Who is the non-farmer forest owner? The semantic influence of the non-farmer forest owner-concept to research results and published statistics

• Main Author: Hannelius, Simo
• Format: Article
• Language: English
• Published: Finnish Society of Forest Science 1980-01-01
• Series: Silva Fennica
• Online Access: https://www.silvafennica.fi/article/5075

Research into the forestry behaviour of private forest owners in Finland began 10 years ago. The private forest owners have been dichotomously classified into two groups, farmers and non-farmers. The farmer forest owner was considered to derive his main income (earnings) from agriculture. This classification is compared to the concepts in statistical publication Farm Economy 1976 (Maatilatalous). On the basis of this examination, it is recommended that researchers dealing with the behaviour of private forest owners should change their classification to agree with the concepts presented in the Farm Economy statistics. The recommended concept of farmer forest owner is understood as a forest owner who has taxable net incomes (state taxation) from farming. Other private forest owners are classified as non-farmers. The PDF includes a summary in English.