Berit H. Lindstad

TL;DR: In this paper, the authors present policy and socioeconomic theoretical frameworks and research areas relevant for a more holistic understanding of the bioeconomy concept applied to the forest sector, and identify a core set of potential contributions from social sciences for enhancing the bio-economy in the Forest sector.

TL;DR: In this article, the authors compare national policies affecting production and use of forest-based bioenergy in five European countries: Finland, Germany, Norway, Slovenia and Spain, and argue that the chosen analytical framework can enhance the understanding of complex interlinkages between bioenergy and broader policy and market developments.

TL;DR: In this article, a logistic regression model was developed to examine the effect of various carbon program, forestland, and landowner characteristics on participation in a hypothetical carbon offset program, and the most important predictors of participation were payment amount offered, perceived barriers posed by management actions, importance placed on non-market forest amenities, and attitudes towards climate change.

TL;DR: A three-phase decision-making framework for analysing the operational environment of strategies related to increased forest bioenergy targets is presented and demonstrated, based on SWOT (strengths, weaknesses, opportunities and threats) analysis and the Simple Multi-Attribute Rating Technique (SMART).

TL;DR: In this paper, the authors explore the challenges in verifying causal connections between national changes and the international recommendations for an element where a good deal of information is available and explore challenges in determining the national effects of three international forest policy processes, while building on earlier literature on the effects and effectiveness of international regimes.