were analyzed by using descriptive technique and Structural Equations Model (SEM). The conclusions are: (1) there are significant differentiation about farmer’s learning support institutions in Gunung Kidul and Wonogiri. In Gunung Kidul District the institutions are integrated in one team work which legitimated by Bupati (the Head of District); (2) farmers’ learning intensity is low. It was significantly influenced by farmers’ learning support institutions; (3) farmers’ learning intensity can be improved by farmer empowerment activities and competent personnels.</p><p>Keyword: Sustainable private forest management, farmers’ learning process, support system of farmer’s learning institutions, collaboration</p>

scholarly journals Pengelolaan Hutan Rakyat Oleh Kelompok Pemilik Hutan Rakyat Di Desa Bandar Dalam Kecamatan Sidomulyo Kabupaten Lampung Selatan

2015 ◽  
Vol 3 (2) ◽  
pp. 99
Author(s):  
Slamet Budi Yuwono ◽  
Rudi Hilmanto
Keyword(s):  
Forest Management ◽  
Descriptive Analysis ◽  
Simple Random Sampling ◽  
Private Forest ◽  
Private Forest Owners ◽  
Forest Owners ◽  
Private Forests ◽  
The Social ◽  
Private Forest Management ◽  
Evaluation And Monitoring

The private forest is one of the alternative solutions to the pressure of forest resources. The benefits to be gained from private forests management includes fulfill the needs of wood, increase public revenues, and increase the productivity of land.  The benefit has received by the public depends on the management carried out by private forest owners. The purposes of this study were to determine the social and economic characteristics of people who participate in managing private forests, and to determine the level of private forest management covers all aspects of planning, organizing, actuating, evaluation and monitoring. The research was conducted on August till September 2014 in Bandar Dalam village Sidomulyo District of South Lampung. The numbers of samples were 38 respondents by simple random sampling method. Data analysis methods used qualitative descriptive analysis. The results,were it can be concluded that: (1) the social and economic characteristics of the people who manage private forests mostly included in the productive age work and have a second job, amount of family burden is only a bit, and private forests land that they manage quite extensive so that their income quite high, although most low level of education; and (2) private forest management consisted of the planning aspect in medium category, organizational aspect in medium category, planting implementation aspect in both category, implementation of maintenance aspect in medium category, harvesting implementation aspect in both category, marketing implementation aspect in poor category, and monitoring-evaluation aspect are in medium category. Overall level of private forest management is medium category. Key words: Private forest, forest management, private forest owners

scholarly journals Dukungan Kelembagaan Masyarakat dalam Pembelajaran Petani untuk Pengelolaan Hutan Rakyat Lestari di Kab. Gunung Kidul, Provinsi Daerah Istimewa Yogyakarta dan Kab. Wonogiri, Provinsi Jawa Tengah

2015 ◽  
Vol 8 (2) ◽  
Author(s):  
Yumi Yumi ◽  
Sumardjo Sumardjo ◽  
Darwis S Gani ◽  
Basita Ginting Sugihen
Keyword(s):  
Forest Management ◽  
Learning Process ◽  
Sustainable Forest Management ◽  
Structural Equations ◽  
Survey Method ◽  
Local Institutions ◽  
Private Forest ◽  
Central Java ◽  
Private Forest Management ◽  
Organisation Management

<p>Forest Management is facing the challenge of implementing the sustainable forest management which includes private forest. Successfully gained the Ecolabel Certificate, some private forest management units in Central Java and Yogyakarta’s districts prove that the small units run by farmers are able to implement the sustainable forest management. The farmers’ success in implementing the sustainable forest management must have been gained through learning process. How the learning process was and what local institutions influencing the farmers’ learning process of the sustainable private forest management were, were the research questions of this study. The study used explanatory survey method on 200 farmers in Gunung Kidul and Wonogiri. Data collection was conducted from December 2009 to February 2010. The data were analyzed by using descriptive technique and Structural Equations Model (SEM). The conclusions are : (1) informal local institutions have stronger influence in farmers’ learning than formal institution;(2) local institution aspects : norm, objection of organisation, leadership are potential aspects in influencing farmers’ learning intensity; (3) farmers’ learning intensity can be improved by strengthening informal local institutions and improving farmers’ capacities in organisation management.</p><p>Keywords: Sustainable private forest management, private forest, farmers’ learning process, local institutions, social capital</p>

scholarly journals Management Strategy for Private Forest development in Rancakalong District, Sumedang Regency

