Essays about: "NIPF owners"

Showing result 6 - 10 of 14 essays containing the words NIPF owners.

  1. 6. A proposed decision support tool for wood procurement planning based on stereo-matching of aerial images

    University essay from SLU/Dept. of Forest Resource Management

    Author : Johan Viklund; [2014]
    Keywords : semi-global matching; canopy cover; forest inventory; plot level forest variables; stem volume;

    Abstract : In Sweden the cap portion of the harvested stem volume derives from Non-Industrial Private Forest (NIPF) owners. In the current study a Decision Support Tool (DST) for wood procurement planning based on stereo-matching of aerial images is presented. READ MORE

  3. 7. Trust within small-scale forest management - a local case study in Southern Sweden

    University essay from SLU/Southern Swedish Forest Research Centre

    Author : Luis Andrés Guillén; [2013]
    Keywords : Forest owners associations; social capital; trust; NIPF owners; southern Sweden;

    Abstract : In the forest sector, non-industrial private forest (NIPF) owners commonly interact with numerous stakeholders (e.g. forest managers, timber buyers, harvesting contractors and advisors) for counseling, planning, selling and hiring. Forest management is therefore built and influenced by the relationships between NIPF owners and other stakeholders. READ MORE

  4. 8. Skogsbruksplanen och dess inverkan på den skogliga aktiviteten hos enskilda skogsägare i norra Sverige

    University essay from SLU/Dept. of Forest Resource Management

    Author : Johan Alm; [2012]
    Keywords : Skogsägarförening; Certifiering; Privatskogsbruk; Uthållighet; Småskaligt; Forest Owners Association; Certification; Private Forestry; Sustainability; Small-scale; forestry;

    Abstract : Detta examensarbete är utfört på uppdrag av skogsägarföreningen Norra Skogsägarna (Norra) för att undersöka om innehavet av en uppdaterad skogsbruksplan har något samband med hur stor andel av den produktiva skogsarealen där avverkning och skogsvård årligen sker hos enskilda skogsägare i norra Sverige. Analyserna baserades på enkätsvar, data från skogbruksplaner, uppgifter om utförda avverkningar enligt Norra skogsägarnas verksamhetssystem NOVA, samt offentlig statistik från Skogsstyrelsen och data från Riksskogstaxeringen. READ MORE

  5. 9. Understanding the NIPF landowners’ attitudes and knowledge about forest management in Michigan

    University essay from SLU/Southern Swedish Forest Research Centre

    Author : Tönis Tönisson; [2012]
    Keywords : Private forest owners ; landowner motivation; sustained yield management;

    Abstract : Approximately one-fourth of the non-industrial private forestland (NIPF) owners in the state of Michigan, who collectively own approximately 50% of the private forested land, have conducted commercial timber harvest in recent years. Previous studies indicated that NIPFs preferred to manage their forest for a sustained yield of high-quality timber, but were limited to even-aged regeneration treatments or conversion for uneven-aged silviculture due to previous cuttings. READ MORE

  6. 10. Enskilda skogsägares syn på ansvarstagande : drivkrafter och hinder

    University essay from SLU/Dept. of Economics

    Author : Per Lagerlöf; Andreas Scheibenpflug; [2010]
    Keywords : business; cr; csr; drivers; ethics; forestry; management; nipf; sme;

    Abstract : I Sverige ägs drygt 50 procent skogen av enskilda skogsägare. Den svenska skogspolitiken bygger på frihet under ansvar. Detta innebär att skogsbruket har ett ansvar som sträcker sig längre än de minimikrav som finns i lagen. READ MORE