Journal article
Policies Affecting Forestry Entrepreneurship
Small-scale forestry, Vol.6(3), pp.233-255
09/2007
Handle:
https://hdl.handle.net/2376/102279
Abstract
Many demand and supply-side policies impede or foster forestry entrepreneurship. A study was conducted to consolidate existing knowledge on policies influencing forestry entrepreneurship in Finland, Norway, Japan, Australia, the Philippines and the USA, and to draw conclusions on these impeding and fostering factors. From the country studies it was difficult to find common structures on policies affecting forestry entrepreneurship. This is understandable because most policies in forestry are aimed at supporting sustainable forest management, wood production and ecological services of the forests rather than entrepreneurship as such. Despite the high variety of policies applied in the study countries, it can be concluded that strict public control on forests’ use and management potentially impedes forestry entrepreneurship. While these policies assist to correct market failure and to promote sustainability of forest management, they may also result into unnecessary and ineffective regulations that limit the opportunities for forestry entrepreneurship. A common feature promoting the demand for forestry entrepreneurship in some of the countries studied is the strong emphasis on forestry cooperatives, which were important institutions to support small-scale forestry entrepreneurship. In many study countries, different ad hoc programs are implemented to find new economic and entrepreneurial opportunities aside from the current use of wood and forests. Subsidies and tax incentives are commonly applied to reduce risks from making forestry investments or otherwise increase the economic return from timber production.
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- Title
- Policies Affecting Forestry Entrepreneurship
- Creators
- Anssi Niskanen - Faculty of Forestry University of Joensuu Box 111 80101 Joensuu FinlandAnders Lunnan - The Norwegian Forest and Landscape Institute Box 115 1431 Aas NorwayIkuo Ota - Faculty of Agriculture Ehime University 3-5-7 Tarumi Matsuyama 790-8566 JapanKeith Blatner - Department of Natural Resource Sciences Washington State University PO Box 646410 Pullman WA 99164-6410 USAJohn Herbohn - School of Natural and Rural Systems Management The University of Queensland St. Lucia 4072 AustraliaLyndall Bull - National Association of Forest Industries, The University of Melbourne 24 Napier Close Deakin ACT 2600 AustraliaIan Ferguson - School of Forest and Ecosystem Science University of Melbourne Parkville VIC 3010 AustraliaGordon Hickey - Department of Sustainability and Environment PO Box 500 Level 3, 8 Nicholson Street East Melbourne VIC 3002 Australia
- Publication Details
- Small-scale forestry, Vol.6(3), pp.233-255
- Academic Unit
- Environment, School of the (CAHNRS)
- Publisher
- Springer Netherlands; Dordrecht
- Identifiers
- 99900546536901842
- Language
- English
- Resource Type
- Journal article