Table 2.
Competence | Indicative key stakeholder |
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1. Governance | |
Broad stakeholder participation in development and implementation of forest policies | Ministry of Rural Affairs, Ministry of Environment and Energy, Ministry of Enterprise and Innovation, forest and environment government agencies, water authorities, forestry industry, forest owner associations, universities of natural and social science, civil and environmental NGOs, religious and indigenous groups |
Production and environmental objectives in Swedish Forest Policy | Ministry of Rural Affairs, Ministry of Environment and Energy, Ministry of Enterprise and Innovation, forest and environment government agencies, water authorities |
Linking science with practice | Universities of natural and social science, technological institutes, forest smallholders, associations, forestry industries, forest and environment government agencies, water authorities, civil and environmental NGOs, religious and indigenous groups |
Capacity building in policy development and development of best management practices | Forest and environment government agencies, universities and scientific institutions, forestry industries, forest farmers associations, civil society and environmental NGOs, religious and indigenous groups |
2. A prosperous forestry industry | |
Product development and marketing of wood products | Forest technology and processing companies and entrepreneurs, trade associations, universities and knowledge institutions, designers, trade and investment councils |
Cost-efficient and safe logging systems adapted for industry and small-scale businesses | Work environment authorities, forest technology entrepreneurs, forestry research institutes |
Technology for competitive small- and medium-size mechanical wood industries | Forest technology entrepreneurs and industries, forest smallholder associations, designers |
Technical tools and information technology (IT) solutions for forest management including inventories, maps, GIS and different information and communication technology solutions | Forest technology and IT entrepreneurs, technical social and natural science universities and academia, forestry research institutes |
3. Prosperous forest smallholders | |
Organization and empowerment of forest smallholders | Forest owner associations, certification schemes, trade unions |
Entrepreneurship and business management including marketing, sale and export | Forest owner associations, trade associations, forestry entrepreneurs, universities and knowledge institutions, trade and investment councils |
Fair and transparent systems for wood measurement and for making payments to smallholders | Wood measurement associations, forestry information hubs |
Secure access to markets | Forest owner associations, trade and investment councils, certification schemes |
4. Integrating water management in sustainable forestry | |
Combined objectives (production, social and environmental) in forest management plans | Forestry companies and smallholders, supervised by forest and environment agencies and water authorities |
Forest certification and chain of custody certification, including group certification of smallholders | Forestry companies, smallholders, certification schemes |
Training in best management practices to forest owners (forestry companies and smallholders) forest supervisors, forest entrepreneurs and forest workers | Forest and environment agencies, water authorities, forest owner associations, universities and knowledge institutions (natural, technological, social) |
The list of key stakeholders is not comprehensive. It is compiled by the authors as an indicator of the diversity of stakeholders needed for successful restoration and management of sustainable forest landscapes