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Abstract

During the 8th and 9th of January 2005 a devastating storm named Gudrun entered the south of Sweden and a big part of the forest owners got their forests damaged. The study objective was to investigate on which basis and how the affected forest owners made their managment decisions immediately after the storm and if there are any differences between different categories of forest owners.

- Members – non members in a forest owner association (FOA)

- Resident owners – non resident owners

- Female and male forest owner

The study is based on a questionnaire survey with the purpose to examine the most important counsellor and information channels of the forest owners. A total of 450 forest owners participated in the survey.

Results show that all categories of forest owners prefer professional counselling rather than personal counselling. The result of availability shows that all categories of forest owners appraise the availability of both professional and personal counsellors as high, though personal counsellors as slightly higher. The result of reliability shows that all categories of forest owners, except the males, appraise the reliability of both professional and personal counsellors as high, though personal counsellors as slightly higher. The males appraise the reliability of personal counsellors higher.

The most frequent information channels for all categories of forest owners, except the FOA members, is media. The FOA members have more frequently stated local member's magazine/supplier's magazine. The results of availability show that all categories of forest owners appraise the availability of all information channels as high. Even the result of reliability show that all categories of forest owners appraise the reliability of information channels as high.

Den 8-9 januari 2005 drog stormen Gudrun fram över delar av södra Sverige och många skogsägare drabbades. En volym nästan motsvarande hela Sveriges årsförbrukning blåste ner och de problem som uppstod med tillvaratagandet av virket var enorma. Det drabbade området är till största delen privatägd mark i Götaland.
Syftet med denna studie är att undersöka hur olika kategorier skogsägare som drabbats av stormen den 8-9 januari 2005 försett sig med beslutsunderlag för sina skogliga åtgärder i stormens spår. Syftet är också att undersöka om tillvägagångssättet skiljer sig mellan olika kategorier av skogsägare.