 Passive or not? – Examining the diversity within passive forest ownersAnne Matilainen and Merja Lähdesmäki Forest Policy and Economics, 2023, vol. 151, issue C Abstract: The structural changes that affect forest owners at the European level have entailed the threat of their becoming more passive in their forest management. These “so-called” passive forest owners represent a challenge for policy-makers, as they typically do not pursue explicit forest management goals and put less weight on externalities demanded of the forest resources by society. At the national level, an increasing number of indifferent or passive forest owners is usually construed as a waste of forest resources. Even so, the deeper reasons for passivity have not been thoroughly examined. Previous studies show that certain technical reasons, such as small forest holding size and a long distance to the forest, may increase passive forest management behaviour. However, in many countries various forest management services to overcome these obstacles are provided. This raises the question of whether we actually understand the reasons for passive forest management behaviour. Without this understanding, no advisory services can truly solve the problem. Keywords: Private non-industrial forest owner; landowners' objectives; Forest management; Passivity (search for similar items in EconPapers) Downloads: (external link) Related works: Export reference: BibTeX RIS (EndNote, ProCite, RefMan) HTML/Text Persistent link: https://EconPapers.repec.org/RePEc:eee:forpol:v:151:y:2023:i:c:s138993412300062x DOI: 10.1016/j.forpol.2023.102967 Access Statistics for this article Forest Policy and Economics is currently edited by M. Krott More articles in Forest Policy and Economics from Elsevier |
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