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In the eye of the stakeholder : the challenges of governing social forest values
This study examines which kinds of social benefits derived from forests are emphasised by Swedish stakeholders and what governance modes and management tools they accept. Our study shows that there exists a great variety among stakeholders’ perceptions of forests’ social values, where tourism and recreation is the most common reference. There are also differences in preferred governance modes and management where biomass and bioenergy sectors advocate business as usual (i.e. framework regulations and voluntarism) and other stakeholders demand rigid tools (i.e. coercion and targeting) and improved landscape planning. This divide will have implications for future policy orientations and require deliberative policy processes and improved dialogue among stakeholders and authorities. We suggest that there is a potential for these improvements, since actors from almost all stakeholder groups support local influence on governance and management, acknowledged and maintained either by the authorities, i.e. targeting, or by the stakeholders themselves, i.e. voluntarism. ; Future Forests
In the eye of the stakeholder : the challenges of governing social forest values
This study examines which kinds of social benefits derived from forests are emphasised by Swedish stakeholders and what governance modes and management tools they accept. Our study shows that there exists a great variety among stakeholders’ perceptions of forests’ social values, where tourism and recreation is the most common reference. There are also differences in preferred governance modes and management where biomass and bioenergy sectors advocate business as usual (i.e. framework regulations and voluntarism) and other stakeholders demand rigid tools (i.e. coercion and targeting) and improved landscape planning. This divide will have implications for future policy orientations and require deliberative policy processes and improved dialogue among stakeholders and authorities. We suggest that there is a potential for these improvements, since actors from almost all stakeholder groups support local influence on governance and management, acknowledged and maintained either by the authorities, i.e. targeting, or by the stakeholders themselves, i.e. voluntarism. ; Future Forests
In the eye of the stakeholder : the challenges of governing social forest values
Sténs, Anna (author) / Bjärstig, Therese (author) / Nordström, Eva-Maria (author) / Sandström, Camilla (author) / Fries, Clas (author) / Johansson, Johanna (author)
2016-01-01
Scopus 2-s2.0-84953439325
Article (Journal)
Electronic Resource
English
stakeholder analysis , Statsvetenskap (exklusive studier av offentlig förvaltning och globaliseringsstudier) , Historia , forest management , social values , History , legal instruments , Political Science (excluding Public Administration Studies and Globalisation Studies) , multiple use forestry , cultural ecosystem services
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710