Pub Date : 2025-01-03DOI: 10.1016/j.forpol.2024.103402
Krzysztof Niedziałkowski, Agata Konczal, Marcin Mielewczyk
In recent years, numerous initiatives and instruments from the European Union have aimed to address climate change. As a result, forest policies of member states—formally outside the EU's direct competencies—have come under increasing pressure from the EU. Member states' responses have varied, largely influenced by their unique socio-economic and political contexts regarding forest policies. This paper examines the impact of an authoritarian shift in Poland, observed from 2015 to 2023, on the responsiveness of domestic forest policy and key policy actors to European policy stimuli. To this end, we collected and analysed data on forest policy development through desk research and 30 semi-structured interviews with representatives of key stakeholder groups. We interpreted the results using the Advocacy Coalition Framework. Our findings suggest that the authoritarian context in Poland initially strengthened eurosceptic attitudes among dominant actors in the forest policy subsystem, hindering the implementation of new measures aimed at addressing climate change and biodiversity decline. However, autocratic policymaking gradually weakened the coherence of the dominant forest coalition, compromised the social legitimacy of foresters, and positioned forest-related issues within a clear party-political framework. Consequently, the major external shock to the subsystem—the 2023 general elections and the subsequent change in government—opened a window of opportunity for significant forest policy changes aligned with the European Green Deal.
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Pub Date : 2025-01-01DOI: 10.1016/j.forpol.2024.103384
Clémence Labarre , Jean-Christophe Domec , Pablo Andrés-Domenech , Kai Bödeker , Logan Bingham , Denis Loustau
Forests are complex adaptive systems (CAS) featuring dynamics that can take centuries to unfold. Managing them for multiple objectives (e.g. financial performance, climate regulation, biodiversity conservation, watershed protection) in the face of multiple risks (e.g. market fluctuations, illegal logging, natural disturbance) involves making decisions under deep and pervasive uncertainty. Through a systematic literature review, we explore quantitative approaches for integrating uncertainty and complex-systems theory into forest management planning and examine common challenges like dimensionality, tractability and realism. In addition to comparatively well-studied techniques from operations research and portfolio theory, we highlight a largely-overlooked framework known as viability theory. Whereas approaches like stochastic programming and robust optimization seek to maximize performance given predefined outcome probabilities and uncertainty spaces, respectively, viability theory aims to identify executive rules that can delineate the boundaries of the safe-operating space based on system dynamics. We discuss the potential utility of this novel approach to capturing uncertainty and examine potential barriers to improving forest decision-making and management.
{"title":"Improving forest decision-making through complex system representation: A viability theory perspective","authors":"Clémence Labarre , Jean-Christophe Domec , Pablo Andrés-Domenech , Kai Bödeker , Logan Bingham , Denis Loustau","doi":"10.1016/j.forpol.2024.103384","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.forpol.2024.103384","url":null,"abstract":"<div><div>Forests are complex adaptive systems (CAS) featuring dynamics that can take centuries to unfold. Managing them for multiple objectives (e.g. financial performance, climate regulation, biodiversity conservation, watershed protection) in the face of multiple risks (e.g. market fluctuations, illegal logging, natural disturbance) involves making decisions under deep and pervasive uncertainty. Through a systematic literature review, we explore quantitative approaches for integrating uncertainty and complex-systems theory into forest management planning and examine common challenges like dimensionality, tractability and realism. In addition to comparatively well-studied techniques from operations research and portfolio theory, we highlight a largely-overlooked framework known as viability theory. Whereas approaches like stochastic programming and robust optimization seek to maximize performance given predefined outcome probabilities and uncertainty spaces, respectively, viability theory aims to identify executive rules that can delineate the boundaries of the safe-operating space based on system dynamics. We discuss the potential utility of this novel approach to capturing uncertainty and examine potential barriers to improving forest decision-making and management.</div></div>","PeriodicalId":12451,"journal":{"name":"Forest Policy and Economics","volume":"170 ","pages":"Article 103384"},"PeriodicalIF":4.0,"publicationDate":"2025-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142873932","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":2,"RegionCategory":"农林科学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Pub Date : 2025-01-01DOI: 10.1016/j.forpol.2024.103400
Shenwei Wan, Shuifa Ke, Chen Liang
Our study focuses on key state-owned forest areas in China, utilizing the talent ecosystem theory and combining Necessary Condition Analysis (NCA) with fuzzy-set Qualitative Comparative Analysis (fsQCA) to identify the necessary and sufficient conditions for the aggregation of forestry scientific and technological talents in 87 forestry enterprises. We analyze the complex causal relationships between forestry scientific and technological talents aggregation and five factors within the talent ecosystem: forestry enterprise economic conditions, forestry enterprise scientific and technological quality, forestry enterprise work opportunities, forestry enterprise living security, and forestry enterprise infrastructure. The NCA method quantitatively examines whether these five factors are necessary conditions for forestry scientific and technological talents aggregation, as well as their bottleneck levels. Meanwhile, the fsQCA method qualitatively explores multiple equivalent paths that lead to high aggregation of forestry scientific and technological talents through the interaction of these factors. The conclusions are as follows: First, both NCA and fsQCA results indicate that no single element of the talent ecosystem is a necessary condition for the aggregation of forestry scientific and technological talents. Second, the fsQCA results reveal five effective configurations that facilitate high aggregation of talents, while three configurations inhibit high aggregation. Lastly, typical case studies of forestry enterprises were selected to deeply analyze each path that enhances forestry scientific and technological talents aggregation. These findings provide insights from key state-owned forest areas for optimizing the talent ecosystem and promoting the aggregation of forestry scientific and technological talents in both China and globally.
