Family Forest Landowners' Interest in and Perceptions of Forest Certification: Focus Group Findings from Minnesota
Family Forest Landowners' Interest in and Perceptions of Forest Certification: Focus Group Findings from Minnesota
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家庭森林土地所有者对森林认证的兴趣和看法：明尼苏达州焦点小组的调查结果
DOI：
10.1093/njaf/25.2.73
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发表时间：
2008
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通讯作者：
Jacob S. Donnay
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作者：
J. Leahy;M. Kilgore;Calder M. Hibbard;Jacob S. Donnay
焦点小组组织与个人拥有15和720之间的森林英亩的北方明尼苏达州，以更好地确定他们的理解，问题，并在森林认证的兴趣;因素，将鼓励或阻止他们参与certificationprograms;和类型的认证程序的特点，他们喜欢。家庭森林土地所有者参与者普遍不熟悉森林认证的概念。他们对认证的成本和收益、其对土地使用决策的影响、资格要求和项目管理表示关注。他们还明确表示，森林认证计划应如何适合家庭森林土地所有者。研究发现，提供财政援助以帮助支付初始和持续的认证费用，保证认证不会妨碍产权，以及明确和切实的好处，对他们参与的兴趣产生了积极影响。其他家庭森林土地所有者的观点影响个人对认证的态度。此外，对森林认证的最初态度变得更加根深蒂固，因为土地所有者获得了关于认证怀疑论者的更多信息，而那些倾向于参与的人变得更加无私。林务员，森林政策制定者和森林认证计划的领导人提出的建议，将鼓励更多的家庭森林土地所有者参与认证。
Focus groups were organized with individuals owning between 15 and 720 forested acres in northern Minnesota to better identify their understanding of, questions about, and interest in forest certification; factors that would encourage or discourage their participation in certificationprograms; and the types of certification program characteristics they preferred. Family forest landowner participants were generally unfamiliar with the concept of forest certification. They expressed concern about certification costs and benefits, its impact on land-use decisionmaking, eligibility requirements, and program administration. They also expressed clear preferences about how forest certification programs should be tailored to family forest landowners. The availability of financial assistance to help cover initial and ongoing certification costs, assurance that certification will not encumber property rights, and clear and tangible benefits were found to positively influence their interest in participation. The perspectives of other family forest landowners influenced individual attitudes toward certification. Moreover, initial attitudes toward forest certificationonly became more entrenched as landowners were provided additional information about certification—skeptics became more disinterested while those inclined to participate became even more so. Recommendations for foresters, forest policymakers, and forest certification program leaders are presented that would encourage more family forest landowner participation in certification.