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Policy forum: Reducing expansion of oil palm plantations into forests through land intensification, agroforestry, and added value creation of processed palm oils 政策论坛：通过土地集约化、农林业和加工棕榈油的附加值创造，减少油棕种植园向森林的扩张

IF 3.8 2区农林科学 Q1 ECONOMICS

Forest Policy and Economics

Pub Date : 2025-08-05 DOI: 10.1016/j.forpol.2025.103582

Meti Ekayani , Fitta Setiajiati , Nugraha Akbar Nurrochmat , Suria Darma Tarigan , Dodik Ridho Nurrochmat , Iskandar Zulkarnaen Siregar , Ulfa Adzkia , Arif Satria , Janne Siregar , Erwin Widodo

President Prabowo's statement at the end of 2024 about expanding oil palm plantations in Indonesia has become a contentious issue in national and international discourses. The discussion heated up because the expansion of oil palm plantations is suspected to be one of the causes of deforestation. However, increasing revenue cannot be achieved only through palm oil plantation expansion but also through land intensification. In addition, with an appropriate strategy, the extensification of oil palm plantations will not always result in deforestation. Based on the 2024 National Forestry Plan (RKTN) evaluation report, not all forest zones are physically forested. It is recorded that 29 million ha of the forest zone are heavily degraded or no longer forested. Thus, developing oil palm-based agroforestry will help to restore those degraded lands. In addition to oil palm-based agroforestry, promoting the added value of processed palm oil is also crucial for meeting state revenue targets with minimal oil palm expansion into forests. This study demonstrates the role of mainstreaming the export of processed palm oils, i.e., Refined Palm Oil (RPO), Oleochemicals (OLM), and Biodiesel, in increasing the added value of palm oil products. This study shows that downstreaming the national palm oil industry is thought to impact the environment positively, create significant economic benefits, and make the palm oil industry more sustainable.

普拉博沃总统在2024年底发表的关于在印尼扩大油棕种植园的声明，已经成为国内和国际舆论中一个有争议的问题。由于油棕种植园的扩张被怀疑是森林砍伐的原因之一，讨论变得激烈起来。然而，增加收入不能仅仅通过扩大棕榈油种植，还要通过土地集约化来实现。此外，如果采取适当的策略，油棕种植园的扩大并不总是会导致森林砍伐。根据2024年国家林业计划（RKTN）的评估报告，并非所有的森林区域都是自然森林。据记录，有2 900万公顷的林区严重退化或不再有森林。因此，发展油棕农林业将有助于恢复退化的土地。除了以油棕为基础的农林业外，提高加工棕榈油的附加值对于实现国家收入目标也至关重要，同时尽量减少油棕向森林的扩张。本研究证明了将加工棕榈油（即精炼棕榈油（RPO）、油脂化学品（OLM）和生物柴油）的出口主流化在增加棕榈油产品附加值方面的作用。本研究表明，国家棕榈油产业的下游被认为对环境产生积极影响，创造显著的经济效益，并使棕榈油产业更具可持续性。

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Policy integration and coherence of EU and Finnish forest policy 欧盟和芬兰森林政策的政策一体化和一致性

IF 3.8 2区农林科学 Q1 ECONOMICS

Forest Policy and Economics

Pub Date : 2025-07-31 DOI: 10.1016/j.forpol.2025.103586

Hanna Siiskonen, Jukka Tikkanen, Jouni Pykäläinen

Forests are increasingly subject to competing demands, including their role as carbon sinks, reservoirs of biodiversity, sources of raw material and renewable energy. Although the European Union (EU) has no competence to regulate common forest policy, forest-related issues are addressed across multiple policy domains, which often creates challenges for policy coherence. In the recent years, the EU-level governance has expanded significantly through legal bases that directly or indirectly impact forests.

We conducted an ex-post analysis of forest policy integration and coherence of EU and Finnish forest policy during the period 1995 to 2024. We examined how EU forest policy has developed, and whether the EU level development has been coherent with the development of Finnish forest policy. Our data comprised 66 regulatory policy instruments which were analysed using document analysis and policy-analytical framework.

