The work on this article was supported by COST (European Cooperation in Science and Technology) in the framework of the COST Action FP1201 - Forest Land Ownership Changes in Europe: Significance for Management and Policy (FACESMAP). In addition, the authors want to acknowledge all participants of the COST Action for their contributions throughout the Action as well as the very valuable peer reviewer comments. ; Peer reviewed ; Postprint
Competitiveness race in the global economy, on the one side, and the acknowledgement of the sustainable development dimension, on the other side, brings Europe against extraordinary challenges but also to great opportunities. Mapping the future sustainable competitiveness creates a need for research initiatives to develop the new concept of competitiveness, with much of the research focusing on how sustainable development and competitiveness interact. The changing policy context, growing role of sustainable development, the transition to a green economy and the new European Union strategy Europe 2020 (2010) for smart, sustainable and inclusive growth leads to the "rethinking" of the main drivers of the sustainable competitiveness in the long prosperity and the future competitiveness leadership. The approach to natural resources, especially forests, as to the one of the future sustainable competitiveness resources, with the specific focus on its ownership is addressed in this article. Santrauka Lenktyniavimas del konkurencingumo pozicijos globalioje ekonomikoje ir vis didejantis darnaus vystymosi svarbos pripažinimas kelia Europai dideliu iššūkiu, o kartu atveria nauju galimybiu. Darnaus ateities konkurencingumo šaltiniu paieškos lemia naujas moksliniu tyrimu iniciatyvas, kuriomis būtu pletojama darnaus konkurencingumo koncepcija, apimanti darnaus vystymosi ir konkurencingumo saryši. Kintanti politine aplinka, didejanti darnaus vystymosi svarba, perejimas prie "žalios" ekonomikos ir nauja Europos Sajungos pažangaus, darnaus ir integracinio augimo strategija "Europa 2020" skatina iš naujo ivertinti pagrindinius ilgalaikio darnaus konkurencingumo šaltinius. Straipsnyje pletojamas požiūris i gamtos išteklius, ypač miškus, kaip i viena iš ateities darnaus konkurencingumo šaltiniu, kartu detalizuojant kai kuriuos mišku nuosavybes aspektus. First Published Online: 10 Feb 2011 Reikšminiai žodžiai:konkurencingumas,darnus vystymasis,darnus konkurencingumas,natūralūs ištekliai,miškai,miškininkyste,nuosavybe,valstybiniai miškai,privatūs miškai
Competitiveness race in the global economy, on the one side, and the acknowledgement of the sustainable development dimension, on the other side, brings Europe against extraordinary challenges but also to great opportunities. Mapping the future sustainable competitiveness creates a need for research initiatives to develop the new concept of competitiveness, with much of the research focusing on how sustainable development and competitiveness interact. The changing policy context, growing role of sustainable development, the transition to a green economy and the new European Union strategy Europe 2020 (2010) for smart, sustainable and inclusive growth leads to the "rethinking" of the main drivers of the sustainable competitiveness in the long prosperity and the future competitiveness leadership. The approach to natural resources, especially forests, as to the one of the future sustainable competitiveness resources, with the specific focus on its ownership is addressed in this article. Darnaus konkurencingumo šaltinių paieškos: miškų nuosavybės aspektai Santrauka. Lenktyniavimas dėl konkurencingumo pozicijos globalioje ekonomikoje ir vis didėjantis darnaus vystymosi svarbos pripažinimas kelia Europai didelių iššūkių, o kartu atveria naujų galimybių. Darnaus ateities konkurencingumo šaltinių paieškos lemia naujas mokslinių tyrimų iniciatyvas, kuriomis būtų plėtojama darnaus konkurencingumo koncepcija, apimanti darnaus vystymosi ir konkurencingumo sąryšį. Kintanti politinė aplinka, didėjanti darnaus vystymosi svarba, perėjimas prie "žalios" ekonomikos ir nauja Europos Sąjungos pažangaus, darnaus ir integracinio augimo strategija "Europa 2020" skatina iš naujo įvertinti pagrindinius ilgalaikio darnaus konkurencingumo šaltinius. Straipsnyje plėtojamas požiūris į gamtos išteklius, ypač miškus, kaip į vieną iš ateities darnaus konkurencingumo šaltinių, kartu detalizuojant kai kuriuos miškų nuosavybės aspektus. Reikšminiai žodžiai: konkurencingumas, darnus vystymasis, darnus konkurencingumas, natūralūs ištekliai, miškai, miškininkystė, nuosavybė, valstybiniai miškai, privatūs miškai. First Published Online: 10 Feb 2011
Prologue: Uncommon ground. Transaction ; Foundation ; Population ; Exploitation ; Demarcation, eviction, possession ; Exploration -- Part I: Borderlines. When the worm forgave the plough ; The size of all the Earth ; Just where is everything ; At the edges of world ; Drawing a distinction -- Part II: Annals of acquisition. Up and out and on the level ; Islands of the damned ; Red territory ; The land and the gentry -- Part III: Stewardship. The tragedies of improvement ; The accumulations of space ; Going nowhere and everywhere ; The world made wild again ; On wisdom, down under ; Parks, recreation, and plutonium -- Part IV: Battlegrounds. The dreary steeples ; The unholy land ; Death on the rich black earth ; Concentration and confiscation -- Part V: Annals of restoration. Māori in Arcady ; Strangers in the Hebrides ; Bringing Africa home ; Aliens in wonderland ; Trust is everything -- Epilogue: Yet now the land is drowning.
