Understanding consistencies and gaps between desired forest futures: An analysis of visions from stakeholder groups in Sweden.

ABSTRACT: Conflicting perspectives on forests has for a long time challenged forest policy development in Sweden. Disagreements about forest futures create intractable deadlocks when stakeholders talk past each other. The purpose of this study is to move beyond this situation through the application of participatory backcasting. By comparing visions of the future forest among stakeholder groups, we highlight contemporary trajectories and identify changes that were conceived as desirable. We worked with four groups: the Biomass and Bioenergy group, the Conservation group, the Sami Livelihood group and the Recreation and Rural Development group; in total representatives from 40 organizations participated in workshops articulating the groups' visions. Our results show well-known tensions such as intrin

SUBMITTER: Sandstrom C 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC4705062 | biostudies-literature | 2016 Feb

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature