Deciphering the plot preferences of forest contractors when purchasing stumpage through conjoint analysis

IF 4 2区 农林科学 Q1 ECONOMICS Forest Policy and Economics Pub Date : 2024-06-27 DOI:10.1016/j.forpol.2024.103283
Laura Alonso , Juan Picos , Maria del Carmen Iglesias-Pérez , David Iglesias-González , Julia Armesto
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In order to have sustainable wood value chains, it is essential to understand the factors that determine the incorporation of wood resources into them. Forest contractors are among the key players in this process. This study evaluates the preferences of forest contractors when purchasing forest parcels. The variables considered are: slope of the terrain, distance to the nearest road, parcel size, parcel shape, and the fragmentation of the surrounding land. The study area is Galicia, a region in northwestern Spain that is dominated by small-scale family forestry. An Attribute Levels Survey was designed to establish threshold values of the considered variables to afterwards perform a Choice Based Conjoint Analysis (CBCA). The CBCA allowed to analyze the preferences of forest contractors in relation to the values of these variables and their relative importance. Also, it allowed to generate a map of the level of preference for all the Galician forest parcels with individual, private ownership. The most noteworthy result of this survey was that size greatly impacts the preference of timber contractors, preceded by slope and followed by distance to roads. These results will aid in the design of landscape-scale policies in a geospatial dimension, like the promotion of forest associations, and will lead to an improvement in the sustainability of wood supply.

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通过联合分析解读森林承包商在购买立木时的地块偏好
要建立可持续的木材价值链,就必须了解决定将木材资源纳入价值链的各种因素。森林承包商是这一过程中的关键参与者之一。本研究评估了森林承包商在购买林地时的偏好。考虑的变量包括:地形坡度、与最近公路的距离、地块大小、地块形状以及周围土地的破碎程度。研究区域为加利西亚,该地区位于西班牙西北部,以小规模家庭林业为主。 我们设计了一项属性水平调查,以确定所考虑变量的临界值,然后进行基于选择的联合分析 (CBCA)。通过 CBCA,可以分析森林承包商对这些变量值及其相对重要性的偏好。此外,它还能绘制出加利西亚所有个人私有林地的偏好程度图。此次调查最值得注意的结果是,面积对木材承包商的偏好有很大影响,其次是坡度,再次是与道路的距离。这些结果将有助于设计地理空间维度的景观尺度政策,如促进森林协会的发展,从而提高木材供应的可持续性。
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Forest Policy and Economics
Forest Policy and Economics 农林科学-林学
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148
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21.9 weeks
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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