Assessing citizens' willingness for participatory forest management planning: A case study in the Czech Republic

Result code in IS VaVaI

<a href="https://www.isvavai.cz/riv?ss=detail&h=RIV%2F60460709%3A41320%2F24%3A100382" target="_blank" >RIV/60460709:41320/24:100382 - isvavai.cz</a>

Result on the web

<a href="http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.forpol.2024.103345" target="_blank" >http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.forpol.2024.103345</a>

DOI - Digital Object Identifier

<a href="http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.forpol.2024.103345" target="_blank" >10.1016/j.forpol.2024.103345</a>

Result language

angličtina

Original language name

Assessing citizens' willingness for participatory forest management planning: A case study in the Czech Republic

Original language description

This study investigated the willingness of citizens in the Czech Republic to engage in participatory forest management planning using the Theory of Planned Behavior (TPB) as its conceptual framework. The research design integrated quantitative and qualitative components to comprehensively examine attitudes, subjective norms, perceived behavioral control, and behavioral intentions related to participatory forest management planning among citizens. A diverse sample of 502 respondents was purposively selected to ensure representation across various demographic variables, including age, gender, education, occupation, residence, income, forestry-related background, and forest ownership inquiry. Data were processed using Microsoft Excel and RStudio, and Structural Equation Modeling (SEM) was employed using the Covariance-Based approach (CB-SEM) to test the hypothesized relationships. The estimates of the structural model indicated that all three TPB constructs positively and significantly influenced behavioral intention. The research findings indicated that the TPB explains 75.1 % of the variance in citizens' behavioral intentions to engage in participatory forest management planning. These findings underscore the multi-dimensional influences on citizens' intentions to participate in forest management planning, with attitudes, social norms, and perceived control all playing pivotal roles. The research provides valuable insights for policymakers and forest management practitioners in developing strategies that enhance citizen engagement in sustainable forest management planning.

Czech name

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Czech description

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Type

J_imp - Article in a specialist periodical, which is included in the Web of Science database

CEP classification

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OECD FORD branch

40100 - Agriculture, Forestry, and Fisheries

Project

<a href="/en/project/QK21010354" target="_blank" >QK21010354: Progressive methods of forest management planning for supporting sustainable forest management</a><br>

Continuities

P - Projekt vyzkumu a vyvoje financovany z verejnych zdroju (s odkazem do CEP)

Publication year

2024

Confidentiality

S - Úplné a pravdivé údaje o projektu nepodléhají ochraně podle zvláštních právních předpisů

Name of the periodical

Forest Policy and Economics

ISSN

1389-9341

e-ISSN

1389-9341

Volume of the periodical

169

Issue of the periodical within the volume

8.0

Country of publishing house

NL - THE KINGDOM OF THE NETHERLANDS

Number of pages

8

Pages from-to

1-8

UT code for WoS article

001319736300001

EID of the result in the Scopus database

2-s2.0-85204374583