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Background <p>Given the increased likelihood of wildfires in boreal forests due to climate change, the feasibility of current and alternative post-fire forest management strategies needs to be better understood. We assess the acceptability of post-fire management options through a survey experiment aimed at both forest owners and other forest users in Gävleborg county in Sweden—a region that experienced severe fires in 2018.</p> Results <p>We find that more than 90% of the 2217 respondents preferred selective felling of fire-affected trees or no cutting over clear-cutting—a pattern that holds for both owners and non-owners. To analyze the role of knowledge and information, we provided a random subset of 621 respondents with additional information about the socio-ecological outcomes (carbon sequestration, biodiversity impacts and economic costs) of post-fire management options. The informational treatment increased the likelihood of choosing less intensive forest management such as selective felling by 24% [95% CI: 10, 38]. Financial compensation for less intensive logging is generally supported among respondents.</p> Conclusions <p>Our results indicate that a policy-led change in the current clear-cutting regime toward less intensive post-fire forest management in Sweden would be societally preferable. They also show that informing owners and the public about the socio-ecological outcomes of different options is important for increasing acceptance of post-fire forest management that is beneficial for biodiversity and carbon sequestration.</p>

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Socio-ecological knowledge increases support for selective logging after forest fire in Sweden

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    2026年7月29日

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  • Nils Droste,
  • Brian Danley,
  • Stefan H. Doerr,
  • Alexia Fridén,
  • Julia Kelly,
  • Cristina Santín,
  • Louise Rütting,
  • Natascha Kljun

摘要

Background

Given the increased likelihood of wildfires in boreal forests due to climate change, the feasibility of current and alternative post-fire forest management strategies needs to be better understood. We assess the acceptability of post-fire management options through a survey experiment aimed at both forest owners and other forest users in Gävleborg county in Sweden—a region that experienced severe fires in 2018.

Results

We find that more than 90% of the 2217 respondents preferred selective felling of fire-affected trees or no cutting over clear-cutting—a pattern that holds for both owners and non-owners. To analyze the role of knowledge and information, we provided a random subset of 621 respondents with additional information about the socio-ecological outcomes (carbon sequestration, biodiversity impacts and economic costs) of post-fire management options. The informational treatment increased the likelihood of choosing less intensive forest management such as selective felling by 24% [95% CI: 10, 38]. Financial compensation for less intensive logging is generally supported among respondents.

Conclusions

Our results indicate that a policy-led change in the current clear-cutting regime toward less intensive post-fire forest management in Sweden would be societally preferable. They also show that informing owners and the public about the socio-ecological outcomes of different options is important for increasing acceptance of post-fire forest management that is beneficial for biodiversity and carbon sequestration.