Forest owners’ cognition and behaviors underpinning Swedish forest biodiversity
KEY POINTS- Biodiversity underpinned
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- 15. Life on land
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Our aim is to offer new information that inform decision makers’ efforts toward increasing biodiversity in Swedish forests.
Societal sustainability aspirations require land management leading to more biodiverse Swedish forests. But, will the thousands of non-industrial individual and family private forest owners (NIPFOs) that dominate Swedish forest ownership adopt biodiversity-enhancing management practices? UNDERPINNED fills a critical gap in the current understanding of NIPFOs cognition underpinning management and perceptions of biodiversity, and responds to the need to study behavioral change in support of sustainable interventions by answering three questions:
1. What salient elements in cognitive models represent NIPFOs perceptions and judgement strategies about forest biodiversity on their ownerships?
2. Do NIPFOs have the capability, opportunity and motivation to change towards biodiversity-enhancing forest management behaviors?
3. Can interventions providing financial compensation encourage NIPFOs change toward adopting biodiversity-enhancing forest management behaviors?