Hur olika skogsägarkategorier har försett sig med underlag för beslut och åtgärder efter stormen Gudrun
en jämförelse av medlemmar och icke-medlemmar, åbor och utbor samt kvinnor och män
During the 8th and 9th of January 2005 a devastating storm named Gudrun entered the south of Sweden and a big part of the forest owners got their forests damaged. The study objective was to investigate on which basis and how the affected forest owners made their managment decisions immediately after the storm and if there are any differences between different categories of forest owners.
- Members ? non members in a forest owner association (FOA)
- Resident owners ? non resident owners
- Female and male forest owner
The study is based on a questionnaire survey with the purpose to examine the most important counsellor and information channels of the forest owners. A total of 450 forest owners participated in the survey.
Results show that all categories of forest owners prefer professional counselling rather than personal counselling. The result of availability shows that all categories of forest owners appraise the availability of both professional and personal counsellors as high, though personal counsellors as slightly higher. The result of reliability shows that all categories of forest owners, except the males, appraise the reliability of both professional and personal counsellors as high, though personal counsellors as slightly higher. The males appraise the reliability of personal counsellors higher.
The most frequent information channels for all categories of forest owners, except the FOA members, is media. The FOA members have more frequently stated local member?s magazine/supplier?s magazine. The results of availability show that all categories of forest owners appraise the availability of all information channels as high. Even the result of reliability show that all categories of forest owners appraise the reliability of information channels as high.