We identified three distinct policy eras in EU forest policy: the era of sustainable forest management, the era of bioeconomy, and the era of ecological crisis. These eras reflect transitions in policy priorities – from production-oriented approach an increasing urgency around climate and biodiversity crises. Policy objectives between EU and Finland were largely aligned during the two first eras but diverged during the era of ecological crisis.

Overall, the fragmented multi-sectoral governance of EU forest policy presents significant challenges to achieving policy integration and coherence. Enhancing policy integration and coherence in EU forest policy requires effective consideration and reconciliation of the diverse range of benefits that forests provide within the policy-making process.

森林日益受到各种相互竞争的需求的影响，包括它们作为碳汇、生物多样性储存库、原材料和可再生能源来源的作用。虽然欧洲联盟（欧盟）没有管理共同森林政策的能力，但与森林有关的问题是跨多个政策领域处理的，这往往给政策一致性带来挑战。近年来，通过直接或间接影响森林的法律基础，欧盟层面的治理得到了显著扩展。我们对1995年至2024年期间欧盟和芬兰森林政策的整合和一致性进行了事后分析。我们研究了欧盟森林政策是如何发展的，以及欧盟层面的发展是否与芬兰森林政策的发展相一致。我们的数据包括66个监管政策工具，使用文件分析和政策分析框架进行分析。我们确定了欧盟森林政策的三个不同的政策时代：可持续森林管理时代、生物经济时代和生态危机时代。这些时代反映了政策重点的转变——从以生产为导向的方法转向日益紧迫的气候和生物多样性危机。欧盟和芬兰之间的政策目标在最初的两个时期基本一致，但在生态危机时期出现分歧。总体而言，欧盟森林政策的碎片化多部门治理对实现政策一体化和一致性提出了重大挑战。加强欧盟森林政策的政策一体化和一致性需要在决策过程中有效地考虑和协调森林提供的各种各样的利益。

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Assessing the potential of the ‘typical forest enterprise approach’ for research in forest economics and application in policy making: A comparative analysis based on five national case studies 评估“典型森林企业方法”在森林经济学研究和政策制定中的应用的潜力：基于五个国家案例研究的比较分析

IF 3.8 2区农林科学 Q1 ECONOMICS

Forest Policy and Economics

Pub Date : 2025-07-30 DOI: 10.1016/j.forpol.2025.103587

Lydia Rosenkranz , Mario Peters , Walter Sekot , Jussi Leppänen , Milan Šinko , Silvio Schueler , Björn Seintsch

Small-scale private forest enterprises (SSPFEs) play an important role in the forest sector in many EU member states. However, unlike large-scale or publicly-owned forest enterprises, they are often not included in statistical surveys. This results in a lack of elementary basic economic data on wood production on SSPFEs, which is a prerequisite for effective policy implementation and impact assessment across the EU. To address this data gap, this pilot study examines the potential application of a modified “Typical Enterprise Approach” (TEA) to forestry for the first time for SSPFE in Austria, Finland, Germany, Slovenia, and Sweden. In the TEA, models of enterprises are constructed, reflecting the typical conditions and management practices in a specific region or country. For our study, extensive literature research and expert interviews were selected to identify typical companies and depict their wood production system with key performance indicators. Our findings show, that despite sharing EU membership and common political and legal frameworks, data availability, typical enterprise characterization and cost and revenue structures vary across the five countries. Notwithstanding further need of refinement, the TEA has the potential to serve as a key source for understanding different wood production systems and for providing socio-economic key figures. By providing comprehensive and consistent data from typical enterprises, a refined TEA can help to estimate the geographical variation, identify best practices and contribute to enhancing the sustainability of SSPFEs. Therefore, a permanent establishment of an international TEA network in forestry would be highly beneficial.

