Skogsbolagens syn på vindskadeförebyggande åtgärder efter stormen Dagmar

On the night of the 26th December 2011, large parts of southern Norrland were struck by the storm “Dagmar” that caused serious damage to the forests. In the past 10 years wind damage has become a hot topic after several major storms. Forest companies own 25% of the Swedish forest and thus influenced...

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Autores principales: Ekblad, Elisabet, Eriksson, Evelina
Formato: M2
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Publicado: SLU/Dept. of Forest Ecology and Management 2012
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author Ekblad, Elisabet
Eriksson, Evelina
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description On the night of the 26th December 2011, large parts of southern Norrland were struck by the storm “Dagmar” that caused serious damage to the forests. In the past 10 years wind damage has become a hot topic after several major storms. Forest companies own 25% of the Swedish forest and thus influenced largely by wind damage. The main purpose of this study was to examine whether forest companies attitude towards preventive wind damage actions were changed after the storm “Dagmar”. The result was developed by doing interviews with two forestry companies. The forest companies who participated in the interview were SCA Medelpads management and Holmen region Iggesund, districts within the area that was hardest hit by the storm. The Interview put great emphasis on the risk assessment, preventive wind damage actions and the factors affecting the perception of them. The results was analyzed to find answers to the target setting, and to see if there was a correlation between the results from the two interviews. This was concluded by the differences and similarities in the results. The conclusion showed that SCA and Holmens perception of preventive wind damage actions in the current situation haven´t changed after the storm “Dagmar”. They doesn´t assess the risk of wind damage to be greater after a major storm. Preventive wind damage actions e.g. choice of wind-resistant tree species, often comes in second place because forest companies believe that those measures will reduce production in the forest and it requires too much effort in relation to profits.
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spelling RepoSLU54392013-04-22T11:46:45Z Skogsbolagens syn på vindskadeförebyggande åtgärder efter stormen Dagmar Forest companies attitude toward preventive wind damage actions after the storm Dagmar Ekblad, Elisabet Eriksson, Evelina skogsskötselåtgärder riskbedömning produktion contortatall granbarkborreangrepp On the night of the 26th December 2011, large parts of southern Norrland were struck by the storm “Dagmar” that caused serious damage to the forests. In the past 10 years wind damage has become a hot topic after several major storms. Forest companies own 25% of the Swedish forest and thus influenced largely by wind damage. The main purpose of this study was to examine whether forest companies attitude towards preventive wind damage actions were changed after the storm “Dagmar”. The result was developed by doing interviews with two forestry companies. The forest companies who participated in the interview were SCA Medelpads management and Holmen region Iggesund, districts within the area that was hardest hit by the storm. The Interview put great emphasis on the risk assessment, preventive wind damage actions and the factors affecting the perception of them. The results was analyzed to find answers to the target setting, and to see if there was a correlation between the results from the two interviews. This was concluded by the differences and similarities in the results. The conclusion showed that SCA and Holmens perception of preventive wind damage actions in the current situation haven´t changed after the storm “Dagmar”. They doesn´t assess the risk of wind damage to be greater after a major storm. Preventive wind damage actions e.g. choice of wind-resistant tree species, often comes in second place because forest companies believe that those measures will reduce production in the forest and it requires too much effort in relation to profits. Natten mot den 26 december 2011 drabbades stora delar av södra Norrland av stormen ”Dagmar” som gav upphov till stora skador på skogen. Vindskador har de senaste 10 åren blivit ett aktuellt ämne efter ett flertal omfattande stormar. Skogsbolagen äger 25 % av Sveriges skogsmark och påverkas således i hög grad av vindfällningar. Vårt mål med studien var att undersöka om skogsbolagens syn på vindskadeförebyggande åtgärder förändrats efter stormen ”Dagmar”. Resultatet togs fram genom att göra djupintervjuer med två skogbolag. Skogsbolag som intervjuades var SCA Medelpads förvaltning samt Holmen region Iggesund, distrikten låg inom det område som var hårdast drabbat av stormen. I Intervjuunderlaget lades stor vikt på riskbedömning, vindskadeförebyggande åtgärder samt faktorer som påverkar synen på dessa. Resultatet har därefter analyserats för att få svar på vår målformulering, samt att se om det fanns ett samband mellan resultaten från de två intervjuerna. Detta bedömdes utifrån skillnader och likheter i resultatet. Resultatet visade på att SCA och Holmens syn på vindskadeförebyggande åtgärder i dagsläget inte förändrats efter stormen ”Dagmar”. De bedömer inte risken att drabbas av stormskador som större efter stormen. Vindskadeförebyggande åtgärder t.ex. val av vindtåligt trädslag, kommer ofta i andra hand eftersom skogsbolagen anser att åtgärderna minskar produktionen i skogen och att det krävs för stor insats i förhållande till vinsten. SLU/Dept. of Forest Ecology and Management 2012 M2 swe eng https://stud.epsilon.slu.se/5439/
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granbarkborreangrepp
Ekblad, Elisabet
Eriksson, Evelina
Skogsbolagens syn på vindskadeförebyggande åtgärder efter stormen Dagmar
title Skogsbolagens syn på vindskadeförebyggande åtgärder efter stormen Dagmar
title_full Skogsbolagens syn på vindskadeförebyggande åtgärder efter stormen Dagmar
title_fullStr Skogsbolagens syn på vindskadeförebyggande åtgärder efter stormen Dagmar
title_full_unstemmed Skogsbolagens syn på vindskadeförebyggande åtgärder efter stormen Dagmar
title_short Skogsbolagens syn på vindskadeförebyggande åtgärder efter stormen Dagmar
title_sort skogsbolagens syn på vindskadeförebyggande åtgärder efter stormen dagmar
topic skogsskötselåtgärder
riskbedömning
produktion
contortatall
granbarkborreangrepp