Do male and female family forest landowners have different training needs? A case study from Georgia, United States

IF 4 2区 农林科学 Q1 ECONOMICS Forest Policy and Economics Pub Date : 2024-03-29 DOI:10.1016/j.forpol.2024.103205
Kanchana Balasubramanian , Anne Mook , Parag Kadam , Puneet Dwivedi
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In the southern United States, female forest landowners (FeFLs) are an important stakeholder group as they make up 27% (about 450,000) of family forest landowners and hold 21% (about 30 million acres) of the total forestlands. Despite FeFLs' increasing role in forestry, they are less actively involved in forest management than male forest landowners. This could be attributed to a general lack of understanding about gender-based training needs in sustainable forest management. In this context, we surveyed 246 forest landowners in Georgia, a major forestry state in the United States, to gauge the levels of perceived knowledge and interest in learning about 12 forest management topics. We determined the competency gaps in forest management using the Borich's Needs Assessment Model. Our results indicate that the priority topics of training needs were consistent regardless of the landowners' forest management objective. Gender-based disparities highlighted that FeFLs had a significantly lower perceived knowledge level across 11 out of 12 topics than their male counterparts. Further, FeFLs required training in all 12 topics of forest management. The top five priority topics, in order, were tree disease management, forest insect pest management, timber taxes, nuisance wildlife management, and environmental education. To bolster the competency and capacity of FeFLs in sustainable forest management, we suggest implementing targeted training, encouraging peer-to-peer learning, and elevating female forestry professionals in Georgia and other states in the region.

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在美国南部,女性林地所有者(FeFLs)是一个重要的利益相关者群体,她们占家庭林地所有者的 27%(约 450,000 人),拥有林地总面积的 21%(约 3,000 万英亩)。尽管家庭林地所有者在林业中发挥着越来越重要的作用,但与男性林地所有者相比,他们参与森林管理的积极性较低。这可能是由于对可持续森林管理中基于性别的培训需求普遍缺乏了解。在这种情况下,我们对美国主要林业州佐治亚州的 246 名林地所有者进行了调查,以了解他们对 12 个森林管理主题的认知水平和学习兴趣。我们使用 Borich 需求评估模型确定了森林管理方面的能力差距。我们的结果表明,无论土地所有者的森林管理目标如何,培训需求的优先主题是一致的。性别差异突出表明,在 12 个主题中,羽林所有者对其中 11 个主题的认知水平明显低于男性。此外,FeFLs 需要在所有 12 个森林管理主题方面接受培训。前五个优先主题依次是树木疾病管理、森林虫害管理、木材税、有害野生动物管理和环境教育。为了提高女性林业专业人员在可持续森林管理方面的能力,我们建议在佐治亚州和该地区的其他州开展有针对性的培训,鼓励同行之间相互学习,并提升女性林业专业人员的地位。
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Forest Policy and Economics
Forest Policy and Economics 农林科学-林学
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期刊介绍: Forest Policy and Economics is a leading scientific journal that publishes peer-reviewed policy and economics research relating to forests, forested landscapes, forest-related industries, and other forest-relevant land uses. It also welcomes contributions from other social sciences and humanities perspectives that make clear theoretical, conceptual and methodological contributions to the existing state-of-the-art literature on forests and related land use systems. These disciplines include, but are not limited to, sociology, anthropology, human geography, history, jurisprudence, planning, development studies, and psychology research on forests. Forest Policy and Economics is global in scope and publishes multiple article types of high scientific standard. Acceptance for publication is subject to a double-blind peer-review process.
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