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A timber truck fully loaded with logs drives over a very simple wooden bridge in a forest.
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A timber truck fully loaded with logs drives over a very simple wooden bridge in a forest.
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New publication on contract-based forest management in five EU countries

Against the background of increasing societal demands on forest management, private forest owners have to make decisions regarding their future management strategies.

Lettering ValoFor - Forest Value; in the background an aerial view of a forest and a small section of a wooden pole
© Florian Cormon

A choice experiment was conducted to investigate whether private forest owners in Finland, Sweden, Germany, Austria, and Slovenia would be willing to participate in contract-based payment systems for forest management practices that promote either timber production or biodiversity.

The majority of surveyed forest owners showed a clear preference for participating in payment systems to promote conservation objectives, combined with improvements in profitability and environmental attributes. Differences across countries were found in the level of contract payments preferred.

  • Juutinen A, Haeler E, Jandl R, Kuhlmey K, Kurttila M, Mäkipää R, Pohjanmies T, Rosenkranz L, Skudnik M, Triplat M, Tolvanen A, Vilhar U, Westin K, Schueler S (2022) Common preferences of European small-scale forest owners towards contract-based management. Forest Pol Econ 144(November):102839, DOI:10.1016/j.forpol.2022.102839
     
  • Projectsite: ValoFor - Forest Value
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