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- Ranius, Thomas, et al.
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Conflicting demands and shifts between policy and intra-scientific orientation during conservation research programmes
- 2017
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Ingår i: Ambio. - : Springer Science and Business Media LLC. - 0044-7447 .- 1654-7209. ; 46:6, s. 621-629
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Tidskriftsartikel (refereegranskat)abstract
- Conservation scientists must meet the sometimes conflicting demands of policy and science, but not necessarily at the same time. We analysed the policy and intra-scientific orientations of research projects on effects of stump extraction on biodiversity, and found shifts over time associated with these demands. Our results indicate that uncertainties related to both factual issues and human decisions are often ignored in policy-oriented reports and syntheses, which could give misleading indications of the reliability or feasibility of any conclusions. The policy versus intra-scientific orientation of the scientific papers generated from the surveyed projects varied substantially, although we argue that in applied research, societal relevance is generally more important than intra-scientific relevance. To make conservation science more socially relevant, there is a need for giving societal relevance higher priority, paying attention to uncertainties and increasing the awareness of the value of cross-disciplinary research considering human decisions and values.
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- Roberge, Jean-Michel, et al.
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Socio-ecological implications of modifying rotation lengths in forestry
- 2016
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Ingår i: Ambio. - : Springer Science and Business Media LLC. - 0044-7447 .- 1654-7209. ; 45, s. 109-123
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Tidskriftsartikel (refereegranskat)abstract
- The rotation length is a key component of even-aged forest management systems. Using Fennoscandian forestry as a case, we review the socioecological implications of modifying rotation lengths relative to current practice by evaluating effects on a range of ecosystem services and on biodiversity conservation. The effects of shortening rotations on provisioning services are expected to be mostly negative to neutral (e.g. production of wood, bilberries, reindeer forage), while those of extending rotations would be more varied. Shortening rotations may help limit damage by some of today's major damaging agents (e.g. root rot, cambium-feeding insects), but may also increase other damage types (e.g. regeneration pests) and impede climate mitigation. Supporting (water, soil nutrients) and cultural (aesthetics, cultural heritage) ecosystem services would generally be affected negatively by shortened rotations and positively by extended rotations, as would most biodiversity indicators. Several effect modifiers, such as changes to thinning regimes, could alter these patterns.
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- Sandström, Camilla, 1967-, et al.
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Konflikten om bärplockning är av gammalt datum
- 2012
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Ingår i: Skogshistoriska sällskapet. Årsskrift 2012. - Falun : Skogshistoriska sällskapet. - 1650-0962. ; , s. 44-53
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Tidskriftsartikel (övrigt vetenskapligt/konstnärligt)abstract
- Den politiska majoriteten i riksdagen har hela tiden gått emot förslagen om inskränkningar av allemansrätten till skogens vilda bär. Man har erkänt att det förekommer konflikter kring resursen, men menat att de kan förebyggas och lösas genom undervisning och information om vilka lagar och regler som gäller i skog och mark och inte via hårdare regleringar som stärker markägarnas rätt till bären.Avgörande för denna inställning tycks hittills ha varit att bären är alltför lite utnyttjad resurs – även som kommersiell produkt och som växer utan att markägaren behöver göra några investeringar. Det har därför funnits en farhåga att begränsningar av rätten till att plocka skulle göra resursen ännu mindre utnyttjad, vilket setts som en nationalekonomisk nackdel.Trots att skogens bär är en så användbar resurs är det nämligen endast en liten del som plockas. Av de uppskattningsvis 300 miljoner kilo bär som växer i de svenska skogarna varje år är det alltjämt uppskattningsvis endast cirka 5–10 procent som tas om hand. Samtidigt importeras stora mängder skogsbär i dag, liksom under hela 1900-talet. Nutida statistik visar exempelvis att när Sverige under 2000-talet exporterat mellan 6 000 och 9 000 ton blåbär per år så har vi också importerat mellan 4 000 och 5 000 ton.
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- Sténs, Anna, 1976-, et al.
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Allemansrätten in Sweden : A resistant custom
- 2014
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Ingår i: Landscapes. - 2040-8153. ; 15:2, s. 106-118
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Tidskriftsartikel (refereegranskat)abstract
- By studying parliamentary proposals, debates, and reports as well as governmental inquiries and proposals from the first half of the twentieth century, the authors analyse the status of the allemansrätt – ‘every man’s right’ to public access - in Sweden. The founding principles of this use-right have been generally accepted since the late nineteenth century, but for almost as long there has been a feeling that it has been used (and abused) for commercial as well as personal interest, first by ‘for-profit’ berry harvesters and later on by tourist companies. These uses have been questioned by a minority of conservative and (to a less extent) liberal landowners, who have tried to limit the right of public access to private land by addressing the issue in the parliament. At the same time, a political majority of socialists, liberals, and conservatives has defended the right from being either limited or regulated by law. This resistance is explained by the economic characteristics of the resources at stake, and by the difficulties associated with transferring a customary right into law, i.e. an informal institution to a formal institution.
