Private Property Rights and Selective Private Forest Conservation: Could a Nordic Hybrid Policy Address a United States Problem? |
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Authors: | Michael J Mortimer |
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Institution: | (1) Department of Forestry, Virginia Tech, 310 Cheatham Hall, Blacksburg, Virginia 24060, USA |
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Abstract: | Political and legal conflicts between the need for targeted private forest conservation and the continued assurance of private
property rights in the U.S. presents a seemingly intractable resource management problem. Scandinavian use of habitat protection
areas on private forests offers an additional tool that may be suitable for solving the historical and on-going tension found
within U.S. efforts to reconcile desires to maintain lands in a forested condition while also respecting private property
rights. This article presents a comparative cross-sectional policy analysis of Sweden, Finland, and the U.S., supported with
a supplemental case example from the Commonwealth of Virginia. Similarities in all three countries among forest ownership
patterns, use of public subsidies, and changing attitudes towards conservation are generally encouraging. Additionally, Virginia’s
current consideration and development of state-wide forest policies focused on forestland and open space conservation suggests
both a need and an opportunity to systematically assess the applicability of the Nordic forest reserve approach to local private
forest conservation. Future research at a high-resolution, and specifically at the state level, should focus on the social
and political factors that would ultimately determine the viability of a forest reserve program. |
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Keywords: | Taking Expropriation Conservation Forest reserve Biodiversity |
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