小型私营森林企业在许多欧盟成员国的森林部门发挥着重要作用。然而，与大型或公有森林企业不同，它们往往不包括在统计调查之内。这导致缺乏关于森林森林森林木材生产的基本经济数据，而这是整个欧盟有效政策实施和影响评估的先决条件。为了解决这一数据缺口，本试点研究首次探讨了在奥地利、芬兰、德国、斯洛文尼亚和瑞典的SSPFE中，将改进的“典型企业方法”（TEA）应用于林业的可能性。在TEA中，构建企业模型，反映特定地区或国家的典型情况和管理实践。在我们的研究中，我们选择了广泛的文献研究和专家访谈来确定典型的公司，并用关键绩效指标描述他们的木材生产系统。我们的研究结果表明，尽管这五个国家都是欧盟成员国，有着共同的政治和法律框架，但数据的可用性、典型的企业特征以及成本和收入结构在这五个国家之间各不相同。尽管需要进一步改进，TEA仍有可能成为了解不同木材生产系统和提供社会经济关键数字的关键来源。通过提供来自典型企业的全面和一致的数据，完善的TEA可以帮助估计地理差异，确定最佳做法，并有助于提高SSPFEs的可持续性。因此，永久性地建立一个国际林业TEA网络将是非常有益的。

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Marketing of NTFPs by forest-dependent communities in Maharashtra, India: Alternative models for state support 印度马哈拉施特拉邦依赖森林的社区销售非森林保护区：国家支持的替代模式

IF 4 2区农林科学 Q1 ECONOMICS

Forest Policy and Economics

Pub Date : 2025-07-28 DOI: 10.1016/j.forpol.2025.103584

Anuja Anil Date , Sharachchandra Lele

Studies show that forest dependent communities (FDCs) can improve economic outcomes through community-based forest enterprises (CFEs) based on timber harvest and sale. In India, since FDCs do not have rights to timber even under decentralization laws, they must rely on unpredictable non-timber forest product (NTFP) markets for economic benefits. Additionally, their enterprises would have to compete with pre-existing well-funded state-assisted NTFP marketing institutions. Few studies have focused on CFE performance under such challenging conditions. Recently, FDCs in Maharashtra (India) have formed ‘Village Federations (VFs)’ specially for marketing an important NTFP: tendu (Diospyros melanoxylon) leaves. In this study, we ask whether small-scale, self-financed VFs improve economic outcomes for FDCs as compared to state-assisted NTFP marketing institutions, and what key operational choices lead to those outcomes. We conduct a multi-dimensional assessment of economic outcomes including price and quantity of leaves sold, proportion-timing-accessibility of payments, administrative costs, creation of buffer funds; and compare two VFs and two state-assisted marketing institutions. We find that VFs consistently secured higher prices, enabled faster payments, lowered administrative costs, and created community buffer funds in contrast to the state-assisted models. VFs achieved this through more efficient leaf production, and better management of leaf collection centers, among other measures, to improve operations. The underlying reason for VFs being able to improve operations is that their sole purpose is marketing NTFPs and, unlike the state-assisted counterparts, they are unhindered by other objectives. Further studies can help identify financial and institutional pathways to strengthen VFs and their impact on forest-dependent communities.

研究表明，森林依赖型社区（fdc）可以通过以木材采伐和销售为基础的社区森林企业（CFEs）改善经济成果。在印度，由于森林发展中国家即使根据权力下放法也没有木材权利，它们必须依靠不可预测的非木材林产品市场来获得经济利益。此外，他们的企业将不得不与已有的资金充足的国家资助的NTFP营销机构竞争。很少有研究关注CFE在如此具有挑战性的条件下的表现。最近，马哈拉施特拉邦（印度）的森林种植中心成立了“村联合会”，专门用于销售一种重要的非热带植物保护食品：腾度（黑梭梭）叶。在本研究中，我们探讨了与国家资助的NTFP营销机构相比，小规模、自筹资金的VFs是否改善了fdc的经济成果，以及哪些关键的运营选择导致了这些结果。我们对经济成果进行多维度评估，包括销售树叶的价格和数量、付款的比例-时间-可及性、行政成本、缓冲基金的创建；并比较两个VFs和两个国家资助的营销机构。我们发现，与国家资助的模式相比，虚拟货币始终能够确保更高的价格，实现更快的支付，降低管理成本，并创建社区缓冲基金。VFs通过更有效的叶片生产和更好的叶片收集中心管理以及其他措施来改善运营，实现了这一目标。虚拟货币基金能够改进业务的根本原因是，它们的唯一目的是推销国家森林产品，与国家援助的对口单位不同，它们不受其他目标的阻碍。进一步的研究可以帮助确定财政和体制途径，以加强生态多样性及其对依赖森林的社区的影响。

