The forest planning process among medium-sized forest owners
Forest planning has traditionally been divided into strategical, tactical, and operational planning all integrated into a hierarchy. Forest planning has been a crucial success factor for the Swedish forest industry, and the planning processes among corporations and small private forest owners have b...
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| Formato: | Second cycle, A1E |
| Lenguaje: | sueco Inglés |
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| Acceso en línea: | https://stud.epsilon.slu.se/17418/ |
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| author | Persson, Martin |
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| description | Forest planning has traditionally been divided into strategical, tactical, and operational planning all integrated into a hierarchy. Forest planning has been a crucial success factor for the Swedish forest industry, and the planning processes among corporations and small private forest owners have been frequently examined. However, the group of forest owners in the border zone between these two categories has not been evaluated before. The primary purpose of this study was to investigate the forest planning processes among medium-sized forest owners in Sweden and to observe and explain differences within the group. The groups relation to the traditional planning hierarchy was also an important aspect to consider, and a general description of the group was desirable to present. A mixed-method approach was used, combining quantitative survey data with qualitative interviews. Some quantitative questions were tested for significance using Welch’s two-sample t-test, but most of the questions were not suitable for statistical analyses. Three interviews were conducted.
The results indicates that medium-sized forest owners adopt the traditional planning hierarchy to a large extent, but uncertainty exists regarding the operational planning process. Medium-sized forest owners strongly link to the tactical planning process, with a high share of the respondents conducting planning that is recognized as necessary within the tactical planning horizon, but surprisingly few used decision support systems. However, some expressed views that the tactical harvest plan is not that important and distinguished the harvest plan from the reality. Most forest owners had strategic plans, but fewer had plans regarding nature conservation and ecological landscape plans. Financial return and passing down a heritage for the next generation are the two most important of nine parameters for medium-sized forest owners. |
| format | Second cycle, A1E |
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| institution | Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences |
| language | Swedish Inglés |
| publishDate | 2021 |
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| spelling | RepoSLU174182021-12-11T02:00:30Z https://stud.epsilon.slu.se/17418/ The forest planning process among medium-sized forest owners Persson, Martin Forestry - General aspects Forestry production Forest planning has traditionally been divided into strategical, tactical, and operational planning all integrated into a hierarchy. Forest planning has been a crucial success factor for the Swedish forest industry, and the planning processes among corporations and small private forest owners have been frequently examined. However, the group of forest owners in the border zone between these two categories has not been evaluated before. The primary purpose of this study was to investigate the forest planning processes among medium-sized forest owners in Sweden and to observe and explain differences within the group. The groups relation to the traditional planning hierarchy was also an important aspect to consider, and a general description of the group was desirable to present. A mixed-method approach was used, combining quantitative survey data with qualitative interviews. Some quantitative questions were tested for significance using Welch’s two-sample t-test, but most of the questions were not suitable for statistical analyses. Three interviews were conducted. The results indicates that medium-sized forest owners adopt the traditional planning hierarchy to a large extent, but uncertainty exists regarding the operational planning process. Medium-sized forest owners strongly link to the tactical planning process, with a high share of the respondents conducting planning that is recognized as necessary within the tactical planning horizon, but surprisingly few used decision support systems. However, some expressed views that the tactical harvest plan is not that important and distinguished the harvest plan from the reality. Most forest owners had strategic plans, but fewer had plans regarding nature conservation and ecological landscape plans. Financial return and passing down a heritage for the next generation are the two most important of nine parameters for medium-sized forest owners. Skoglig planering har traditionellt delats upp i tre huvudsakliga nivåer: strategisk, taktisk samt operativ planering som alla ingår i en hierarki. Skoglig planering har spelat en nyckelroll for den svenska skogsindustrin, och planeringen hos stora företag och små privata markägare har studerats tidigare, men gruppen däremellan, mellanstora skogsägare, har inte studerats. Det primära syftet med denna studie var att undersöka den skogliga planeringen hos mellanstora skogsägare i Sverige och observera eventuella skillnader inom gruppen. Målgruppens relation till den traditionella planeringshierarkin var en viktig aspekt att betänka och en generell beskrivning var också önskvärd att göra. För att besvara frågeställningarna användes mixade metoder bestående av kvantitativa enkätdata samt kvalitativa intervjuer. Welchs tvåpariga t-test användes för att testa vissa frågor för signifikans, men de flesta frågor var inte lämpliga för statistiska analyser. Tre intervjuer gjordes. Resultaten visar att mellanstora skogsägare tillämpar den traditionella planeringshierarkin till stor del, men det råder osäkerhet kring den operativa planeringen. Mellanstora skogsägare har starka band till den taktiska planeringen, då en stor del av respondenterna gjorde planering som är vital inom den taktiska planeringen, men överraskande få använder beslutsstödsystem. Vissa uttryckte åsikter om att taktisk avverkningsplanering inte är särskilt viktigt och skiljde den från verkligheten. De flesta respondenter hade strategiska planer, men färre hade planer angående naturvård samt ekologiska lanskapsplaner. Ekonomisk avkastning samt att föra vidare ett arv till kommande generationer är de två viktigaste parametrarna av nio för medelstora skogsägare. 2021-12-04 Second cycle, A1E NonPeerReviewed application/pdf sv https://stud.epsilon.slu.se/17418/1/PErsson_%20M%20211015.pdf Persson, Martin, 2021. The forest planning process among medium-sized forest owners : description of the group and how they adapt the traditional planning hierarchy. Second cycle, A1E. Umeå: (S) > Dept. of Forest Resource Management <https://stud.epsilon.slu.se/view/divisions/OID-260.html> urn:nbn:se:slu:epsilon-s-17418 eng |
| spellingShingle | Forestry - General aspects Forestry production Persson, Martin The forest planning process among medium-sized forest owners |
| title | The forest planning process among medium-sized forest owners |
| title_full | The forest planning process among medium-sized forest owners |
| title_fullStr | The forest planning process among medium-sized forest owners |
| title_full_unstemmed | The forest planning process among medium-sized forest owners |
| title_short | The forest planning process among medium-sized forest owners |
| title_sort | forest planning process among medium-sized forest owners |
| topic | Forestry - General aspects Forestry production |
| url | https://stud.epsilon.slu.se/17418/ https://stud.epsilon.slu.se/17418/ |