Assessing Small-Scale Forestry by Data Base for Forest Owner Analysis |
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Authors: | Solveig Berg Lejon Lina Holmgren Gun Lidestav |
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Institution: | (1) Department of Forest Resource Management, Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences, 901 83 Ume?, Sweden; |
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Abstract: | In Sweden, as in other countries with a growing and increasingly diverse population of forest owners, there is an apparent
need for more detailed quantitative data of high quality in order to describe and understand present forest conditions and
predict and explain future trends. Therefore, the Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences has developed a Data Base for
Forest Owner Analysis (DBFOA) by combining existing forest measurement statistics, gathered on a regular basis by the Swedish
Forest Agency since 1992, with records of the individual forest owners. The database consists of self-reported measurement
statistics in terms of cuttings, cleaning, scarification and planting from about 30,000 forest management units. It includes
information on the owner age, gender, residential proximity to the management unit and the extent of work undertaken by the
owner. From 1999 it also indicates whether the forest is certified. This paper demonstrates the use of the database by presenting
results from (1) a comparison of management practices on properties that are certified with those that are not, and (2) an
examination of how the area of planting and final felling have changed from 1999 to 2006 in total and between male and female
forest owners. Results from the first analysis show that the willingness to certify increases with the size of the forest
property and also that harvesting activities are more frequent on certified than non-certified properties. The second analysis,
show a higher ratio of final felling during 2003–2006 on properties owned by women than properties owned by men. |
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