Empirical reality and modelling of motivational conditions of informational forest-political instruments for the non-farming ownership of small-scale private forests. [German]

摘要

Two research projects examined consultation and support of non-farming small-scale private forest owners as political instruments on the information level. Urban orientation as the explaining variable was used to estimate the effectiveness of current and future forest-policy programs. Due to this the experts of consultation and support as well as their clientele, the non-farming small-scale private forest owners, were analysed. It was possible to reconstruct the needs of the target group and to present a picture of today's consultation practise with the used study design. One subproject was accomplished by the Institut of forest policy and nature protection at the University of Gottingen in form of an expert-centered research design which uses qualitative methods of empirical social research. The second subproject was accomplished by the Institut of forest policy at the University of Freiburg. Within this project the clientele of non-farming owners of small-scaled private forests was examined by means of quantitative methods of empirical social research. Both research projects were closely co-ordinated and their common aspects of content were integrated into the used collection of instruments. As a result a multi-perspective view of the clientele of non-farming forest owners could be presented by using this approach based on division of labour. By designing and applying the scale,urban orientation" (Fig. 1, Tab. 1) within the investigation an urban oriented type of forest owner could be identified which can be distinguished from other traditional forest owners regarding their motives concerning forest property. Also information was gained about the extent of current consulting and support concepts and how they affect non-farming forest owners. The empirical findings help to construct a model of motivational conditions (Fig. 2 and 3) for non-farming forest owners in the light of processes of consulting and support. The model can help to point out possibilities and limits for consultation and support of non-farming forest owners. Furthermore possible strategies to deal with urban forest owners can be derived to help within the decision making processes of forest policy and forest administration.