Family Forest Owners’ Perceptions of Landowner Assistance Programs in the USA: A Qualitative Exploration of Program Impacts on BehaviourSpringer Science and Business Media LLC - Tập 15 - Trang 17-28 - 2015
Kyle Andrejczyk, Brett J. Butler, Brenton J. Dickinson, Jaketon H. Hewes, Marla Markowski-Lindsay, David B. Kittredge, Michael A. Kilgore, Stephanie A. Snyder, Paul F. Catanzaro
Using data collected from a series of focus groups, this study examines how landowner assistance programs (which may include management plans, cost-share, technical assistance and advice, and education components) affect family forest owner behaviour in the USA. Not surprisingly, most owners who participated in assistance programs had pre-existing management objectives. Participation in the manage...... hiện toàn bộ
Time and Distance: Comparing Motivations Among Forest Landowners in New England, USASpringer Science and Business Media LLC - Tập 8 - Trang 95-108 - 2008
Mark Rickenbach, David B. Kittredge
Parcelization and shifting landownership are critical forces reshaping forested ecosystems in the USA and elsewhere. These forces create a mosaic of new and long-time landowners as well as differences in residency. Using survey data (n = 879) of landowners in Massachusetts and Vermont, USA, we begin the process of sorting out time (i.e., length of landownership) and distance (i.e., distance of pri...... hiện toàn bộ
Only a Noise? The Role of Non-governmental Organizations in the Policy Processes of a New Social Forestry Model in IndonesiaSpringer Science and Business Media LLC - Tập 22 - Trang 253-270 - 2022
Sari Rahayu, Dwi Laraswati, Dwiko B. Permadi, Muhammad A. K. Sahide, Ahmad Maryudi
Social forestry has been widely promoted as a policy strategy to improve the livelihoods of rural communities by granting them rights or permits to manage forests. How it is mainstreamed and how the related policy options are exercised and implemented have become vibrant areas of scientific inquiries. This study analyzes the formal policy formulation processes of a new social forestry scheme in In...... hiện toàn bộ
Informing Community Forest Management: A Retrospective Analysis of an Old Silvicultural Trial in NepalSpringer Science and Business Media LLC - Tập 17 - Trang 211-224 - 2017
Christopher De Ieso, Ian Nuberg, Olena Kravchuk
This study demonstrates a simple method to gather information from old demonstration trials. It was undertaken in the context of a 32-year-old thinning trial in a naturally regenerating stand of Shorea robusta Gaertn. f. in a community forest in the Sindhupalchok district of Nepal. The trial was established by the Nepal–Australia Forestry Project in 1983 and the only documentation of the trial is ...... hiện toàn bộ
The Effects of Cost-Share Participant Experience on Forest Buffer RetentionSpringer Science and Business Media LLC - Tập 19 - Trang 253-273 - 2020
Katie E. Commender, John F. Munsell, Adrian Ares, B. Jay Sullivan, James L. Chamberlain
Forest conservation buffers provide ecosystem services such as soil and water conservation, wildlife habitat, and clean air. This research studied the experiences and intentions of participants in forest buffer contract programs in Virginia, USA provided by governmental conservation agencies. These programs offer technical assistance and share costs of establishment and maintenance for a period of...... hiện toàn bộ
Private native forest policies in New South Wales, Queensland, Victoria and TasmaniaSpringer Science and Business Media LLC - Tập 6 - Trang 141-155 - 2007
Sue Aenishaenslin, Kate Convery, Basil Gua, Mia Spain, Lee Tunstall
Private native forests in Australia perform a dual production and conservation role, providing an important source of timber, and complementing formal conservation reserves. A comparison of policies for private native forests in New South Wales, Queensland, Victoria and Tasmania illustrates the scope for timber harvesting, the provision for environmental values, and initiatives for responsible and...... hiện toàn bộ