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Optimizing forest planning: Balancing timber production and carbon sequestration through a multi-objective disjunctive formulation 优化森林规划：通过多目标分离公式平衡木材生产和碳封存

IF 4 2区农林科学 Q1 ECONOMICS

Forest Policy and Economics

Pub Date : 2025-07-23 DOI: 10.1016/j.forpol.2025.103575

Frank Piedra-Jimenez , Diego Broz , Juan M. Novas , Ignacio E. Grossmann , Maria Analia Rodriguez

This work introduces a multi-objective model for the Forest Planning Problem (FPP), designed to optimize forest management by determining the best combination of silvicultural treatments, land harvesting proportions, net carbon sequestration, and timber flow. Using Generalized Disjunctive Programming (GDP), the model addresses two conflicting objectives: maximizing net present value and maximizing

C O_{2}

sequestration, while accounting for carbon sequestration losses from third parties. The model is reformulated as a mixed-integer linear programming (MILP) problem using both Hull reformulation and Big-M reformulation and validated with data from a forest company in Misiones, Argentina. Results show that increasing forest area reduces reliance on external timber, and that stand characteristics and diverse prescriptions are more effective for improving

C O_{2}

sequestration than simply expanding forest area. Additionally, the Hull reformulation proves more robust for complex problems, while Big-M is advantageous for simpler cases.

本研究为森林规划问题（FPP）引入了一个多目标模型，旨在通过确定造林处理、土地采伐比例、净碳封存和木材流量的最佳组合来优化森林管理。利用广义析取规划（GDP），该模型解决了两个相互冲突的目标：最大化净现值和最大化二氧化碳固存，同时考虑了来自第三方的碳固存损失。该模型使用Hull重组和Big-M重组将其重新表述为混合整数线性规划（MILP）问题，并使用阿根廷Misiones一家森林公司的数据进行验证。结果表明，增加森林面积减少了对外部木材的依赖，林分特征和多样化处方比单纯扩大森林面积更有效地提高了CO2的固碳能力。此外，对于复杂的问题，Hull的重新表述被证明是更健壮的，而Big-M对于更简单的情况是有利的。

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Dismiss, ignore or integrate – The Swedish parliamentary parties' arguments on the new EU Forest strategy for 2030 驳回、忽视或整合——瑞典议会各党派关于2030年欧盟新森林战略的争论

IF 4 2区农林科学 Q1 ECONOMICS

Forest Policy and Economics

Pub Date : 2025-07-21 DOI: 10.1016/j.forpol.2025.103581

Alice Annetorp, Johanna Johansson

To address the critical consequences of climate change and achieve the environmental goals of Agenda 2030, the former European Commission launched the European Green Deal. To enhance the sustainable use of forests, the flagship initiative – the EU Forest Strategy for 2030 – aims to mitigate climate change and halt biodiversity loss across Europe by leveraging the role of forests. As one of Europe's most forested countries, Sweden has a significant responsibility in meeting these targets. Our study examined the perspectives and positions of Swedish parliamentary parties on the strategy and upcoming regulations, emphasizing the socio-economic functions of forests and their protection, restoration, and enlargement. The arguments were analyzed using an argumentative analysis targeting three main strategies: the adversarial strategy, the dismissive strategy, and the accommodative strategy. This analysis shows whether a political party integrates, dismisses, or ignores the political issue in their agenda. The results show that most Swedish parties expressed explicit negative concerns, arguing that the strategy threatens national sovereignty and current forest management practices of rotational forestry. Left-wing parties and the Green Party tended to integrate the issue, right-wing parties were more likely to ignore or dismiss it, and centrist parties used all three strategies, leaning towards ignoring and dismissing. By understanding these differences, we can better anticipate the implications for current and upcoming regulatory discussions and how they might shape Sweden's stance on future EU policy developments.