The authors thank, KTUBAP (Black Sea Technical University Scientific Research Found) for the financial support it provided to this project (Project Name: Effects of Forest Cadastre Applications in Eastern Black Sea Region and Alternative Approaches). ; This paper discusses the principle causes of forest ownership conflicts and the alternative approaches to resolve them. The current forest legislation in Turkey primarily rejects the private forest ownership rights with very limited exceptions. At present, 99.9% of the country's forest is owned by the state. According to the results, the forest property subject to disputes in the Eastern Black Sea Region where the conflicts is most experienced is about 12% of the total forest area. Nearly half of the conflicted area includes the forests registered in the name of individuals in the past. The non-acceptance of private forest property and the nullification of the old-dated private forest property documents have caused both disappointment in people and damages to the forests. Within the scope of the research, land survey and assessments were carried out in the settlements of the Eastern Black Sea Region, and group meetings were held with the local people to determine the causes of the disagreements as well as the requests and expectations of the local people. In addition, the views and proposals of local forest engineers working as state officers in the region were investigated. The results were presented in tables and alternative recommendations were developed based on statistical evaluations. The results indicated that the existing legislation and practices were not considered appropriate by all the forest villagers interviewed and by 75% of the forest engineers working in the regional forestry administration. Legislative changes are inevitable to better protect the forests and minimize the conflicts. The legal property documents given to the people must be valid in forests subject to private property in the historical process. As a solution proposal, private forests located immediately adjacent to and integrated with state forests should be expropriated, but those intermingled within the agricultural and settlement areas should be left to private property provided that sustainability is maintained The same solution proposal should be valid for the confiscated forests in the course of cadastral works conducted so far.
In: Andersson , E , Keskitalo , E & Lawrence , A 2017 , ' Adaptation to Climate Change in Forestry: A Perspective on Forest Ownership and Adaptation Responses ' , Forests , vol. 8 , no. 12 , pp. 493 . https://doi.org/10.3390/f8120493
Adaptation to climate change has often been discussed from the perspectives of social vulnerability and community vulnerability, recognising that characteristics at local level will influence the particular adaptations undertaken. However, the extent to which national-level systemic factors influence and shape measures defined as adaptations has seldom been recognised. Focusing on adaptation to climate change in forestry, this study uses the example of two countries in the northern hemisphere with different forest ownership structures, forestry industry and traditions: Sweden, with strong private, non-industrial ownership, dominant forest industry and long forestry traditions; and Scotland, with forest ownership dominated by large estates and investment forestry based on plantations of exotic conifer species. The study shows how adaptation to climate change is structurally embedded and conditioned, which has resulted in specific challenges and constraints for different groups of forest owners within these two different contexts. This produces a specific set of political spaces and policy tools by rendering climate change in relation to forestry manageable, negotiable and practical/logical in specific ways. It is recommended that the focus of future work on climate-related issues and development of adaptation measures and policy should not be primarily on climate-related factors, but on institutional analysis of structural factors and logics in target sectors, in order to critically explore concepts of agency and power within these processes