Camilla Thellbro has PhD from the Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences (SLU), Department of Forest Resource Management. Camilla has long experience of municipal spatial planning and participatory processes for sustainable development from a landscape perspective. The doctoral dissertation is about how municipal comprehensive planning can be improved as a tool for landscape planning and community development, primarily in rural municipalities, through developed participatory processes and increased integration of knowledge about local natural resources and their utilization. The absence of forest resource and forest owners in municipal planning, as well as the potential of integrating the forest perspective in the planning, are highlighted as illustrative examples.
The use of local natural resources, particularly forest resources, are important for many rural municipalities. Municipal spatial planning is a key tool in finding a balance between ecological, social and economic sustainability in social development based on a landscape perspective on utilization. Dialogue and stakeholder interaction in the planning, based on comprehensive and shared knowledge…