Modeling Forest Owner Harvesting Behaviour and Future Intentions in Tasmania |
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Authors: | Ingrid van Putten Sarah Jennings |
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Institution: | (1) Marine and Atmospheric Research, CSIRO, GPO Box 1583, Hobart, TAS, 7001, Australia;(2) School of Economics and Finance, University of Tasmania, Hobart, TAS, Australia |
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Abstract: | Our ability to design public policies that effectively promote the efficient use of privately owned forest resources is underpinned
by an understanding of the way in which forest production and investment decisions are made, and of how forest owners respond
to changes in social, economic, and institutional conditions. A model of non-industrial private forest owners (NIPF) past
harvesting behaviour and future harvesting intentions using a logit approach is presented. A Tobit model, which investigates
harvesting intensity, is also developed. The responses to a survey of 386 NIPF owners in Tasmania are used to construct the
data set consisting of socio-economic characteristics of NIPF owners, their forest ownership objectives, and property characteristics.
The current study is innovative in that the role of NIPF owner objectives and attitudes is assessed in three econometric models
exploring past harvesting behaviour, harvesting intensity, and future harvesting intentions. A series of observations can
be made from comparing the results of the three models. For example, higher pulp prices are unlikely to affect NIPF owners
harvesting intentions but are likely to increase harvesting intensity. The financial characteristics of the NIPF owner contribute
most to predicting future harvesting intentions, with financial security being a disincentive to future harvesting. Landowner
objectives and attitudes are important in explaining past harvesting activities and future intentions but do not significantly
affect harvesting intensity. Furthermore, there are significant differences between different types of landowners in terms
of the incentives that are likely to make them change their mind about participating in native forest harvesting. |
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