scholarly journals Econometric models of Finnish non-industrial private forest owners' timber supply and timber stock

2007 ◽  
Vol 2007 (46) ◽  
Author(s):  
Ibrahim Moulifla Favada
Keyword(s):  
Econometric Models ◽  
Private Forest ◽  
Private Forest Owners ◽  
Timber Supply ◽  
Forest Owners

Zum Holzangebot nicht industrieller privater Waldeigentümer | Concerning timber supply of non-industrial private forest owners

2008 ◽  
Vol 159 (12) ◽  
pp. 416-426
Author(s):  
Peter Deegen
Keyword(s):  
Market Failure ◽  
Credit Rationing ◽  
Private Forest ◽  
Private Forest Owners ◽  
Short Term ◽  
Timber Supply ◽  
Forest Owners ◽  
Forest Income

The paper presents deductive-mathematical analyses regarding short and long-term timber supply of non-industrial private forest owners using several papers of Tahvonen and Tahvonen et al. With the help of an intertemporal dynamic consumer model based on the Faustmann tradition, the effects of utility in situ, non-forest income and credit rationing are investigated: The higher the utility in situ and the non-forest income, the higher is the quantity of the long-term timber supply and the lower the quantity of short-term timber supply. The higher the timber price and the market interest rate, the lower the quantity of the long-term timber supply and the higher the quantity of short-term timber supply. Credit rationing leads to essential modifications of those results. The found results also differ strongly from analyses of the pure case of intertemporal profit maximizers. In the second part inductive-empirical studies concerning timber supply of non-industrial private forest owners are presented as well. Reference is made to two papers with review characteristics in which cases from North America and Scandinavia are analysed. In the third part the results of the two different methods are compared and the relations of these two methods are discussed. Special emphasis is given to the fact that deduction shall not equalize theory and the inductive-empirical method shall not be synonym for reality or practice. Instead inductive-empirical research is also theory. Finally it is explained that the low quantity of short-term timber supply by non-industrial private forest owners is not a result of market failure but of a more complex competition among the different usages of forests that emerged in modern societies.

scholarly journals Determinants of Nonindustrial Private Forest Owners’ Willingness to Harvest Timber in Norway

Forests ◽  
2020 ◽  
Vol 11 (1) ◽  
pp. 60 ◽  
Author(s):  
Altamash Bashir ◽  
Hanne K. Sjølie ◽  
Birger Solberg
Keyword(s):  
Probit Model ◽  
Economic Security ◽  
Tobit Model ◽  
Forest Growth ◽  
Forest Owner ◽  
Private Forest ◽  
Private Forest Owners ◽  
Timber Supply ◽  
Forest Owners ◽  
Study Results

In Norway, 84% of the productive forest is privately owned, and these forests dominate the supply of timber to industries. However, during last 80 years, annual forest growth has seen a substantial upsurge while annual timber harvest has been rather stable, generating an increasing potential for timber supply. In this study, we provide new insights to better understand Norwegian non-industrial private forest owners’ timber harvesting decisions. This was achieved by comparing the outcomes of two different statistical approaches (i.e., a combination of probit-linear models with a tobit model). These approaches are commonly applied in timber supply studies, but to the best of our knowledge have never been compared on the same dataset. The survey utilized for this study constitutes a population of Active and Inactive forest owners, based on whether the owner had harvested timber for sale during the last fifteen years. Two gross samples of 1500 and 1650 were drawn, with response rates of 56% and 49% for the Active and Inactive owner samples, respectively. The study results reveal that the average holding size varied from 25.2 ha for Inactive to 49.5 ha for both samples and 73.8 ha for Active owners. The probit model analysis indicated that knowledge of forest fund and financial objectives had the most significant impact on the willingness to harvest, with marginal effects of 11% and 12%, respectively. In the linear regression, being a male owner increased the historical timber supply by 1.48 m3 ha−1 year−1 compared to female ownership. In the second regression pathway (tobit model), the two variables male forest owner and owning forests for financial objectives triggered the supply of timber by 1.85 m3 ha−1 year−1 and 1.25 m3 ha−1 year−1, respectively. Timber prices were significant in the linear model (elasticity 1.18) and tobit model (elasticity 0.66), whereas they were non-significant in the probit model. Our study concludes that Active owners had a better understanding of acknowledging forests for economic security. Policy-makers and extension services should recognize that the Inactive forest owner group may require different actions than Active owners.

