Generationsskiften inom skogsbruk och deras konsekvenser för naturvården
The attitudes towards nature conservation in forestry are based on the individual forest owner. The theme of the interviews is the opinion on nature conservation in forestry. The purpose of this study is to identify if there is any difference in attitude to nature conservation in forestry according to the age of the forest owner. The study discusses different factors that affect the private forest owners consideration of nature conservation and give an insight in different generations attitude to nature conservation. Other topics that are discussed is if future change of generation will change the consideration of nature conservation in Swedish forestry and what is needed to enhance the interest in nature conservation among forest owners.This study is the result of interviews with a number of forest owners in the county of Uppsala, Sweden. Totally 17 people were interviewed , both men and women, forest owners that live close to their property and owners that live on a distance from their forest property. The forest owners that participated in the study are born between 1930-1965 and have forest properties that range from 30-280 hectares. The forest owners live under various conditions and have different aims with their property.The results show that in general, the forest owners have a positive attitude towards nature conservation. The opinions about nature conservation are in general the same among forest owners, independent of age. In the future, change of generations in forestry will not affect the attitudes towards nature conservation. An open dialogue between the authorities and the forest owners is essential to enhance the interest to nature conservation. In case of nature conservation, the forest owners need to feel participation in the whole process to gain a positive attitude.