Analysis of Swedish forest owners' information and knowledge sharing networks for decision making: insights for climate change communication and adaptation

The study analyzed the social networks of 3,000 Swedish private forest owners to determine how climate change information is shared and acted upon. Findings indicate that social networks currently play a minimal role in sharing climate adaptation knowledge, though a weak positive correlation exists between climate perceptions and network size and heterogeneity. The authors conclude that forestry experts and advisory services are the most critical channels for communicating climate risks and adaptation opportunities, while peers help relate this information to specific forest properties.

• There is a generally weak positive correlation between the climate perceptions of forest owners and their network features, specifically network size and heterogeneity, as well as the presence of certain alter groups.
• Social networks of forest owners currently provide very little utility for the sharing of knowledge regarding climate change and adaptation.
• Forestry experts providing advisory services—including authorities, companies, and forest owner associations—are identified as the primary actors for communicating climate risks and adaptation opportunities, while peers are useful for applying this information to actual forest properties.

APA

Stockholm Environment Institute (2017). Analysis of Swedish forest owners' information and knowledge sharing networks for decision making: insights for climate change communication and adaptation. https://www.sei.org/publications/analysis-of-swedish-forest-owners-information-and-knowledge-sharing-networks-for-decision-making-insights-for-climate-change-communication-and-adaptation/

Chicago

Stockholm Environment Institute. Analysis of Swedish forest owners' information and knowledge sharing networks for decision making: insights for climate change communication and adaptation. 2017. https://www.sei.org/publications/analysis-of-swedish-forest-owners-information-and-knowledge-sharing-networks-for-decision-making-insights-for-climate-change-communication-and-adaptation/.

Wikipedia

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BibTeX

@techreport{stockholmenvironmentinstitute2017analysis, author = {{Stockholm Environment Institute}}, title = {{Analysis of Swedish forest owners' information and knowledge sharing networks for decision making: insights for climate change communication and adaptation}}, institution = {Stockholm Environment Institute}, year = {2017}, month = mar, url = {https://www.sei.org/publications/analysis-of-swedish-forest-owners-information-and-knowledge-sharing-networks-for-decision-making-insights-for-climate-change-communication-and-adaptation/}, urldate = {2026-08-17}, note = {Indexed by Climate Insights Directory} }