Family forest landowners' interest in and perceptions of forest certification: Focus group findings from Minnesota

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Leahy, Jessica E. [1 ]
Kilgore, Michael A. [2 ]
Hibbard, Calder M. [3 ]
Donnay, Jacob S. [4 ]
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[1] School of Forest Resources, University of Maine, 219 Nutting Hall, Orono, ME 04469-5755, United States
[2] Department of Forest Resources, University of Minnesota, 1530 Cleveland Avenue N, St. Paul, MN 55108-6112, United States
[3] Minnesota Forest Resources Council, 2005 Upper Buford Circle, St. Paul, MN 55108-6146, United States
[4] Pinchot Institute for Conservation, 1616P St. NW, Washington, DC 20036, United States
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Northern Journal of Applied Forestry | 2008年 / 25卷 / 02期
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Focus groups were organized with individuals owning between 15 and 720 forested acres in northern Minnesota to better identify their understanding of; questions about; and interest in forest certification; factors that would encourage or discourage their participation in certification programs; and the types of certification program characteristics they preferred. Family forest landowner participants were generally unfamiliar with the concept of forest certification. They expressed concern about certification costs and benefits; its impact on land-use decisionmaking; eligibility requirements; and program administration. They also expressed clear preferences about how forest certification programs should be tailored to family forest landowners. The availability of financial assistance to help cover initial and ongoing certification costs; assurance that certification will not encumber property rights; and clear and tangible benefits were found to positively influence their interest in participation. The perspectives of other family forest landowners influenced individual attitudes toward certification. Moreover; initial attitudes toward forest certification only became more entrenched as landowners were provided additional information about certification-skeptics became more disinterested while those inclined to participate became even more so. Recommendations for foresters; forest policymakers; and forest certification program leaders are presented that would encourage more family forest landowner participation in certification. Copyright © 2008 by the Society of American Foresters;
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