Forests in the Czech public discourse

Result code in IS VaVaI

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Result on the web

<a href="http://dx.doi.org/10.2478/jlecol-2018-0011" target="_blank" >http://dx.doi.org/10.2478/jlecol-2018-0011</a>

DOI - Digital Object Identifier

<a href="http://dx.doi.org/10.2478/jlecol-2018-0011" target="_blank" >10.2478/jlecol-2018-0011</a>

Result language

angličtina

Original language name

Forests in the Czech public discourse

Original language description

Forests are being increasingly studied within the framework of social sciences, especially in relation to environmental problems and global climate change. This article deals with the perception of Czech forests and their management at two basic levels: atthe level of sociological analysis of in-depth interviews with experts in the field of forestry and at the level of public opinion research. The main aim of this study was to describe the attitudes of professionals and the general public towards forests and forestry, especially with regard to climate change. Qualitative analysis of interviews with professionals discerned two main categories of opinion: ecological realism and social constructionism. The results of the study show that the Czech public, in agreement with ecological realists, considers it highly important to preserve and support the non-productive environmental functions of forests. The public also prefers close-to-nature forest management practices. Czech Republicis witnessing a fundamental shift in the mindset about forests. Although the public still expects forests to retain their production function, it perceives their environmental functions as increasingly important.nn

Czech name

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Czech description

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Type

J_SC - Article in a specialist periodical, which is included in the SCOPUS database

CEP classification

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OECD FORD branch

50401 - Sociology

Project

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Continuities

I - Institucionalni podpora na dlouhodoby koncepcni rozvoj vyzkumne organizace

Publication year

2018

Confidentiality

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

Name of the periodical

Journal of Landscape Ecology

ISSN

1803-2427

e-ISSN

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Volume of the periodical

11

Issue of the periodical within the volume

3

Country of publishing house

CZ - CZECH REPUBLIC

Number of pages

12

Pages from-to

33-44

UT code for WoS article

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EID of the result in the Scopus database

2-s2.0-85064813255