Supporting community governance in boreal forests by introducing participatory GIS through Action Research
AbstractWe use the case of Vilhelmina Upper Forest Common (VUFC) in northern Sweden to test whether the introduction of a Participatory Geographic Information System (PGIS) can increase shareholder engagement. We take an Action Research approach to introduce a PGIS as a tool to help with forest mana...
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ftbudrichverlago:oai:ojs.budrich-journals.de:article/26637 2023-05-15T17:44:31+02:00 Supporting community governance in boreal forests by introducing participatory GIS through Action Research Poudyal, Mahesh Lidestav, Gun Sandström, Per Sandström, Stefan 2016-12-12 application/pdf https://www.budrich-journals.de/index.php/ijar/article/view/26637 eng eng Verlag Barbara Budrich GmbH https://www.budrich-journals.de/index.php/ijar/article/view/26637/23272 https://www.budrich-journals.de/index.php/ijar/article/view/26637 IJAR – International Journal of Action Research; Vol. 11, No. 3-2015: IJAR – International Journal of Action Research 1861-9908 1861-1303 info:eu-repo/semantics/article info:eu-repo/semantics/publishedVersion 2016 ftbudrichverlago 2021-03-21T10:16:11Z AbstractWe use the case of Vilhelmina Upper Forest Common (VUFC) in northern Sweden to test whether the introduction of a Participatory Geographic Information System (PGIS) can increase shareholder engagement. We take an Action Research approach to introduce a PGIS as a tool to help with forest management plans, and as a tool for communication between management and the shareholders. We found that the board and shareholders were initially resistant to adopting PGIS. However, continued collaboration and engagement seem to have encouraged the board to be more pro-active in their communication with the shareholders, and also more transparent regarding the management/governance of VUFC. We also find increasing interest among previously passive shareholders to engage in their forest common’s management.Key words: community forestry, Sweden, technology adoption, forest governance, participatory GIS Article in Journal/Newspaper Northern Sweden Budrich Journals |
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AbstractWe use the case of Vilhelmina Upper Forest Common (VUFC) in northern Sweden to test whether the introduction of a Participatory Geographic Information System (PGIS) can increase shareholder engagement. We take an Action Research approach to introduce a PGIS as a tool to help with forest management plans, and as a tool for communication between management and the shareholders. We found that the board and shareholders were initially resistant to adopting PGIS. However, continued collaboration and engagement seem to have encouraged the board to be more pro-active in their communication with the shareholders, and also more transparent regarding the management/governance of VUFC. We also find increasing interest among previously passive shareholders to engage in their forest common’s management.Key words: community forestry, Sweden, technology adoption, forest governance, participatory GIS |
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Poudyal, Mahesh Lidestav, Gun Sandström, Per Sandström, Stefan Supporting community governance in boreal forests by introducing participatory GIS through Action Research |
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Poudyal, Mahesh Lidestav, Gun Sandström, Per Sandström, Stefan |
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Poudyal, Mahesh |
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Supporting community governance in boreal forests by introducing participatory GIS through Action Research |
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Supporting community governance in boreal forests by introducing participatory GIS through Action Research |
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Supporting community governance in boreal forests by introducing participatory GIS through Action Research |
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Supporting community governance in boreal forests by introducing participatory GIS through Action Research |
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Supporting community governance in boreal forests by introducing participatory GIS through Action Research |
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supporting community governance in boreal forests by introducing participatory gis through action research |
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Verlag Barbara Budrich GmbH |
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IJAR – International Journal of Action Research; Vol. 11, No. 3-2015: IJAR – International Journal of Action Research 1861-9908 1861-1303 |
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