Policies Affecting Forestry Entrepreneurship

Anssi Niskanen; Anders Lunnan; Ikuo Ota; Keith Blatner; John L Herbohn; Lyndall Bull; Ian Ferguson; Gordon M Hickey

doi:10.1007/s11842-007-9025-z

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Policies Affecting Forestry Entrepreneurship

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Policies Affecting Forestry Entrepreneurship

Anssi Niskanen, Anders Lunnan, Ikuo Ota, Keith Blatner, John L Herbohn, Lyndall Bull, Ian Ferguson and Gordon M Hickey

Small-scale Forestry, Vol.6(3), pp.233-255

2007

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/s11842-007-9025-z

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Forestry Sciences

Applied Economics

Policy and Administration

innovation

investment opportunity

policy

regulation

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
Authors: Anssi Niskanen (Author) - University of Joensuu, Finland
Anders Lunnan (Author) - Norwegian University of Life Sciences, Norway
Ikuo Ota (Author) - Ehime University, Japan
Keith Blatner (Author) - Washington State University, United States
John L Herbohn (Author) - University of Queensland
Lyndall Bull (Author) - University of Melbourne
Ian Ferguson (Author) - University of Melbourne
Gordon M Hickey (Author) - Department of Sustainability and Environment
Publication details: Small-scale Forestry, Vol.6(3), pp.233-255
Publisher: Springer Netherlands
Date published: 2007
DOI: 10.1007/s11842-007-9025-z
ISSN: 1873-7617
Organisation Unit: Australian Centre for Pacific Islands Research; Tropical Forests and People Research Centre; University of the Sunshine Coast, Queensland; Forest Research Institute
Language: English
Record Identifier: 99450805202621
Output Type: Journal article

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