This video blog highlights the outcomes of the study “Seeing both heritage and resource: A relational approach to forest owners’ decision-making”. The video was both created and provided by author Hannah Ekström Pigot.
From the author –
For this study, I was curious about how private forest owners on the one hand often have a close connection to the forest while simultaneously engage in forest-based production. Sweden has a strong forestry sector, which means that the context of management is often production-oriented. Within this context, how does a close relationship to, and care for, the forest influence management decisions?
This was the overarching question that I wanted to explore through walking interviews with private forest owners in southern Sweden. As we walked through the forest, participants would point and show, making stops to tell me about memories, feelings, and results of management decisions.
Overall, the participants showed strong emotional connections to the forest, and different ways of caring for forests that also led to diverse actions.
This video summarizes the main insights from the walking interviews.
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For the full paper – click here
For the plain language summary – click here
Follow this link to see a press release from Summer 2026, which formed part of Hanna’s doctoral thesis: https://www.lunduniversity.lu.se/article/caring-forests-not-always-connected-more-biodiversity
And in Swedish: https://www.lu.se/artikel/omsorg-om-skogen-ger-inte-alltid-hogre-biologisk-mangfald
