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School for Resource and Environmental Studies
MES Thesis Defence
GIFTS TO A FUTURE WORLD: CONVERSATIONS WITH WOODLAND OWNERS IN NOVA SCOTIA
By Andrew W. Kekacs
Abstract:
Private, non-industrial woodland owners provide more than half of the timber
used by Nova Scotia's forest products industry. Research, however, suggests
many of these owners do not consider income from timber sales to be their
primary reason for owning woodland. This study aimed to reach a holistic
understanding of their attitudes and motivations using walking interviews on
the owners' woodlands and a grounded theory approach to analysis, in which
explanations of the phenomena under study are induced from the data rather
than being based on responses to survey questions or derived from a priori
hypotheses. Forest landowners interviewed for this research were most
concerned with the conservation - and ultimately the conveyance - of values
that provide them with no immediate economic returns. The high value placed
on these "gifts to a future world" offers a new way to think about the
design of programs meant to encourage active management of private
forestland.
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Tuesday, August 1, 2017 @ 10:00 A.M.,
Room 5001, Kenneth C. Rowe Management Building
6100 University Ave., Halifax, NS
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style=3D'font-family:"Arial",sans-serif'>Private, non-industrial =
woodland owners provide more than half of the timber used by Nova =
Scotia’s forest products industry. Research, however, suggests =
many of these owners do not consider income from timber sales to be =
their primary reason for owning woodland. This study aimed to reach a =
holistic understanding of their attitudes and motivations using walking =
interviews on the owners’ woodlands and a grounded theory approach =
to analysis, in which explanations of the phenomena under study are =
induced from the data rather than being based on responses to survey =
questions or derived from a priori hypotheses. Forest landowners =
interviewed for this research were most concerned with the conservation =
– and ultimately the conveyance – of values that provide =
them with no immediate economic returns. The high value placed on these =
“gifts to a future world” offers a new way to think about =
the design of programs meant to encourage active management of private =
forestland.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=3DMsoNormal =
style=3D'text-autospace:none'><span =
style=3D'font-family:"Arial",sans-serif'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p =
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