Kansalaismielipide metsien suojelusta ja talouskäytöstä.

TutkimusartikkeliTutkimuksessa tarkasteltiin suuren yleisön metsien talouskäyttöön ja suojeluun liittyviä asenteita haastatteluaineiston perusteella. Kansalaisista runsas kolmasosa oli luettavissa metsien talouskäytön lisäämistä kannattaviin ja neljäsosa suojelun lisäämistä kannattaviin. Noin 40 prosenttia suomalaisista kannatti samanaikaisesti sekä metsien talouskäytön että suojelun lisäämistä tai vastusti kumpaakin. Väestön taustapiirteillä kyettiin selittämään vain osittain metsien käyttöön liittyviä asenteita. Suojelumyönteisten metsätiedot olivat talouskäytön kannattajia vähäisemmät. Metsänomistajissa oli suojelun kannattajia lähes saman verran kuin metsää omistamattomissa kansalaisissa mutta talouskäytön kannattajia selvästi enemmän

Do forest owners share the public's values? An application of Schwartz's value theory.

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Metsien omistaminen ja käyttö – onko sukupuolella väliä?

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Forest Owners’ Willingness to Implement Measures to Safeguard Biodiversity: Values, Attitudes, Ecological Worldview and Forest Ownership Objectives : Values, Attitudes, Ecological Worldview and Forest Ownership Objectives

The effective implementation and development of conservation schemes to which participation of forest owners is voluntary, requires an understanding of forest owners’ views on measures to safeguard forest biodiversity. The Forest Biodiversity Program for Southern Finland is currently the most important instrument of voluntary forest conservation in Finland. The aim of this study is to explore what kind of methods the forest owners are willing to implement to safeguard biodiversity in their own forests and to identify forest owner groups based on these views. The aim is also to compare forest owners’ values, attitudes, endorsement of an ecological worldview and objectives for forest ownership as well as the background characteristics in these groups. The data were collected in 2015, by a nationwide mail survey sent to 3000 Finnish family forest owners (n = 1035). Five forest owner types were identified: Conservationists, Moderate conservationists, Compensation oriented, Promoters of biodiversity through forest management and Uninterested. Previous experience of implementation of voluntary measures to safeguard biodiversity and positive attitudes towards conservation were important in explaining the willingness to adopt conservation measures. The results can be utilized in developing voluntary conservation programs and in targeting advisory services related to biodiversity protection to different forest owner groups more accurately. The results support the need for flexible voluntary conservation programs, including a large variety of mechanisms to protect nature values in family owned forests.Peer reviewe

Forest values and the objectives of forest ownership.

Dissertation + 4 original papers