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- Sténs, Anna, 1976-, et al.
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Divergent interests and ideas around property rights : the case of berry harvesting in Sweden
- 2013
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Ingår i: Forest Policy and Economics. - : Elsevier. - 1389-9341 .- 1872-7050. ; 33, s. 56-62
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Tidskriftsartikel (refereegranskat)abstract
- This paper illustrates the clash between interests and ideas concerning property rights and regulation by analyzing the ongoing debate on the right of public access in Sweden, which has recently intensified due to an influx of foreign professional berry harvesters. The conflicts in Sweden are found to stem from contradictory concepts concerning property (notably, ownership and the right of public access) and ideological differences in terms of whether forest resources should be regulated by government or governance. While the precise circumstances of this case are somewhat unique to Sweden, differences of opinion concerning property rights and regulations are common and so our findings will be broadly applicable when defining and analyzing forest-related conflicts, especially those involving multiple-use situations.
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- Sténs, Anna, 1976-, et al.
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“Forest property rights under attack” : Actors, networks and claims about forest ownership in the Swedish press 2014–2017
- 2020
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Ingår i: Forest Policy and Economics. - : Elsevier. - 1389-9341 .- 1872-7050. ; 111
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Tidskriftsartikel (refereegranskat)abstract
- Sweden is a leading country in governance of property rights, according to global assessments, but Swedish landowners currently argue that their forest property rights are being eroded. Thus, the aim of this article is to investigate when and why the current debate on forest property rights came about, and its resemblance to discussion in an ‘echo-chamber’. This refers to an arena in which information is accessed from limited sources and a small number of actors with ideological homogeneity may exert substantial influence and reinforce established opinions. Hence, it may spread disinformation, increase polemic tensions, and hamper deliberative policy processes in society. We assess the resemblance by identifying where the issue is debated in printed news media, the active actors, the interests they represent and how they problematize property rights, i.e. the claims they make and the claims’ homogeneity. Our results show that the debate has intensified in recent years, but several issues are not new. The debate is mainly limited to the Swedish rural business press and rural conservative press. Moreover, the main claim-makers are representatives of land and forest owner organizations, and members of agrarian and conservative political parties, which have close organizational and individual connections, thereby forming a metaphorical ‘chamber’. The ‘echo’ consists of repetitive claims about withdrawal and management rights, with no efforts to examine and contextualize complex aspects of private property rights in a changing society. The debate about forest ownership in an echo-chamber is problematic in several ways. It hampers efforts of claim-makers in the chamber to reach out, undermines current systems’ legitimacy, and locks important questions about sustainable forestry and property rights into a narrow societal sphere.
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- Sténs, Anna, 1976-
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Forskning för ett reflexivt, variationsrikt och hållbart skogsbruk
- 2017
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Rapport (övrigt vetenskapligt/konstnärligt)abstract
- Hållbart skogsbruk är en utmaning i en tid präglad av allt större efterfrågan på skogens ekosystemtjänster. Forskning som utförts vid Umeå universitet om skogens sociala värden, inklusive allemansrättens gränser, har påverkat uppfattningen om vilka skogens sociala värden är i ett svenskt perspektiv. Den har också bidragit till uppvärderingen av skogens estetiska och rekreationsmässiga värden. Detta synliggörs i nationella policydokument samt i utbildningssatsningar inom skogssektorn. Forskningen kan på längre sikt bidra till ett mer reflexivt, variationsrikt och socialt hållbart skogsbruk.Forskningen har utgjort en del av forskningsprogrammet Future Forests, ett transdisciplinärt forskningsprogram som påbörjades 2009. Huvuddelen av forskningen om skogens sociala värden har pågått mellan 2012 och 2016. Ett stort antal forskare från Umeå universitet och SLU har bidragit. Den nyckelforskare som lyfts fram här är Anna Sténs, fil. dr. i historia och aktiv vid Institutionen för idé- och samhällsstudier, Umeå universitet.Forskarna har samverkat med en rad aktörer inom skogssektorn, däribland miljörörelsen, Samiska organisationer, myndigheter, friluftslivsorganisationer och skogsindustri.
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