Improved communication with joint owners via e-mail, a more informative website, and more interesting meeting agendas can increase participation in the management of the Vilhelmina Upper Forest Common. Those who operate the Vilhelmina Upper Forest Common find it difficult to engage its members in the management of the common. Only 10% of members attend the…
An overarching plan that includes forest and municipal planning as well as other land-use interests is motivated, not least with thought to the possibility to understand and handle conflicts concerning the forest landscape. Municipalities establish a municipal development plan accounting for how the land within the municipality will be used, as well as plans for…
RenGIS is a tool that gathers information on land use and can illustrate which interests resides within a certain area. It is thus a good tool to use in discussions on land use. There are many different interests within the same land areas; in the northern half of Sweden, every year approximately 247,000 reindeer are…
For a number of years, the Sami have worked with researchers to develop a system for visualizing their reindeer grazing needs. This collaboration has led to an improvement of the system’s quality, and has meant that it is used more than it would have been if the researchers had simply presented a finished plan. Two…
Today’s economy, which is based on the access to the right manpower and the spread of knowledge, has fundamentally changed the conditions for economic development in sparsely populated areas. However, despite a concentration of markets in urban areas, there are good examples of companies that have succeeded in more sparsely populated areas. Companies are growing…
Although the forest owner has changed in many ways, the forest property has often been in the family for many years. On the other hand, the new forest owners – who largely live in urban areas – may need different services than those who live close to their forest property. The group of forest owners…
While the number of forest owners is increasing, at the same time a decrease in the size of forest properties can be noted. This has the potential to negatively affect the access to timber. Joint ownership of forest properties is increasing, which could lead to increased fragmentation, meaning that the forest is divided into smaller,…