Supporting community governance in boreal forests by introducing participatory-GIS through Action Research
We 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 p...
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ftrepec:oai:RePEc:rai:ijares:ijar-2015-03-poudyal 2023-05-15T17:44:31+02:00 Supporting community governance in boreal forests by introducing participatory-GIS through Action Research Poudyal, Mahesh Lidestav, Gun Sandstroem, Per Sandstroem, Stefan http://www.hampp-verlag.de/hampp_e-journals_IJAR.htm#315 unknown http://www.hampp-verlag.de/hampp_e-journals_IJAR.htm#315 article ftrepec 2020-12-04T13:31:24Z We 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. community forestry, Sweden, technology adoption, forest governance, participatory GIS Article in Journal/Newspaper Northern Sweden RePEc (Research Papers in Economics) |
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We 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. community forestry, Sweden, technology adoption, forest governance, participatory GIS |
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Article in Journal/Newspaper |
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Poudyal, Mahesh Lidestav, Gun Sandstroem, Per Sandstroem, Stefan |
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Poudyal, Mahesh Lidestav, Gun Sandstroem, Per Sandstroem, Stefan Supporting community governance in boreal forests by introducing participatory-GIS through Action Research |
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Poudyal, Mahesh Lidestav, Gun Sandstroem, Per Sandstroem, Stefan |
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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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