2019 ◽  
Vol 7 (2) ◽  
pp. 164
Author(s):  
Hafiz Fauzan ◽  
Endah Sulistyawati ◽  
Tien Lastini Lastini
Keyword(s):  
Forest Management ◽  
Management Practice ◽  
Secondary Data ◽  
High Growth ◽  
High Growth Rate ◽  
Private Forest ◽  
Snowball Sampling ◽  
Private Forests ◽  
Forest Sustainability ◽  
Private Forest Management

Wood is one of the natural resources needed by humans. The high growth rate of the human population causes an increase in demand for wood.  Currently, one of the largest timber producers in West Java is private forests. Fulfillment of high demand for wood should be balanced with good management, so that is not to threat private forest sustainability. One of the areas with the private forest that is still actively undertaking private forest management activities is in Rancakalong District, Sumedang Regency. This study aims to identify the current management practice of private forests and to formulate sustainable development strategies. The data was collected through questionnaires and interviews, field observation, and secondary data collection. The respondent number of private forest farmers was 98 respondents. Snowball sampling techniques were used to interview government officials, middlemen or wood dealers. The analysis results at the input have an internal total score of 2,7, which shows the condition is at the medium stage and external total score of 3,17, which shows the public response to threats and opportunities are strong enough. At the matching stage, the result is that the management of private forest is the second quadrant, which means that the private forest is entering the growth stage. The study result shows that the first priority to be implemented in the Rancakalong private forest is to establish farmer organizations.Keywords: private forest, management, strategic, Rancakalong

scholarly journals Comparative analysis of regulatory framework related to private forest management in Slovenia and Federation of Bosnia and Herzegovina

2021 ◽  
Vol 67 (4) ◽  
pp. 197-211
Author(s):  
Špela Pezdevšek Malovrh ◽  
Mersudin Avdibegović
Keyword(s):  
Forest Management ◽  
Bosnia And Herzegovina ◽  
Forest Policy ◽  
Regulatory Framework ◽  
Planning System ◽  
Small Scale ◽  
Private Forest ◽  
Private Forests ◽  
Forest Ownership ◽  
Private Forest Management

Abstract Forest policy and forest ownership patterns in Slovenia and the Federation of Bosnia and Herzegovina (FBiH) have changed considerably in recent decades due to unprecedented scale of social, political and economic change. The distribution of ownership types varies between the countries – in Slovenia private forest ownership predominates (77%), while in FBiH only about 20% of forest is private-owned. In both countries, private forest properties are small-scale and fragmented, which affects management opportunities and the scale at which policy interventions need to be made. This paper analyses the Slovenian and Central Bosnia Cantonal Law on Forests to assess how the regulatory framework affects private forest owners’ (PFOs) rights, forest management and accelerates cooperation of PFOs. Both laws impose exclusive rights and responsibilities of PFOs, as well as limitation on how they can use their forests. In both countries, legislation contains detailed regulations for forest management activities and stipulate that mandatory forest management plans (FMPs) are an important tool that supports the implementation of sustainable forest management. In Slovenia, FMPs are prepared as common plans for all forests regardless the ownership, while in FBiH the Cantonal Law prescribes a separate forest management planning system for private forests. To improve the efficiency of private forest management, both laws support voluntary cooperation of PFOs. From the analysis, it can be concluded that there is a need for better harmonisation of public and private interests in relation to forest resources, especially in the case of FBiH, and that the deregulation of property right is needed as well as that the level of involvement of PFOs in the forest policy making process is unsatisfactory, in most cases only formal.

scholarly journals Open geo-spatial data for sustainable forest management: Lithuanian case

2020 ◽  
Author(s):  
Daiva Tiškutė-Memgaudienė ◽  
◽  
Gintautas Mozgeris ◽  
Algis Gaižutis ◽  
◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Remote Sensing ◽  
Forest Management ◽  
Spatial Data ◽  
Sustainable Forest Management ◽  
Forest Monitoring ◽  
Private Forest ◽  
Forest Land ◽  
Private Forest Owners ◽  
Forest Owners ◽  
Privately Owned

