Environment Department, University of York, Heslington, York YO10 5DD, UK.
J Environ Manage. 2013 Jul 15;123:105-12. doi: 10.1016/j.jenvman.2013.03.013. Epub 2013 Apr 13.
Using a nationally representative survey of 263 farm operators in Ireland, this study develops a typology of private forest landowners' objectives for forest ownership. It is important to understand farmers' forest ownership objectives as this will enhance economic analysis in general, but also to formulate more effective policies that take into account the range of motivational profiles of landowners. Using principal component analysis, three core motivations for forest ownership are identified representing economic, lifestyle and multifunctional benefits. Using a binary logistic regression model these ownership objectives were found to have a significant impact on farmers' forest management. For instance, farmers with relatively stronger economic motivations for forest ownership were found to be much more likely to harvest thinnings whereas the opposite was true of those with more lifestyle orientated objectives. In order to tailor policy at groups with different forest ownership objectives it will be important to be able to identify them through more easily observable owner and property characteristics. This study through multivariate regression analysis found factors such as age of the farm operator, land quality, system of farming, off farm employment and environmental attitudes were related to farm forest owners' ownership objectives. The study concludes that a better understanding of the heterogeneity in farmers' forest ownership objectives will enable policymakers to tailor incentives that more closely align with the diverse motivational profiles of different groups of landholders.
本研究利用爱尔兰 263 名农场经营者的全国代表性调查，为私人林地所有者的森林所有权目标开发了一种分类法。了解农民的森林所有权目标很重要，因为这将增强一般的经济分析能力，但也需要制定更有效的政策，考虑到所有者的各种激励特征。本研究使用主成分分析，确定了代表经济、生活方式和多功能效益的三个核心所有权动机。使用二元逻辑回归模型，发现这些所有权目标对农民的森林管理有重大影响。例如，具有较强经济动机的农民更有可能采伐间伐林，而那些以生活方式为导向的目标则相反。为了针对具有不同森林所有权目标的群体制定政策，通过更容易观察到的所有者和财产特征来识别他们将非常重要。通过多元回归分析，本研究发现，农场经营者的年龄、土地质量、耕作制度、非农就业和环境态度等因素与农场森林所有者的所有权目标有关。研究得出的结论是，更好地了解农民森林所有权目标的异质性将使政策制定者能够制定更符合不同土地所有者群体多样化激励特征的激励措施。
