Sustainababble - what is meant by ‘sustainability’ in the Swedish Forestry Agency’s report Forestry with new possibilities?
(2021) STVK02 20211Department of Political Science
- Abstract
- The thesis places itself in the scope of two intensively ongoing debates. The first concerns the concepts of ‘sustainability’ and ‘sustainable development’, and the second concerns Swedish forestry policy. Assigned by the government, the Swedish Forestry Agency published the report ‘Forestry with new possibilities’ in late 2019, aiming to produce clear steps for future sustainable forestry in Sweden. The report has received critique from various actors in the context of both debates, linked by the lack of defining ‘sustainable development’. The thesis aims to provide a better understanding of what the report communicates, and thus a better understanding of what direction Swedish forestry policy is heading. Through a qualitative idea... (More)
- The thesis places itself in the scope of two intensively ongoing debates. The first concerns the concepts of ‘sustainability’ and ‘sustainable development’, and the second concerns Swedish forestry policy. Assigned by the government, the Swedish Forestry Agency published the report ‘Forestry with new possibilities’ in late 2019, aiming to produce clear steps for future sustainable forestry in Sweden. The report has received critique from various actors in the context of both debates, linked by the lack of defining ‘sustainable development’. The thesis aims to provide a better understanding of what the report communicates, and thus a better understanding of what direction Swedish forestry policy is heading. Through a qualitative idea analysis, utilizing a theoretical framework on visions of sustainability, the thesis has found that the report communicates a view that corresponds with the Three Pillar Model. The findings are then placed in the context of the ongoing debate on Swedish forestry policy, where it is found that the sustainability view adheres to the arguments of the forest industries. (Less)
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- author
- Björkman, Sara LU
- supervisor
- organization
- course
- STVK02 20211
- year
- 2021
- type
- M2 - Bachelor Degree
- subject
- keywords
- Skogsstyrelsen, sustainability, sustainable development, Swedish forestry, sustainability models
- language
- English
- id
- 9045141
- date added to LUP
- 2021-07-06 11:36:41
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- 2021-07-06 11:36:41
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