{"title":"How the talent ecosystem of key state-owned forest areas in China empowers forestry scientific and technological talents aggregation","authors":"Shenwei Wan, Shuifa Ke, Chen Liang","doi":"10.1016/j.forpol.2024.103400","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.forpol.2024.103400","url":null,"abstract":"<div><div>Our study focuses on key state-owned forest areas in China, utilizing the talent ecosystem theory and combining Necessary Condition Analysis (NCA) with fuzzy-set Qualitative Comparative Analysis (fsQCA) to identify the necessary and sufficient conditions for the aggregation of forestry scientific and technological talents in 87 forestry enterprises. We analyze the complex causal relationships between forestry scientific and technological talents aggregation and five factors within the talent ecosystem: forestry enterprise economic conditions, forestry enterprise scientific and technological quality, forestry enterprise work opportunities, forestry enterprise living security, and forestry enterprise infrastructure. The NCA method quantitatively examines whether these five factors are necessary conditions for forestry scientific and technological talents aggregation, as well as their bottleneck levels. Meanwhile, the fsQCA method qualitatively explores multiple equivalent paths that lead to high aggregation of forestry scientific and technological talents through the interaction of these factors. The conclusions are as follows: First, both NCA and fsQCA results indicate that no single element of the talent ecosystem is a necessary condition for the aggregation of forestry scientific and technological talents. Second, the fsQCA results reveal five effective configurations that facilitate high aggregation of talents, while three configurations inhibit high aggregation. Lastly, typical case studies of forestry enterprises were selected to deeply analyze each path that enhances forestry scientific and technological talents aggregation. These findings provide insights from key state-owned forest areas for optimizing the talent ecosystem and promoting the aggregation of forestry scientific and technological talents in both China and globally.</div></div>","PeriodicalId":12451,"journal":{"name":"Forest Policy and Economics","volume":"170 ","pages":"Article 103400"},"PeriodicalIF":4.0,"publicationDate":"2025-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142889295","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":2,"RegionCategory":"农林科学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
The significance of urban forests and green spaces is unquestionable, yet their maintenance is frequently hindered by the conflicting interests of various actors and power imbalances. Unfortunately, despite the vast recognition by many scholars that power is central to resource management, the subject has not received deserving attention in urban forestry and green spaces studies. This paper bridges this knowledge gap. It explores the actors, interest and power in urban forest and green spaces management as well as the sources of power of the various actors and what mechanisms do actors use to exert power and influence on the management of urban forest and green spaces. Relying on the actor-centered power (ACP) framework and a case study design, about 32 key informants and 396 urban residents were interviewed in the study. The research findings of the paper unveiled that various actors have interest in urban forest and green spaces for the ecosystem services and the problems they bestow on humanity. However, power is not uniformly distributed among the various actors who exert influence through a variety of mechanisms, including coercion and dominant information from which power is observed. The resultant effects were conflicting managerial roles and responsibilities for green spaces management affecting the sustainability of such space. By recognizing that power is dynamic but not solely concentrated within formal institutions but distributed among various actors with diverse interests and capacities, we recommend a more inclusive approach to urban forests and green spaces management. It necessitates the need for inclusive and transparent governance structure that consider the needs and dynamics of actors to ensure sustainable and equitable urban forest and green space management.
