Abstract
CR Climate Research Contact the journal Facebook Twitter RSS Mailing List Subscribe to our mailing list via Mailchimp HomeLatest VolumeAbout the JournalEditorsSpecials CR 73:45-56 (2017) - DOI: https://doi.org/10.3354/cr01448 Identifying and understanding attitudinal diversity on multi-functional changes in woodlands of the Ukrainian Carpathians Albert Nijnik1, Maria Nijnik2,*, Serhiy Kopiy3, Lyudmyla Zahvoyska3, Simo Sarkki4, Leonid Kopiy3, David Miller2 1Environmental Network Limited, The Hillocks, Tarland, Aboyne AB34 4TJ, Scotland, UK 2The James Hutton Institute, Craigiebuckler, Aberdeen AB15 8QH, Scotland, UK 3Ukrainian National Forestry University, Gen. Chuprynky 103, Lviv 79057, Ukraine 4Thule Institute, PO Box 7300, 90014 University of Oulu, Finland *Corresponding author: ■maria.nijnik@hutton.ac.uk‑Advance View was available online May 18, 2017 ABSTRACT: This paper advances existing knowledge of stakeholder attitudes towards ecosystem-based forest strategies and management practices in marginalized mountain areas of the Ukrainian Carpathians. The principal research question was to analyse the state of affairs regarding multi-functional changes in upland woodlands, as viewed by relevant stakeholders. An ultimate goal was to assist decision-makers in evaluation (e.g. through stakeholder evaluation using the suggested method) and implementation (through stakeholder engagement) of sustainable policy and management decisions. The Q-method, with the sequential application of its correlation and factor analytical tools, was applied to elucidate a range of existing attitudes (e.g. towards the expansion of woodlands under climate change and other drivers) and the spectrum of sustainability (its ecological, economic and social components) to which they relate. Dominant attitudes of representatives of relevant stakeholder groups towards multi-functional changes in forestry in the Carpathian Mountains were revealed and analysed. Key factors influencing the attitudinal diversity were explained. The results improve our understanding of stakeholder priorities and of commonalities and differences in existing attitudes/perceptions, providing some indication of how the diversity of attitudes towards forestry changes (e.g. integration of woodlands in mountain landscapes) could potentially influence sustainable forestry decisions. At times, entirely opposite attitudes (e.g. of the so-called Conservationists and Productivists attitudinal groups) towards forestry practices and key objectives of forestry in the Carpathian uplands were revealed. However, people put strong emphasis on multi-functional forestry offering a range of benefits to people, the environment and the economy. KEY WORDS: Public attitudes and preferences · Ecosystem-based adaptation practices · Carpathian Mountains · Q-method Full text in pdf format PreviousNextCite this article as: Nijnik A, Nijnik M, Kopiy S, Zahvoyska L, Sarkki S, Kopiy L, Miller D (2017) Identifying and understanding attitudinal diversity on multi-functional changes in woodlands of the Ukrainian Carpathians. Clim Res 73:45-56. https://doi.org/10.3354/cr01448 Export citation RSS - Facebook - Tweet - linkedIn Cited by Published in CR Vol. 73, No. 1-2. Online publication date: August 21, 2017 Print ISSN: 0936-577X; Online ISSN: 1616-1572 Copyright © 2017 Inter-Research.
Highlights
International, regional and national environmental policies are drivers of changes in European mountains
The principal research question was to analyse the state of affairs regarding multi-functional changes in upland woodlands, as viewed by relevant stakeholders
The Q-method is a participatory, systematic and rigorous scientific tool (Stephenson 1963) designed to reveal and examine existing attitudes and perspectives, provide in-depth insights into attitudinal diversity and human preferences, identify the key criteria concerning the issues in question that are important to people, and to explain major factors influencing the heterogeneity of stakeholder attitudes and perspectives (Watts & Stenner 2012)
Summary
International, regional and national environmental policies are drivers of changes in European mountains. At the Third Meeting of the Conference of the Parties to the Framework Convention on the Protection and Sustainable Development of the Carpathian Mountains (Bratislava, 25–27 May 2011), environment ministers and experts from Central and Eastern Europe discussed the drivers and responses to manifold changes affecting the region, and adopted a protocol on sustainable forest management. Adopting the sustainable development considerations in a country in transition to a market economy, such as Ukraine, requires adjustment of the complexity of institutions to the requirements of a market economy (Krott 2008). It requires the promotion of involvement of local communities in decision-making and policy implementation (Nijnik et al 2009a)
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