Future forests: Perceptions and strategies of key actors

Sammanfattning

Abstract This paper investigates how key actors perceive the future of the forest sector: how they position themselves in relation to climate, energy and demography related trends. Actors’ perceptions of future challenges and opportunities influence their choice of strategy and action. Actors’ relative capacity to realise their visions, in turn, shape future forest use. Frame analysis is used to explore selected actor’s perceptions and strategies and the existence of major divisions, i.e. frame conflicts. Empirically, the study is based on the case of Sweden as a typical boreal forest producing region. Actors’ perceptions of the challenges facing the forest sector diverge widely. Yet, most actors see the future of the forest sector as linked to broader issues of climate mitigation and energy transition. These issues trigger fundamental discussions about social change and the role of forests in future society. A major division separates actors who perceive biomass supply as unlimited, or at least not constraining, and those who stress scarcity and re-distribution of resources. This difference, or frame conflict, is reflected in actors’ forest related strategies and may fuel future forest debates and conflicts

Nyckelord

Climate change; energy transition; forest sector; frame analysis; futures studies; perceptions; strategies; Sweden

Publicerad i

Scandinavian Journal of Forest Research
2012, volym: 27, nummer: 2, sidor: 154-163
Utgivare: Taylor & Francis

SLU författare

• Beland Lindahl, Karin

  • Institutionen för stad och land, Sveriges lantbruksuniversitet
    

• Westholm, Erik

  • Institutionen för stad och land, Sveriges lantbruksuniversitet
    

Associerade SLU-program

SLU Future Forests

Globala målen (SDG)

SDG13 Bekämpa klimatförändringarna

UKÄ forskningsämne

Miljö- och naturvårdsvetenskap
Skogsvetenskap
Förnyelsebar bioenergi

Publikationens identifierare

• DOI: https://doi.org/10.1080/02827581.2011.635073

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