scholarly journals Private Forests in Nepal: Status and Policy Analysis

2017 ◽  
Vol 15 (1) ◽  
pp. 120-130 ◽  
Author(s):  
Swoyambhu M. Amatya ◽  
Prakash Lamsal
Keyword(s):  
Present Status ◽  
National Level ◽  
Timber Harvesting ◽  
Lessons Learned ◽  
Private Land ◽  
Private Forest ◽  
Community Forest ◽  
Private Forest Owners ◽  
Forest Owners ◽  
Private Forests

 This paper reviews and analyses the present status of private forests and tenure administration in light of existing legal, policy, and regulatory frameworks in Nepal. Additionally, the present status of private forests, as well as the scenarios of timber harvesting, transportation, marketing, and their administration are thoroughly revised. Provisions regarding forests and trees on private land and their basis are examined and implications are articulated for potential policy improvements for enhanced tenure security. It is shown that robust national-level policies and legal frameworks exist, and that there is an increasing trend of timber flows to markets from private forests over the past five years. However, there is still skepticism, mistrust and fear amongst private forest owners, saw millers, and forest administration that prevents the full use of the bundle of rights that legal and policy provisions have promised. An unusually slow pace of private forest registration, lengthy and multi stage processes for obtaining harvesting and transportation permits, and official bans on important commercial species, among others, are found to be the factors that most hinder the private forest owners’ and tree growers’ interests, and their rights and obligations with respect to the management and use of their private forest resources. It is concluded that a simplified permitting process along with programmatic support would promote and help to grow private forestry and that Nepal’s experience and lessons learned from community forest implementation would be a great asset to move towards this end. Connecting community forest user groups for organised and cooperative action, and mobilising their institutional strength and accumulated funds for pro-farmer technical and regulatory support would allow farmers to intensify tree plantations and forest management. Further steps are required to convince policymakers and secure necessary budgetary support to this end..

Experiences and emotions among private forest owners versus public interests: Why ownership matters

2018 ◽  
Vol 79 ◽  
pp. 801-811 ◽  
Author(s):  
Sabina Bergstén ◽  
Olof Stjernström ◽  
Örjan Pettersson
Keyword(s):  
Private Forest ◽  
Private Forest Owners ◽  
Forest Owners ◽  
Public Interests

scholarly journals What influences European private forest owners' affinity for subsidies?

2019 ◽  
Vol 99 ◽  
pp. 136-144 ◽  
Author(s):  
Sonia Quiroga ◽  
Cristina Suarez ◽  
Andrej Ficko ◽  
Diana Feliciano ◽  
Laura Bouriaud ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Private Forest ◽  
Private Forest Owners ◽  
Forest Owners

scholarly journals Forest Landowners' Willingness to Sell Carbon Credits: A Pilot Study

2009 ◽  
Vol 26 (1) ◽  
pp. 35-37 ◽  
Author(s):  
Lena S. Fletcher ◽  
David Kittredge ◽  
Thomas Stevens
Keyword(s):  
Pilot Study ◽  
The United States ◽  
Carbon Markets ◽  
Private Forest ◽  
Private Forest Owners ◽  
Forest Owners ◽  
Forest Landowners ◽  
New Forest ◽  
Carbon Prices ◽  
Larger Sample

Abstract Sequestered carbon is a new forest product that could help private forest owners earn financial returns while keeping their forests intact. Private forest owners are responsible for 78% of forests in Massachusetts, and the carbon these trees sequester could be traded in emerging cap-and-trade carbon markets in the United States. In forming policy about climate change and forestry, it is important to understand the factors that influence the likelihood of landowners choosing to sell sequestered carbon and participate in the carbon marketplace. In this pilot study, we explored the likelihood of Massachusetts forest owners selling carbon sequestered on their forestland. We found that landowners significantly favor higher payments, no withdrawal penalty, and, unexpectedly, longer time commitments. We also found that at current carbon prices, very few participants (less than 7%) would be willing to sell. Additional studies need to be conducted, with a larger sample of respondents, which may elucidate how socioeconomic variables and ownership attitudes influence forest owners' willingness to enroll in carbon markets.

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