Is forest landscape restoration socially desirable? A discrete choice experiment applied to the Scandinavian transboundary Fulufjället National Park Area
Using an economic valuation approach, we assessed people's stated preferences for policy aimed at enhancing restoration of functional networks of naturally dynamic boreal forest habitats as a public good. Active landscape restoration can improve the functionality of boreal forest habitats as gr...
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crwiley:10.1111/rec.12563 2024-06-23T07:52:43+00:00 Is forest landscape restoration socially desirable? A discrete choice experiment applied to the Scandinavian transboundary Fulufjället National Park Area Valasiuk, Sviataslau Czajkowski, Mikołaj Giergiczny, Marek Żylicz, Tomasz Veisten, Knut Landa Mata, Iratxe Halse, Askill H. Elbakidze, Marine Angelstam, Per Svenska Forskningsrådet Formas 2017 http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/rec.12563 https://api.wiley.com/onlinelibrary/tdm/v1/articles/10.1111%2Frec.12563 https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/pdf/10.1111/rec.12563 en eng Wiley http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/termsAndConditions#vor Restoration Ecology volume 26, issue 2, page 370-380 ISSN 1061-2971 1526-100X journal-article 2017 crwiley https://doi.org/10.1111/rec.12563 2024-06-13T04:23:21Z Using an economic valuation approach, we assessed people's stated preferences for policy aimed at enhancing restoration of functional networks of naturally dynamic boreal forest habitats as a public good. Active landscape restoration can improve the functionality of boreal forest habitats as green infrastructure, which is essential for biodiversity conservation and delivery of multiple ecosystem services that production forests are poor at providing. In contrast, so far designation of protected areas in Fennoscandia has focused on remnant patches of near‐natural forests, and not on forest landscape restoration. We assessed citizens' preferences for forest landscape restoration in a transboundary region primarily managed for sustained‐yield wood production for the forest industry, and which hosts the transboundary Fulufjället National Parks in Sweden and Norway. We conducted a discrete choice experiment by asking Swedish and Norwegian citizens to choose among two options for the Fulufjället area, including (1) extension of passive protection on one side or both sides of the border, by additional area protection and restoration of forest naturalness, and (2) a status quo option. The scenario assumed that extension of the protected forest area would imply a compulsory tax administered bilaterally by the two countries. Just over half of the sample, in both countries expressed willingness to pay for forest landscape restoration. Alternatives that contemplated larger extensions of forest landscape restoration were assigned higher willingness‐to‐pay. Public awareness and support, combined with spatial planning, are necessary for forest landscape restoration to become a viable tool for biodiversity conservation in Scandinavia. Article in Journal/Newspaper Fennoscandia Wiley Online Library Norway Restoration Ecology 26 2 370 380 |
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Using an economic valuation approach, we assessed people's stated preferences for policy aimed at enhancing restoration of functional networks of naturally dynamic boreal forest habitats as a public good. Active landscape restoration can improve the functionality of boreal forest habitats as green infrastructure, which is essential for biodiversity conservation and delivery of multiple ecosystem services that production forests are poor at providing. In contrast, so far designation of protected areas in Fennoscandia has focused on remnant patches of near‐natural forests, and not on forest landscape restoration. We assessed citizens' preferences for forest landscape restoration in a transboundary region primarily managed for sustained‐yield wood production for the forest industry, and which hosts the transboundary Fulufjället National Parks in Sweden and Norway. We conducted a discrete choice experiment by asking Swedish and Norwegian citizens to choose among two options for the Fulufjället area, including (1) extension of passive protection on one side or both sides of the border, by additional area protection and restoration of forest naturalness, and (2) a status quo option. The scenario assumed that extension of the protected forest area would imply a compulsory tax administered bilaterally by the two countries. Just over half of the sample, in both countries expressed willingness to pay for forest landscape restoration. Alternatives that contemplated larger extensions of forest landscape restoration were assigned higher willingness‐to‐pay. Public awareness and support, combined with spatial planning, are necessary for forest landscape restoration to become a viable tool for biodiversity conservation in Scandinavia. |
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Valasiuk, Sviataslau Czajkowski, Mikołaj Giergiczny, Marek Żylicz, Tomasz Veisten, Knut Landa Mata, Iratxe Halse, Askill H. Elbakidze, Marine Angelstam, Per |
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Valasiuk, Sviataslau Czajkowski, Mikołaj Giergiczny, Marek Żylicz, Tomasz Veisten, Knut Landa Mata, Iratxe Halse, Askill H. Elbakidze, Marine Angelstam, Per Is forest landscape restoration socially desirable? A discrete choice experiment applied to the Scandinavian transboundary Fulufjället National Park Area |
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Valasiuk, Sviataslau Czajkowski, Mikołaj Giergiczny, Marek Żylicz, Tomasz Veisten, Knut Landa Mata, Iratxe Halse, Askill H. Elbakidze, Marine Angelstam, Per |
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Is forest landscape restoration socially desirable? A discrete choice experiment applied to the Scandinavian transboundary Fulufjället National Park Area |
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Is forest landscape restoration socially desirable? A discrete choice experiment applied to the Scandinavian transboundary Fulufjället National Park Area |
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Is forest landscape restoration socially desirable? A discrete choice experiment applied to the Scandinavian transboundary Fulufjället National Park Area |
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Is forest landscape restoration socially desirable? A discrete choice experiment applied to the Scandinavian transboundary Fulufjället National Park Area |
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Is forest landscape restoration socially desirable? A discrete choice experiment applied to the Scandinavian transboundary Fulufjället National Park Area |
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is forest landscape restoration socially desirable? a discrete choice experiment applied to the scandinavian transboundary fulufjället national park area |
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