{"title":"Actor and power analysis in urban forests and green spaces management. Insights from the Garden City of West Africa","authors":"Patrick Opoku , Collins Ayine Nsor , Emmanuel Acquah , Dorothy Asare Akoto , Norbert Weber","doi":"10.1016/j.forpol.2024.103389","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.forpol.2024.103389","url":null,"abstract":"<div><div>The significance of urban forests and green spaces is unquestionable, yet their maintenance is frequently hindered by the conflicting interests of various actors and power imbalances. Unfortunately, despite the vast recognition by many scholars that power is central to resource management, the subject has not received deserving attention in urban forestry and green spaces studies. This paper bridges this knowledge gap. It explores the actors, interest and power in urban forest and green spaces management as well as the sources of power of the various actors and what mechanisms do actors use to exert power and influence on the management of urban forest and green spaces. Relying on the actor-centered power (ACP) framework and a case study design, about 32 key informants and 396 urban residents were interviewed in the study. The research findings of the paper unveiled that various actors have interest in urban forest and green spaces for the ecosystem services and the problems they bestow on humanity. However, power is not uniformly distributed among the various actors who exert influence through a variety of mechanisms, including coercion and dominant information from which power is observed. The resultant effects were conflicting managerial roles and responsibilities for green spaces management affecting the sustainability of such space. By recognizing that power is dynamic but not solely concentrated within formal institutions but distributed among various actors with diverse interests and capacities, we recommend a more inclusive approach to urban forests and green spaces management. It necessitates the need for inclusive and transparent governance structure that consider the needs and dynamics of actors to ensure sustainable and equitable urban forest and green space management.</div></div>","PeriodicalId":12451,"journal":{"name":"Forest Policy and Economics","volume":"170 ","pages":"Article 103389"},"PeriodicalIF":4.0,"publicationDate":"2025-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142823080","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":2,"RegionCategory":"农林科学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Pub Date : 2025-01-01DOI: 10.1016/j.forpol.2024.103394
Annika Lonkila , Anna Ott , Samuli Pitzén , Terhi Arola , Suvi Huttunen
Policy acceptance is critical for legitimate and effective forest and climate policies. The acceptance of forest policies has been largely examined as an individual decision, especially among forest owners, based on attitudes, values and beliefs. To improve the usefulness of the concept of policy acceptance for political analysis, this article analyses the acceptance of key forest policy stakeholders and offers a novel contribution by integrating theoretical insights from the literatures on policy acceptance and the Advocacy Coalition Framework. Previous literature has revealed two influential stakeholder coalitions in Finnish forest policy. The two coalitions reflect highly polarized perspectives to forest use, foregrounding either economic interests or nature conservation. This article examines how climate mitigation targets are accepted by these two stakeholder coalitions as part of their policy strategies. Specifically, we analyze the acceptance of four climate policy measures: forest fertilization, land use change fee, carbon payment, and carbon off-setting. The empirical analysis is based on the qualitative content analysis of 23 stakeholder interviews. We find that the integration of climate mitigation targets may exacerbate conflicts between polarized coalition positions in Finnish forest policy, because stakeholders' policy acceptance is relationally constructed between the coalitions and strongly influenced by their resources related to political influence, as well as existing institutional settings. By situating policy acceptance within a three-level framework, this article shows that the ultimate decision to reject or approve a policy is likely to evolve throughout the different stages of the policy process depending on available resources.
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Pub Date : 2025-01-01DOI: 10.1016/j.forpol.2024.103383
Preeya S. Mohan
This paper examines the critical role of international climate finance in supporting Caribbean Small Island Developing States (SIDS) in addressing climate change through Land Use, Land-Use Change, and Forestry (LULUCF) initiatives. By analysing data from the Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development's (OECD) Development Assistance Committee (DAC) Creditor Reporting System (CRS), the paper identifies significant disparities in the distribution of climate finance across various categories, including mitigation versus adaptation efforts, recipient countries, targeted sectors, funding sources, and financing instruments. These disparities, coupled with a troubling gap between financial needs and available resources, hinder the effectiveness of LULUCF projects to achieve the climate goals of the region. To address these challenges, the paper offers practical recommendations for Caribbean SIDS and their development partners. These include optimizing resource allocation within LULUCF, establishing methods to assess the effectiveness of climate finance, facilitating constructive dialogue with development partners, improving data collection and project design and alternative financing mechanisms. By providing these solutions and highlighting key areas for improvement, the paper aims to empower Caribbean SIDS to bridge the LULUCF financing gap, ultimately contributing to achieving their climate goals and promoting sustainable land management and forestry practices.