In Lithuania, forests are managed by Lithuanian State Forest Enterprise, municipalities, ministries, etc. and private forest owners. About 50% of all forest land is State importance, privately owned forests cover 40% of forest land, and about 10% of forest land belongs to forests reserved for restitution. Forest management of private ownership force many challenges, because private forest owners are people, who have purchased or received the property after restitution, and often lacks knowledge about forest resources, its dynamics and sustainable forest management. As remote sensing is a valuable source for forest monitoring, because it provides periodic data on forest resource and condition status, these methods are gaining increased attention worldwide. In this context, more scientific efforts are made at developing remote sensing derived geo-spatial data services for sustainable forest management through a web service platform, which would integrate geo-information into daily decision making processes and operation for private forest owners. This article presents a review of privately owned forests’ statistics, questionnaire-based survey about GIS usage and demand for forest owners in Lithuania and links available sources of open geo-spatial data useful for sustainable forest management.

scholarly journals Do Locals Have a Say? Community Experiences of Participation in Governing Forest Plantations in Tanzania

Forests ◽  
2020 ◽  
Vol 11 (7) ◽  
pp. 782 ◽  
Author(s):  
Mohammed B. Degnet ◽  
Edwin van der Werf ◽  
Verina Ingram ◽  
Justus H.H. Wesseler
Keyword(s):  
Developing Countries ◽  
Forest Management ◽  
Large Scale ◽  
Sustainable Forest Management ◽  
Local Communities ◽  
Forest Plantations ◽  
Forest Stewardship Council ◽  
Responsible Investment ◽  
Forest Stewardship ◽  
Female Headed Households

As large-scale forest plantations expand in developing countries, concerns are rising about their relation to and integration with adjacent local communities. In developing countries with weak enforcement of property rights, private plantations are more likely than state-owned plantations to involve villagers in plantation’s activities in order to secure and guarantee their access to land and labor resources. Certification standards of the Forest Stewardship Council (FSC) and adherence to responsible investment guidelines further strengthen this likelihood by requiring plantations to consult and engage local communities. Using household data from Tanzania, we assess households’ experiences with their participation in plantation activities by comparing the experiences of households in villages adjacent to private, FSC-certified plantations with those of households in villages adjacent to a non-certified, state-owned plantation. Our quantitative analyses show that households in the villages adjacent to the private, certified plantations are more likely to report to participate in plantation activities. Our results show that the certified plantations are more likely to respond to community complaints and grievances. We further find that male-headed households and households of plantation employees are more likely than female-headed households and households without plantation employees to participate in plantations’ activities. Our results imply that forest management certification can complement state policy approaches of sustainable forest management to enhance community participation in forest management.

scholarly journals Challenges of private forests management in Cluwak sub-district, Pati regency, Indonesia

2020 ◽  
Vol 202 ◽  
pp. 06013
Author(s):  
Andi Kurniawan ◽  
Jafron Wasiq Hidayat ◽  
Amirudin
Keyword(s):  
Forest Management ◽  
Human Resources ◽  
Land Tenure ◽  
Culture Technique ◽  
Private Forest ◽  
Private Forests ◽  
Internal Factors ◽  
Research Findings ◽  
Family Based ◽  
Private Forest Management

The management of private forests carried out by farmers, in general, is still very simple. Land tenure is usually relatively narrow and diffuse, family-based management with limited knowledge and multi cropping in one field. Nevertheless, the benefits can already be felt by farmers both economically, ecologically, and socially. Private forests can increase land cover in the form of trees and various other types of plants. The characteristics of private forests that are generally encountered on Java are also found in the Cluwak sub-district, Pati regency. This paper will review and identify various challenges in private forest management in the Cluwak sub-district, Pati regency. Thus economically, ecologically, and socially sustainable private forest management becomes a challenge that is not impossible to realize. Data analysed descriptively from field observations, various reports, and similar research findings. Several studies have found that there are factors that influence the management of private forests such as internal factors (natural resources, human resources, farmers' group institutional, social) and external factors (markets, government assistance, and culture technique).

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