Economic Sustainability of
                                                                      Small-Scale Forestry
                                                                     International IUFRO Symposium
                                                               Anssi Niskanen and Johanna Väyrynen (eds.)
                                                                         EFI Proceedings No. 36, 2001
                                                   European Forest Institute                                 IUFRO Working Unit 3.08.00
                                                      Academy of Finland                                                Finnair
                                               Metsämiesten Säätiö –Foundation                    MTK – The Central Union of Agricultural Producers
                                                                                                              and Forest Owners, Finland
                                       University of Joensuu, Faculty of Forestry, Finland
                             EFI Proceedings No. 36, 2001
                             Economic Sustainability of Small-Scale Forestry
                             Anssi Niskanen and Johanna Väyrynen (eds.)
                             Publisher:         European Forest Institute
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                             © European Forest Institute 2001                              ISSN    1237-8801
                                                                                           ISBN    952-9844-82-4
                                                                      Contents
                                                    Foreword........................................................................................................... 5
                                                    Special Session: Economic Sustainabiliy of Small-Scale Forestry 
                                                    – Perspectives around the World –
                              John Herbohn          Prospects for Small-Scale Forestry in Australia ...............................................9
                              Pentti Hyttinen       Prospects for Small-Scale Forestry in Europe................................................ 21
                              Ikuo Ota              The Economic Situation of Small-Scale Forestry in Japan ............................ 29
                              Paul Mitchell-Banks   Small-Scale Forestry in Canada or
                                                    Mammals Living Amongst Governments and Dinosaurs...............................41
                                                    Special Session: Small-Scale Forestry Development
                                                    in Central and Eastern European Countries
                              Ján Ilavský           Preparedness of Private Owners for the Management of
                                                    Forests in the Slovak Republic ....................................................................... 53
                              László Jáger and      Current State and Conflicts of 
                              Károly Mészáros       Small-Scale Forestry in Hungary ................................................................... 61
                              Stanislaw Zajac       The Economic and Social Role of Small-Scale (Private)
                                                    Forest Holdings in Poland .............................................................................. 71
                              Pekka Alhojärvi       International Financing Possibilities for
                                                    Small-Scale Forestry Development Schemes ................................................. 81
                                                    Policy Measures and Forestry Extension to Encourage
                                                    Small-Scale Forestry
                              Martin Lillandt       Forest Management Association –
                                                    a Major Tool to Promote Economic Sustainability of Family Forestry..........93
                              Joakim Hermelin       Policy Measures and Forestry Extension, Education and
                                                    Training to Encourage Small-Scale Forestry ................................................101
                              Olli Saastamoinen     The Challenges of Small-Scale Forestry in Finland:
                                                    Policy and Planning Perspectives ................................................................. 107
                          Sylvain Masse         Forest Tenant Farming as Tested in Canada by the
                                                Bas-Saint-Laurent Model Forest: Is it Socio-Economically Viable? ........... 119
                                                Forest Management Planning
                                                – Tool for Sustainable Small-Scale Forestry –
                          Bill Wilson and       Treading the Path to Sustainable Forestry:
                          Sen Wang              New Directions in Canada with Particular Reference to British Columbia   131
                          Laura Bouriaud        Sustainable Forest Management: with or without
                                                Privately Owned Forests? A Romanian Case Survey...................................143
                          Lennart Eriksson and A Model Indicating Effects of Multi-purpose Use of
                          Anders Lindhagen      Forestry at the Stand Level ........................................................................... 161
                          Karl Stampfer et al.  Small-Scale Forestry Challenges in Austria ................................................. 177
                          Maria Iwarsson and    Interactive Knowledge System for
                          Sverker Johansson     Family Enterprise Forestry ........................................................................... 185
                          Jouni Pykäläinen      Supporting Selection between Individual and Joint Ownership
                                                in Private Forestry: a Planning Example in a Death Estate..........................191
                                                Monitoring the Socio-Economics of Small-Scale Forestry
                          Steve Harrison        Research Approaches to Environmental-economic Issues
                                                 in Small-scale Forestry ................................................................................ 201
                          Walter Sekot          Analysis of Profitability of Small-Scale Farm Forestry (SSFF)
                                                by Means of a Forest Accountancy Data Network
                                                – Austrian Experiences and Results ............................................................. 215
                          Jussi Leppänen        Measuring the Direct Financial Assistance in
                                                Small-Scale Forestry Accounting ................................................................. 227
                          Esa Uotila            Monitoring Farm Forestry in Finland Using Wood Sales
                                                Profit Tax Information .................................................................................. 241
                                                Social Dimension in Small-Scale Forestry
                          Jørgen Amdam          Future Challenges for Small-Scale Forestry –
                                                Examples from the West Coast of Norway...................................................253
                          Johan Barstad         Lowland Crofting and Urban Sprawl: New Aspects to
                                                Sustainable Forest Management in Local and Rural Development .............269
                                                Programme.................................................................................................... 277
                                                List of Participants........................................................................................ 283
                                                Most recent EFI Publications ....................................................................... 291