为了应对气候变化的严重后果，实现《2030年议程》的环境目标，前欧盟委员会启动了《欧洲绿色协议》。为了加强森林的可持续利用，旗舰倡议《欧盟2030年森林战略》旨在通过发挥森林的作用，减缓气候变化，遏制整个欧洲的生物多样性丧失。作为欧洲森林覆盖率最高的国家之一，瑞典在实现这些目标方面负有重大责任。我们的研究考察了瑞典议会各党派对该战略和即将出台的法规的观点和立场，强调森林的社会经济功能及其保护、恢复和扩大。对这些论点进行了论证分析，针对三种主要策略：对抗策略、不屑一顾策略和适应策略。这一分析表明，一个政党是否整合、忽视或忽视了其议程中的政治问题。结果表明，大多数瑞典各方明确表达了负面关切，认为该战略威胁到国家主权和目前轮作林业的森林管理实践。左翼政党和绿党倾向于整合这个问题，右翼政党更有可能忽视或忽视它，中间派政党使用了这三种策略，倾向于忽视和忽视。通过了解这些差异，我们可以更好地预测当前和即将到来的监管讨论的影响，以及它们如何影响瑞典对未来欧盟政策发展的立场。

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Impact of economic growth and agricultural expansion on forest cover in ASEAN: New evidence for forest transition theory 经济增长和农业扩张对东盟森林覆盖的影响：森林转型理论的新证据

IF 4 2区农林科学 Q1 ECONOMICS

Forest Policy and Economics

Pub Date : 2025-07-18 DOI: 10.1016/j.forpol.2025.103576

Caihong Tang, Yunfei Long, Yu Tang, Yunyi Mao

This research aims to analyze the impact of economic growth and agricultural expansion on forest resources in six developing ASEAN countries. Data from 1990 to 2022 are employed. The estimation methods applied are regression with Driscoll-Kraay standard errors, feasible generalized least squares, and quantile regression. The results find that economic growth leads to forest resources decline in the early stage, while with the continuous economic development and increase of people's awareness about environment protection, economic growth starts promoting forests recovery in ASEAN countries. It implies that the relation between economic growth and forest cover is a U-shaped trajectory, which supports Forest Transition Theory. Moreover, this research finds the impact of economic growth on forest resources loss is much stronger in lower quantiles and weaker in higher quantiles, suggesting countries initially with lower forest cover are more vulnerable economic growth pressures. Agricultural expansion is also found a significant driver of forest cover decline in ASEAN. Additionally, regression results show that population growth significantly contributes to forest cover decrease in ASEAN. The empirical results in this study provide insightful information to help policymakers strike a balance between sustainable forest management and economic development in ASEAN.

本研究旨在分析东盟六个发展中国家的经济增长和农业扩张对森林资源的影响。采用1990年至2022年的数据。应用的估计方法有Driscoll-Kraay标准误差回归、可行广义最小二乘法和分位数回归。结果发现，经济增长在初期导致森林资源减少，随着经济的不断发展和人们环保意识的提高，经济增长开始促进东盟国家森林的恢复。这意味着经济增长与森林覆盖之间的关系是u型的，这支持了森林转型理论。此外，本研究还发现，经济增长对森林资源损失的影响在低分位数中要大得多，在高分位数中要弱得多，这表明最初森林覆盖率较低的国家更容易受到经济增长压力的影响。农业扩张也被认为是东盟森林覆盖下降的一个重要驱动因素。此外，回归结果显示人口增长对东盟森林覆盖减少有显著贡献。本研究的实证结果为东盟政策制定者在森林可持续经营与经济发展之间取得平衡提供了有见地的信息。

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Factors affecting farmers' intentions to adopt of small-scale afforestation measures in Ireland: An application of the theory of planned behaviour 影响爱尔兰农民采取小规模造林措施意愿的因素：计划行为理论的应用

