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Development Phases of Forest Planning on Non-Industrial Private Lands in Finland: Perspective of Planners’ Work

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This paper examines the historical phases of Finnish forest planning from the 1960s to the present day in support of the rational future development of forest planning for family-owned forest holdings. The ‘historical types’ of work—craft work, mass production, process enhancement, and mass customization have been recognized in the Finnish planning discourse to date. Indications of mass customization are typical in the present developmental discussion of forest planning. There are some signals in the current planning debate that are calling for the next activity principle, co-configuration. A forthcoming type of forestry extension activity, labelled adaptive planning, is described in this paper to explicate the demands imposed by a future planning system. The present analysis informs also other contexts outside of Finland, where public and private institutions that support family forest owners face post-industrial challenges.

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Acknowledgments

The study was funded by the Finnish Ministry of Agriculture and Forestry as project “Activity theoretical development of owner-oriented forest planning” (310336). Additional financial support came from Metsämiesten Säätiö Foundation. Special thanks are due to all those professional foresters, who provided their experiences and enabled access to historical documents. Earlier phases of the manuscript have been commented on by Steve Harrison, Heimo Karppinen, and two anonymous referees.

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  1. Oulu University of Applied Sciences, School of Renewable Natural Resources, Metsäkouluntie 4-6, 90650, Oulu, Finland

    Jukka Tikkanen & Raili Hokajärvi

  2. Finnish Forest Research Institute, Joensuu Research Unit, P.O. Box 68, 80101, Joensuu, Finland

    Teppo Hujala

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Appendix: An Essay-Writing Task Given to the Key Informants

Appendix: An Essay-Writing Task Given to the Key Informants

Hopefully, you can spend a few hours thinking and producing a text of 2–3 pages, preferably during January [2006]. Do not concentrate too much on modifying the text: what is important are your thoughts. Please return your contribution, preferably by email.

The task: Write down your own experiences and opinions about ‘The development of forest management planning from the 1970s to the present’.

Consider, for instance, the following aspects:

  • What have been the essential aspects of this development?

  • Include years or indicate otherwise the timing of the turning points.

  • Present also background and reasons for the changes.

As an introduction, write down briefly your own history regarding forest planning.

Background: This essay is kindly requested from a couple of experts and practical workers who have been involved with the development of forest planning. After analysing the essays, complementary interviews will be conducted.

Based on the essays, interviews, and documentary material, the development phases of forest planning on non-industrial private lands will be described according to the theory of developmental work research. The material is confidential. Interpretations of the development phases will be made use of in the research project entitled ‘Activity theoretical development of owner-oriented forest planning’, which is funded by the Ministry of Agriculture and Forestry.

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Tikkanen, J., Hokajärvi, R. & Hujala, T. Development Phases of Forest Planning on Non-Industrial Private Lands in Finland: Perspective of Planners’ Work. Small-scale Forestry 9, 331–347 (2010). https://doi.org/10.1007/s11842-010-9119-x

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