Shareholder Perceptions of Individual and Common Benefits in Swedish Forest Commons
"In the period 18611918, thirty-three commons were established in Northern Sweden. This was linked to the finalisation of the Great Redistribution of Forest Holdings in Dalarna and the delimitation process in V??sterbotten and Norrbotten. They were intended to serve as an instrument for improve...
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ftdlc:oai:http://dlc.dlib.indiana.edu:10535/8740 2023-05-15T17:44:39+02:00 Shareholder Perceptions of Individual and Common Benefits in Swedish Forest Commons Lidestav, Gun Poudyal, Mahesh Holmgren, Eva Keskitalo, E. Carina H. Europe Sweden 2013 http://hdl.handle.net/10535/8740 English eng http://hdl.handle.net/10535/8740 International Journal of the Commons 7 164-182 1 February CBRM forest policy resource management Forestry Journal Article published Case Study 2013 ftdlc 2021-03-11T16:18:53Z "In the period 18611918, thirty-three commons were established in Northern Sweden. This was linked to the finalisation of the Great Redistribution of Forest Holdings in Dalarna and the delimitation process in V??sterbotten and Norrbotten. They were intended to serve as an instrument for improved and sustained forest production, the viability of farmers and the liveability of the rural communities in the areas where they were established. The aim of this paper is to describe the results of a study examining how three of these forest commons, one from each region, have benefitted the local shareholders and their community. The perceptions among forest common shareholders were assessed using a questionnaire. The study also assessed economic impact on shareholders in terms of extent and use of the dividend from each of the commons for the period 1958-2007, highlighting the extent of the economic support to individual shareholders and to the local community. Results reveal large differences between the three cases; there was a positive correlation between the extent of the economic support and contentment among the shareholders." Article in Journal/Newspaper Northern Sweden Norrbotten Indiana University: Digital Library of the Commons (DLC) |
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"In the period 18611918, thirty-three commons were established in Northern Sweden. This was linked to the finalisation of the Great Redistribution of Forest Holdings in Dalarna and the delimitation process in V??sterbotten and Norrbotten. They were intended to serve as an instrument for improved and sustained forest production, the viability of farmers and the liveability of the rural communities in the areas where they were established. The aim of this paper is to describe the results of a study examining how three of these forest commons, one from each region, have benefitted the local shareholders and their community. The perceptions among forest common shareholders were assessed using a questionnaire. The study also assessed economic impact on shareholders in terms of extent and use of the dividend from each of the commons for the period 1958-2007, highlighting the extent of the economic support to individual shareholders and to the local community. Results reveal large differences between the three cases; there was a positive correlation between the extent of the economic support and contentment among the shareholders." |
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Lidestav, Gun Poudyal, Mahesh Holmgren, Eva Keskitalo, E. Carina H. |
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Lidestav, Gun Poudyal, Mahesh Holmgren, Eva Keskitalo, E. Carina H. |
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Shareholder Perceptions of Individual and Common Benefits in Swedish Forest Commons |
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Shareholder Perceptions of Individual and Common Benefits in Swedish Forest Commons |
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Shareholder Perceptions of Individual and Common Benefits in Swedish Forest Commons |
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Shareholder Perceptions of Individual and Common Benefits in Swedish Forest Commons |
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Shareholder Perceptions of Individual and Common Benefits in Swedish Forest Commons |
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shareholder perceptions of individual and common benefits in swedish forest commons |
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2013 |
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Northern Sweden Norrbotten |
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Northern Sweden Norrbotten |
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