Skip to main content

LUP Student Papers

LUND UNIVERSITY LIBRARIES

A sound of silence: the framing of forest bird diversity among Swedish forest owners

Bergenheim, Jenny LU (2021) In Master Thesis Series in Environmental Studies and Sustainability Science MESM02 20211
LUCSUS (Lund University Centre for Sustainability Studies)
Abstract
Debates around biodiversity and forestry in Sweden have gotten increasingly polarised, with two conflicting forestry goals of production and environmental conservation. Significantly for forest birds, two different claims are occurring simultaneously: 1) forest bird abundance is increasing with positive population trends for some species while 2) there is a stagnation or even decline in forest bird species diversity. In this thesis I investigate where different forest owners in Sweden are situated in the debate. Through a framing analysis of annual and sustainability reports of the largest Swedish forest owners and associations, I uncover that concerns over forest bird diversity are not prevalent among forest owners. Instead, there is a... (More)
Debates around biodiversity and forestry in Sweden have gotten increasingly polarised, with two conflicting forestry goals of production and environmental conservation. Significantly for forest birds, two different claims are occurring simultaneously: 1) forest bird abundance is increasing with positive population trends for some species while 2) there is a stagnation or even decline in forest bird species diversity. In this thesis I investigate where different forest owners in Sweden are situated in the debate. Through a framing analysis of annual and sustainability reports of the largest Swedish forest owners and associations, I uncover that concerns over forest bird diversity are not prevalent among forest owners. Instead, there is a tendency to focus on positive trends among forest bird populations and this, in turn, shapes solutions put forward with regards to conservation actions. Since the threat to forest bird diversity is obscured, few solutions to protect forest bird diversity are proposed. (Less)
Please use this url to cite or link to this publication:
author
Bergenheim, Jenny LU
supervisor
organization
course
MESM02 20211
year
type
H2 - Master's Degree (Two Years)
subject
keywords
forestry, biodiversity, forest birds, framing analysis, sustainability science, Sweden
publication/series
Master Thesis Series in Environmental Studies and Sustainability Science
report number
2021:025
language
English
id
9049970
date added to LUP
2021-06-08 10:11:45
date last changed
2021-06-08 10:11:45
@misc{9049970,
  abstract     = {{Debates around biodiversity and forestry in Sweden have gotten increasingly polarised, with two conflicting forestry goals of production and environmental conservation. Significantly for forest birds, two different claims are occurring simultaneously: 1) forest bird abundance is increasing with positive population trends for some species while 2) there is a stagnation or even decline in forest bird species diversity. In this thesis I investigate where different forest owners in Sweden are situated in the debate. Through a framing analysis of annual and sustainability reports of the largest Swedish forest owners and associations, I uncover that concerns over forest bird diversity are not prevalent among forest owners. Instead, there is a tendency to focus on positive trends among forest bird populations and this, in turn, shapes solutions put forward with regards to conservation actions. Since the threat to forest bird diversity is obscured, few solutions to protect forest bird diversity are proposed.}},
  author       = {{Bergenheim, Jenny}},
  language     = {{eng}},
  note         = {{Student Paper}},
  series       = {{Master Thesis Series in Environmental Studies and Sustainability Science}},
  title        = {{A sound of silence: the framing of forest bird diversity among Swedish forest owners}},
  year         = {{2021}},
}