IF 4 2区农林科学 Q1 ECONOMICS

Forest Policy and Economics

Pub Date : 2025-07-17 DOI: 10.1016/j.forpol.2025.103577

Zohreh Rafiee , James Breen , Kevin Kilcline , Mohammad Mohammadrezaei

Small-Scale Afforestation Measures (SSAMs) recently introduced under the Common Agricultural Policy, aim to help meet Ireland's afforestation goals and achieve net-zero emissions by 2050. However, little is known about farmers' willingness to adopt SSAMs and the factors influencing their intentions. This study explains farmers' intentions to adopt SSAMs using the Theory of Planned Behaviour in Ireland. A quantitative, cross-sectional survey was conducted with a nationally representative sample of Irish farmers (n = 563) through the Teagasc National Farm Survey. Structural Equation Modelling (SEM) was employed to examine the direct and indirect effects of Attitudes (ATT), Subjective Norm (SNs), and Perceived Behavioural Control (PBC) on farmers' intentions to adopt SSAMs. The results revealed that farmers were generally neutral in their willingness to adopt SSAMs, showing a slight preference for planting under the Agri-Climate Rural Environmental scheme. SEM analysis indicated that SNs were the strongest predictor of farmers' intentions, directly (β = 0.25) and indirectly (β = 0.39), positively influencing the intention. Among the SN related influences, the perceived financial importance of afforestation promoted by main influential bodies emerged as the most significant factor shaping farmers' intentions. ATT (β = 0.44) was the second strongest predictor, with farmers holding positive environmental beliefs but slightly negative ATT towards the economic and land permanence aspects of SSAMs. PBC (β = 0.23) also positively influenced intentions, with farmers reporting low control/confidence due to a lack of technical knowledge, limited access to expert advice, and administrative burdens. This study highlights the importance of social influences and the need for community-based knowledge-sharing to support farmers in adopting SSAMs.

最近在共同农业政策下引入的小规模造林措施（SSAMs）旨在帮助爱尔兰实现造林目标，到2050年实现净零排放。然而，关于农民采用SSAMs的意愿和影响其意愿的因素却知之甚少。本研究利用计划行为理论解释了爱尔兰农民采用SSAMs的意图。通过Teagasc国家农场调查，对具有全国代表性的爱尔兰农民样本（n = 563）进行了定量的横断面调查。采用结构方程模型（SEM）研究了态度（ATT）、主观规范（SNs）和感知行为控制（PBC）对农户采用自主农业管理方式意愿的直接和间接影响。结果显示，农民对采用ssam的意愿总体上是中性的，对农业-气候-农村环境计划下的种植有轻微的偏好。SEM分析表明，社交网络是农户意愿的最强预测因子，直接（β = 0.25）和间接（β = 0.39）正向影响农户意愿。在与森林保护相关的影响因素中，主要影响机构对造林经济重要性的认知是影响农民意愿的最重要因素。ATT （β = 0.44）是第二强的预测因子，农民对SSAMs的经济和土地持久性方面持积极态度，但ATT略负。PBC （β = 0.23）也对意愿产生积极影响，农民报告由于缺乏技术知识、获得专家建议的机会有限以及行政负担，控制/信心较低。这项研究强调了社会影响的重要性和以社区为基础的知识共享的必要性，以支持农民采用ssam。

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From narrative to actions: Theoretical framework for the integration of reframed narratives into New Zealand's agricultural policy 从叙事到行动：将重构叙事融入新西兰农业政策的理论框架

IF 4 2区农林科学 Q1 ECONOMICS

Forest Policy and Economics

Pub Date : 2025-07-17 DOI: 10.1016/j.forpol.2025.103583

M. Kirchner

New Zealand's food and fibre sector causes manifold environmental problems, ranging from greater levels of nitrogen and phosphorus in freshwater streams to immense biodiversity losses. New Zealand's politics intend to improve its environmental performance in land use practices. The “Moving the Middle” (MtM) research project aims to contribute to this goal by influencing land managers' surrounding systems and system dynamics using leverage points. The aim of the paper is to shed light on the processes of how narratives could lead to actions. This research gap has been largely ignored by idea-based approaches, especially at the empirical level, by not providing observable methods and tools to analyse power. We want to discover how reframed narratives can be effectively transferred into practice using interest and power mechanisms that leverage system changes to actors who influence land use. To answer the question and test our three hypotheses, we developed a narrative definition based on the Actor-centred power approach and adapted the Research-Integration-Utilisation model for knowledge transfer to transfer reframed narratives to actors. Within a pre-test, our results revealed that the existing narratives in New Zealand's land use sector consisted of dominant and shared information. Furthermore, we identified and characterised four different integration forums where reframed narratives could be introduced. From a theoretical perspective, the study bridges the interest-based theory and the idea-based post-positivist-constructivist world views at an empirical-analytical level.

