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What are forests for? Social perceptions of the functions of public-managed forests following mega-fire events

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datacite.subject.fosCiências Sociais
datacite.subject.sdg08:Trabalho Digno e Crescimento Económico
datacite.subject.sdg11:Cidades e Comunidades Sustentáveis
datacite.subject.sdg12:Produção e Consumo Sustentáveis
dc.contributor.authorFigueiredo, Elisabete
dc.contributor.authorFernandes, Eduarda
dc.contributor.authorRibeiro, Cristina
dc.contributor.authorFerreira, Carla
dc.date.accessioned2025-12-04T10:07:45Z
dc.date.available2025-12-04T10:07:45Z
dc.date.issued2025-06-03
dc.descriptionSupplementary Information The online version contains supplementary material available at https://doi.org/10.1007/s13280 025-02200-1.
dc.description.abstractDespite the growing research interest regarding the perceptions of forest-related stakeholders about forest functions and values, the views of social actors not directly involved in forestry have been largely overlooked, particularly in Southern European countries like Portugal. This article addresses this gap by analyzing the social perceptions regarding the functions of the Matas do Litoral, public-managed forests in the Centre Region of Portugal, severely impacted by the mega-fires of October 2017. Through a hierarchical cluster analysis of survey results collected from 1000 inhabitants of the adjacent parishes of the Matas, three groups were identified—‘‘The Moderately Interested,’’ ‘‘The Comprehensively Interested’’ and ‘‘The Environmentally Interested’’—based on significant differences regarding their perceptions of forest functions, the future of these areas, essential factors for effective forest management, the mega-fires and their consequences. Sociodemographic characteristics—particularly age and literacy levels—forest ownership, knowledge and familiarity with these forests help to explain the differences between the three clusters.eng
dc.description.sponsorshipAcknowledgements The authors want to express their gratitude to the Portuguese Foundation for Science and Technology (FCT, IP) for funding the research project ‘ShareFOREST—Sharing decisions in forests—participatory methodology for public and stakeholder engagement in the protection and valorization of forests in Portugal’ (PCIF/GRF/0050/2019) from which this article derives, as well as the project [UIDB/04928/2020]. The authors also would like to thank Eduardo Oliveira for the elaboration of the maps included in Figure 1.
dc.description.sponsorshipFunding Open access funding provided by FCT|FCCN (b-on).
dc.identifier.citationFigueiredo, E., Fernandes, E., Ribeiro, C., & Ferreira, C. (2025). What are forests for? Social perceptions of the functions of public-managed forests following mega-fire events. Ambio, 1-15.
dc.identifier.doi10.1007/s13280-025-02200-1
dc.identifier.issn0044-7447
dc.identifier.issn1654-7209
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/10400.8/14837
dc.language.isoeng
dc.peerreviewedyes
dc.publisherSpringer Nature
dc.relationSharing decisions in forests – participatory methodology for public and stakeholder engagement in the protection and valorisation of forests in Portugal
dc.relationCentre of Applied Research in Management and Economics
dc.relation.hasversionhttps://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s13280-025-02200-1
dc.relation.ispartofAmbio
dc.rights.urihttp://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/
dc.subjectForest functions
dc.subjectForest values
dc.subjectMega-fire events
dc.subjectPublic-managed forests
dc.subjectSocial perceptions
dc.titleWhat are forests for? Social perceptions of the functions of public-managed forests following mega-fire eventseng
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oaire.awardTitleSharing decisions in forests – participatory methodology for public and stakeholder engagement in the protection and valorisation of forests in Portugal
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oaire.citation.endPage1953
oaire.citation.issue11
oaire.citation.startPage1939
oaire.citation.titleAMBIO: A Journal of the Human Environment
oaire.citation.volume54
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