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Natural disturbances such as drought reduce timber volume growth and increase tree mortality, which can have serious repercussions for the forest-based industries that rely on timber as a raw material. To assess these impacts, we utilized Forest Inventory and Analysis data and estimated weather caused-mortality and loss of total live timber volume for Oklahoma, USA between 2011 and 2015, a period in which this region experienced major drought events. An input-output model was built to understand economic implications for the forest sector given the live timber volume lost during this period. The results showed that the timberland drought could result in more than $20 million in the total losses for the Oklahoma forest sector. We also administered a survey instrument to understand landowner perceptions concerning drought and erratic rainfall patterns in Oklahoma. Our survey results revealed that landowners focused on livestock production, hunting, and active management perceived greater drought impacts. Our findings recommend outreach regarding forest thinning as a potential tool to reduce drought-related losses.
{"title":"A comprehensive outlook on drought caused economic losses and landowner perceptions concerning drought and erratic rainfall patterns","authors":"Galen Hanby , Lu Zhai , Bijesh Mishra , Omkar Joshi","doi":"10.1016/j.forpol.2024.103405","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.forpol.2024.103405","url":null,"abstract":"<div><div>Natural disturbances such as drought reduce timber volume growth and increase tree mortality, which can have serious repercussions for the forest-based industries that rely on timber as a raw material. To assess these impacts, we utilized Forest Inventory and Analysis data and estimated weather caused-mortality and loss of total live timber volume for Oklahoma, USA between 2011 and 2015, a period in which this region experienced major drought events. An input-output model was built to understand economic implications for the forest sector given the live timber volume lost during this period. The results showed that the timberland drought could result in more than $20 million in the total losses for the Oklahoma forest sector. We also administered a survey instrument to understand landowner perceptions concerning drought and erratic rainfall patterns in Oklahoma. Our survey results revealed that landowners focused on livestock production, hunting, and active management perceived greater drought impacts. Our findings recommend outreach regarding forest thinning as a potential tool to reduce drought-related losses.</div></div>","PeriodicalId":12451,"journal":{"name":"Forest Policy and Economics","volume":"170 ","pages":"Article 103405"},"PeriodicalIF":4.0,"publicationDate":"2025-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142889259","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":2,"RegionCategory":"农林科学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Pub Date : 2025-01-01DOI: 10.1016/j.forpol.2024.103382
Theresa Klara Loch, Daniela Kleinschmit
This study evaluates the role of social network research in exploring its current application within forest research and identify potential for building connections. Through a systematic literature review of 135 articles, we investigate the theoretical and methodological nuances of social network research, highlighting the predominance of ontological and epistemological underpinnings of network theories as well as the pre-eminence of structural approaches. Our review identifies a significant emphasis on second-generation social network analysis (SNA) methods in the literature, which primarily focus on network structures. We find a limited application of relational and ideational perspectives offered by first and third-generation approaches. The literature review reveals that social network theories, although crucial, are underutilized beyond their ontological and epistemological underpinnings in forest research. Our findings demonstrate that social networks are essential for knowledge exchange, trust and power. However, the integration of comprehensive social network theories into forest research remains limited, suggesting the potential for further application in forest research. We emphasize the need for a more diversified methodological approach that extends beyond structural analysis to include more qualitative and ideational frameworks. By broadening the scope of social network applications, forest research can more effectively tackle the complexities of sustainable management and governance. This shift could lead to more robust strategies to cope with the challenges posed by environmental changes and complex stakeholder dynamics in forest governance.
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This study investigates the institutional, socio-cultural, and environmental factors influencing community participation in recreational forest governance in Cambodia. Recreational forests, essential for promoting well-being and environmental stewardship, face governance challenges that hinder their sustainability and economic viability. Using a mixed-methods approach, we evaluated institutional, socio-cultural, and environmental factors by gathering perspectives from stakeholders across three communities—Ou Khladek, Prey Kbal Bey, and Changkran Roy—to identify specific challenges and opportunities for improvement. Key findings reveal significant differences in policy implementation and community engagement among the communities, with Changkran Roy demonstrating effective governance through robust stakeholder collaboration. Conversely, Ou Khladek and Prey Kbal Bey exhibit inconsistencies in policy execution and community involvement. Demographic and economic factors further influence forest management practices, emphasizing the need for tailored strategies. Enhancing institutional frameworks, strengthening community capacities in financial management and tourist services, and fostering greater involvement of powerful yet disengaged stakeholders like the Forestry Administration are crucial. These insights contribute to a deeper understanding of effective governance and sustainable management practices for recreational forests, offering valuable guidance for policymakers and practitioners.
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