Actors, discourses and relations in the Finnish newspapers' forest discussion: Enabling or constraining the sustainability transition?

IF 4 2区 农林科学 Q1 ECONOMICS Forest Policy and Economics Pub Date : 2024-09-19 DOI:10.1016/j.forpol.2024.103331
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In many countries with plentiful forest resources, forests are at the core of the agendas to achieve sustainable societies. However, there is plenty of disagreement among societal actors about forest-related issues. This is also the case in Finland, where culture and income have traditionally relied on the forests. However, promoting the sustainability transition requires in-depth knowledge of the involved actors. The main goal of this article is to identify key actors, their discourses and relations in the Finnish newspaper discussion on forests and their utilization. The data consists of the leading national newspaper Helsingin Sanomat (HS) and Maaseudun Tulevaisuus (MT), which is addressed to rural actors. The sample consists of 283 articles from 2019 to 2021. Critical discourse analysis was chosen as the method of analysis. The key actors in HS were the researchers and politicians and in MT the forest-based companies, forest owners and their interest organizations. In MT hegemonic discourses originated from the needs of forest owners and businesses whereas in HS the forest per se was the origin of many discourses, with a focus on forest-related policies and environmental sustainability. In both newspapers, politicians were seen as the most powerful actors steering the forest-related transition. Otherwise, direct discussion of power relations was almost non-existent. Forest industries were criticized rarely, and large companies had a passive role in the debates. Market sector actors hold existing structures, creating structural power that hampers the change. However, there are signals that many actors are seeking platforms to create shared understandings.

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芬兰报纸森林讨论中的行为者、言论和关系:促进还是制约可持续性转型?
在许多拥有丰富森林资源的国家,森林是实现可持续社会议程的核心。然而,在与森林相关的问题上,社会参与者之间存在着大量分歧。芬兰的情况也是如此,芬兰的文化和收入历来依赖于森林。然而,促进可持续发展转型需要对相关参与者有深入的了解。本文的主要目的是确定芬兰报纸关于森林及其利用的讨论中的主要参与者、他们的论述和关系。数据包括主要的全国性报纸《赫尔辛基新闻报》(Helsingin Sanomat,HS)和面向农村参与者的《Maaseudun Tulevaisuus》(MT)。样本包括 2019 年至 2021 年的 283 篇文章。分析方法采用批判性话语分析。HS 中的主要参与者是研究人员和政治家,而 MT 中的主要参与者是以森林为基础的公司、森林所有者及其利益组织。在 MT 中,霸权话语源于森林所有者和企业的需求,而在 HS 中,森林本身是许多话语的源头,重点是与森林相关的政策和环境可持续性。在这两份报纸中,政治家都被视为引导与森林有关的转型的最有力的行动者。除此之外,几乎没有关于权力关系的直接讨论。林业很少受到批评,大公司在辩论中处于被动地位。市场部门的参与者掌握着现有的结构,形成了阻碍变革的结构性权力。然而,有迹象表明,许多行动者正在寻求建立共同理解的平台。
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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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