新西兰的食品和纤维行业造成了多方面的环境问题，从淡水溪流中氮和磷含量升高到生物多样性的巨大损失。新西兰政府打算在土地使用实践中改善其环境绩效。“移动中间”（MtM）研究项目旨在通过利用杠杆点影响土地管理者的周边系统和系统动态来实现这一目标。本文的目的是阐明叙述如何导致行动的过程。这一研究差距在很大程度上被基于思想的方法所忽视，特别是在经验层面上，因为没有提供可观察的方法和工具来分析权力。我们希望发现如何利用利益和权力机制将重新构建的叙事有效地转化为实践，这些机制将系统变化转化为影响土地使用的行为者。为了回答这个问题并检验我们的三个假设，我们基于行动者为中心的权力方法开发了一个叙事定义，并调整了知识转移的研究-整合-利用模型，将重新构建的叙事转移给行动者。在预测试中，我们的结果显示，新西兰土地利用部门的现有叙述由主导和共享信息组成。此外，我们确定并描述了四种不同的整合论坛，在这些论坛中可以引入重新定义的叙述。在理论层面上，本研究在实证分析层面上将以利益为基础的理论与以观念为基础的后实证主义-建构主义世界观进行了衔接。

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From asking “would I be ready?” to “would I belong?”: Preparedness perceptions of forest and natural resources university students in the United States to enter the workforce 从问“我准备好了吗？”到“我属于哪里？”：对森林和自然资源的准备认知美国大学生进入劳动力市场

IF 4 2区农林科学 Q1 ECONOMICS

Forest Policy and Economics

Pub Date : 2025-07-17 DOI: 10.1016/j.forpol.2025.103580

Kamana Chamlagain , Pipiet Larasatie , Elena Rubino , Shanna Knowles

Despite its economic contribution, the forest and related natural resource (FNR) sector in the U.S. faces significant challenges, which higher education has been instrumental in overcoming. This study aims to investigate the patterns of entry of university students into the FNR workforce, with a focus on their perceptions of preparedness to enter the workforce. We followed the perceived fit theory as a framework to model students' preparedness.

Based on survey results, we found students chose “analysis, synthesis, and critical skills” as their highest level of competency development. However, within the same measurement, the recruiters placed significantly high importance on “responsibility and perseverance” competency. We discuss the differences in perceptions between Gen X recruiters and Gen Z students from generational perspectives in the workplace. Furthermore, we highlight the broader competency units that these students and recruiters have selected. Theoretically, “analysis, synthesis, and critical skills” and “responsibility and perseverance” are grouped into “lifelong learning.” However, despite lifelong learning being considered essential for cultivating a versatile, adaptive, and employable workforce, further analysis reveals a significant negative correlation between students' lifelong learning competencies and their perceived preparedness for entering the workforce. The significant negative correlation is also found on student respondents who identified themselves as Black, or woman, or other gender identity, suggesting the less sense of belonging. Leaders of the FNR program could facilitate chances for students to articulate their experiences of belonging, through mentorship or networking based on shared social identities or life stages.

尽管对经济做出了贡献，但美国的森林及相关自然资源（FNR）部门面临着重大挑战，而高等教育在克服这些挑战方面发挥了重要作用。本研究旨在调查大学生进入FNR劳动力的模式，重点关注他们对进入劳动力市场的准备程度的看法。我们遵循感知契合理论作为一个框架来模拟学生的准备。根据调查结果，我们发现学生选择“分析、综合和批判技能”作为他们的最高能力发展水平。然而，在同样的测量中，招聘人员对“责任和毅力”能力的重视程度非常高。我们从工作场所的代际角度讨论了X一代招聘人员和Z一代学生在观念上的差异。此外，我们强调了这些学生和招聘人员选择的更广泛的能力单元。从理论上讲，“分析、综合和批判技能”和“责任和毅力”被归为“终身学习”。然而，尽管终身学习被认为是培养多能、适应性强、就业能力强的劳动力的必要条件，但进一步的分析表明，学生的终身学习能力与他们进入劳动力市场的准备程度之间存在显著的负相关。在认为自己是黑人、女性或其他性别认同的学生受访者中，也发现了显著的负相关，这表明归属感较弱。FNR项目的领导者可以通过基于共同的社会身份或生活阶段的指导或网络，为学生提供机会，让他们表达自己的归属感经历。

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