Seeing, believing, acting: climate change attitudes and adaptation of Hungarian forest managers

iForest: Biogeosciences and Forestry

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Ferenc Jankó¹  Laura Bertalan²  Judit Pappné Vancsó²  Nikoletta Németh³  Mónika Hoschek⁴  Mónika Lakatos⁵  Norbert Móricz⁶ 

[1] Department of Social and Economic Geography, Eötvös Loránd University;Institute of Ecological Economics, University of Sopron;Institute of Business Studies, University of Sopron;Institute of Economics and International Relations, University of Sopron;Department of Climatology;Department of Ecology and Forest Management, Forest Research Institute, University of Sopron

关键词: Climate Change;    Forestry Management;    Perception;    Adaptation;    Hungary;   

DOI  :  10.3832/ifor3958-015

学科分类：社会科学、人文和艺术（综合）

来源: Societa Italiana di Selvicoltura ed Ecologia Forestale (S I S E F)

【 摘 要 】

Climate change attitudes, perceptions, and adaptation activities of Hungarian forestry managers have been examined in this study through a national questionnaire and interviews. The questionnaire results revealed that respondents are mainly concerned by the decrease in snow-covered days, but differences in opinions can be attributed to geographical location and forest composition. Forest management aimed at climate change adaptation in Hungary is still in the initial phase: only 16% of respondents reported the application of climate change adaptation measures. Many foresters claim legislative constraints frequently hinder their efforts to implement such measures; those who have implemented adaptation measures show an increased concern toward climate change, on average. They have been aware of climate change for a longer time and consider it a serious problem affecting their management activities. The questionnaire results indicate that the adaptations of state forest managers are at about the same level as private foresters. Moreover, a high level of concern combined with nature conservation factors does not hinder adaptation. Nevertheless, interview respondents reported that nature conservation factors are hindrances to adaptation processes.

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