The influence of common property rights on forest management policy: A case study in sardinia region, Italy

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作者：
Paletto, Alessandro [1 ]
De Meo, Isabella [2 ]
Ferretti, Fabrizio [3 ]
机构：
[1] Consiglio per la Ricerca e la sperimentazione in Agricoltura, Forest Monitoring and Planning Research Unit (CRA-MPF), p.za Nicolini 6
[2] Consiglio per la Ricerca e la sperimentazione in Agricoltura, Agrobiology and Pedology Centre (CRA-ABP), p.za Massimo D'Azeglio 30
[3] Consiglio per la Ricerca e la sperimentazione in Agricoltura, Apennine Forestry Research Unit (CRA-SFA), via Bellini 8
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Forestry Studies | 2012年 / 56卷
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Arci-Grighine district (Sardinia-Italy); Common forests; Forest management; Principal-agent model; Property rights;
D O I：
10.2478/v10132-012-0002-8
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摘要：
The property rights and the type of ownership (private owners, public domain and commons) are two fundamental concepts in relationship to the local development and to the social and environmental sustainability. Common forests were established in Europe since the Middle Ages, but over the centuries the importance of commons changed in parallel with economic and social changes. In recent decades, the scientific debate focused on the forest management efficiency and sustainability of this type of ownership in comparison to the public and private property. In Italy common forests have a long tradition with substantial differences in the result of historical evolution in various regions. In Sardinia region the private forests are 377.297 ha, the public forests are 201.324 ha, while around 120.000 ha are commons. The respect of the common rights changed in the different historical periods. Today, the common lands are managed directly by municipalities or indirectly through third parties, in both cases the involvement of members of community is very low. The main objective of the paper is to analyse forest management differences in public institutions with and without common property rights. To achieve the objective of the research the forest management preferences of community members and managers were evaluated and compared. The analysis was realized through the use of the principal-agent model and it has been tested in a case study in Sardinia region (Arci-Grighine district). The analysis of the results showed that the categories of actors considered (members of community, municipalities and managers) have a marked productive profile, but municipalities manage forests perceiving a moderate multifunctionality. Moreover, the representatives of the municipalities pay more attention to the interests of the collectivity in comparison to the external managers. They also attribute high importance to environmental and social forest functions.
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