Stories from the forest
In recent years, the concept of bioeconomy has evolved as an alternative to the fossil-based economy of today, providing a vision of an economy based on renewable resources. In Sweden, the concept has been adopted by dominant stakeholders in the forest industry, where the forest is identified as a...
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| Format: | Second cycle, A2E |
| Language: | Swedish Inglés |
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| author | Johansson, Kornelia |
| author_browse | Johansson, Kornelia |
| author_facet | Johansson, Kornelia |
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| collection | Epsilon Archive for Student Projects |
| description | In recent years, the concept of bioeconomy has evolved as an alternative to the fossil-based economy
of today, providing a vision of an economy based on renewable resources. In Sweden, the concept
has been adopted by dominant stakeholders in the forest industry, where the forest is identified as an
important renewable resource and a mean to mitigate carbon dioxide. The aim of this study is to
examine the discourse upheld by the major Forest Owners Associations in Sweden and to explore the
perspectives of private forest owners. By using Hajer’s argumentative approach, text material from
the websites of the FOAs is analyzed together with interviews with eight forest owners. The study
finds that the FOAs represents a perspective on the bioeconomy where productive forestry and
climate mitigation is in focus while social and environmental aspects are largely neglected. The forest
owners are shown to put more emphasis on social and environmental sustainability in their forestry,
hence partly rejecting the discourse that the FOAs upholds. |
| format | Second cycle, A2E |
| id | RepoSLU15797 |
| institution | Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences |
| language | Swedish Inglés |
| publishDate | 2020 |
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| spelling | RepoSLU157972020-07-11T01:03:17Z https://stud.epsilon.slu.se/15797/ Stories from the forest Johansson, Kornelia Forestry - General aspects In recent years, the concept of bioeconomy has evolved as an alternative to the fossil-based economy of today, providing a vision of an economy based on renewable resources. In Sweden, the concept has been adopted by dominant stakeholders in the forest industry, where the forest is identified as an important renewable resource and a mean to mitigate carbon dioxide. The aim of this study is to examine the discourse upheld by the major Forest Owners Associations in Sweden and to explore the perspectives of private forest owners. By using Hajer’s argumentative approach, text material from the websites of the FOAs is analyzed together with interviews with eight forest owners. The study finds that the FOAs represents a perspective on the bioeconomy where productive forestry and climate mitigation is in focus while social and environmental aspects are largely neglected. The forest owners are shown to put more emphasis on social and environmental sustainability in their forestry, hence partly rejecting the discourse that the FOAs upholds. 2020-07-06 Second cycle, A2E NonPeerReviewed application/pdf sv https://stud.epsilon.slu.se/15797/1/johansson_k_200706.pdf Johansson, Kornelia, 2020. Stories from the forest : an analysis of the discursive framing of forest-based bioeconomy from the perspective of Forest Owners Associations and private forest owners in Sweden. Second cycle, A2E. Uppsala: (NL, NJ) > Dept. of Urban and Rural Development (LTJ, LTV) > Dept. of Urban and Rural Development <https://stud.epsilon.slu.se/view/divisions/OID-595.html> urn:nbn:se:slu:epsilon-s-500116 eng |
| spellingShingle | Forestry - General aspects Johansson, Kornelia Stories from the forest |
| title | Stories from the forest |
| title_full | Stories from the forest |
| title_fullStr | Stories from the forest |
| title_full_unstemmed | Stories from the forest |
| title_short | Stories from the forest |
| title_sort | stories from the forest |
| topic | Forestry - General aspects |
| url | https://stud.epsilon.slu.se/15797/ https://stud.epsilon.slu.se/15797/ |