From recreational to income-generating opportunities: assessment of public preferences for non-wood forest products in the Czech Republic.

ABSTRACT: With the alarming increase in dying trees and massive logging in the Czech forests due to bark beetle infestation, the collection of non-wood forest products, a beneficial recreational activity in the Czech Republic, is now being promoted as an alternative to wood provisioning services. This paper aims to present findings on the non-wood forest product preferences in the country as part of a baseline assessment for promoting the usage. This study relied on the 2019 national survey data of public preferences in collecting forest berries, mushrooms, honey, and medicinal herbs. K-means cluster analysis was employed to classify the respondents. A binary logistic regression with a conditional forward approach was employed to identify the potential predictors of the high preference for each non-

SUBMITTER: Purwestri RC 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10545864 | biostudies-literature | 2023

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature