Forestry Bioeconomy Contribution on Socioeconomic Development: Evidence from Greece
Forests are of utmost importance for sustainability because of their ongoing contributions to biodiversity protection, fertility management in agricultural areas, and the well-being of people. However, few studies have focused on the extent to which the bioeconomy of forests impacts a country’s soci...
| Main Authors: | , , , |
|---|---|
| Format: | Article |
| Language: | English |
| Published: |
MDPI AG
2022-11-01
|
| Series: | Land |
| Subjects: | |
| Online Access: | https://www.mdpi.com/2073-445X/11/12/2139 |
| _version_ | 1797456794344226816 |
|---|---|
| author | Stavros Kalogiannidis Dimitrios Kalfas Efstratios Loizou Fotios Chatzitheodoridis |
| author_facet | Stavros Kalogiannidis Dimitrios Kalfas Efstratios Loizou Fotios Chatzitheodoridis |
| author_sort | Stavros Kalogiannidis |
| collection | DOAJ |
| description | Forests are of utmost importance for sustainability because of their ongoing contributions to biodiversity protection, fertility management in agricultural areas, and the well-being of people. However, few studies have focused on the extent to which the bioeconomy of forests impacts a country’s social and economic development. This study aimed to examine the bioeconomy contribution of forestry to social and economic development using Greece as a case study. Data was collected from 312 professionals in the forestry and finance sectors of Greece using a survey questionnaire. Forests are associated with direct and indirect contributions that impact human livelihood and contribute toward a country’s economic development. However, the role of forestry in development is affected by policy-related and human-made challenges. The difficulties are primarily caused by shifts in how economic activity is distributed from the agricultural to the industrial to the service sectors, different government policies intended to increase forest cover, and in other instances, as a result of the role of global capital and trade. The forestry contributions to global commerce, national economies, employment, and family incomes remain consistent throughout all these patterns of loss, stabilization, and recovery. It was established that the bioeconomy can increase the benefits of forests by further exploiting forest wealth (biomass, resins) with the direct and indirect benefits for forest-related societies and local economies. In addition, the management and exploitation of forests by adopting bioeconomy practices, allows the attainment of important skills, knowledge, and new fields of entrepreneurship. |
| first_indexed | 2024-03-09T16:12:58Z |
| format | Article |
| id | doaj.art-81aaffa162144ed1a664dc8ceb5562ce |
| institution | Directory Open Access Journal |
| issn | 2073-445X |
| language | English |
| last_indexed | 2024-03-09T16:12:58Z |
| publishDate | 2022-11-01 |
| publisher | MDPI AG |
| record_format | Article |
| series | Land |
| spelling | doaj.art-81aaffa162144ed1a664dc8ceb5562ce2023-11-24T16:06:02ZengMDPI AGLand2073-445X2022-11-011112213910.3390/land11122139Forestry Bioeconomy Contribution on Socioeconomic Development: Evidence from GreeceStavros Kalogiannidis0Dimitrios Kalfas1Efstratios Loizou2Fotios Chatzitheodoridis3Department of Business Administration, University of Western Macedonia, 51100 Grevena, GreeceDepartment of Agriculture, Faculty of Agricultural Sciences, University of Western Macedonia, 53100 Florina, GreeceDepartment of Regional and Cross-Border Development, University of Western Macedonia, 50100 Kozani, GreeceDepartment of Regional and Cross-Border Development, University of Western Macedonia, 50100 Kozani, GreeceForests are of utmost importance for sustainability because of their ongoing contributions to biodiversity protection, fertility management in agricultural areas, and the well-being of people. However, few studies have focused on the extent to which the bioeconomy of forests impacts a country’s social and economic development. This study aimed to examine the bioeconomy contribution of forestry to social and economic development using Greece as a case study. Data was collected from 312 professionals in the forestry and finance sectors of Greece using a survey questionnaire. Forests are associated with direct and indirect contributions that impact human livelihood and contribute toward a country’s economic development. However, the role of forestry in development is affected by policy-related and human-made challenges. The difficulties are primarily caused by shifts in how economic activity is distributed from the agricultural to the industrial to the service sectors, different government policies intended to increase forest cover, and in other instances, as a result of the role of global capital and trade. The forestry contributions to global commerce, national economies, employment, and family incomes remain consistent throughout all these patterns of loss, stabilization, and recovery. It was established that the bioeconomy can increase the benefits of forests by further exploiting forest wealth (biomass, resins) with the direct and indirect benefits for forest-related societies and local economies. In addition, the management and exploitation of forests by adopting bioeconomy practices, allows the attainment of important skills, knowledge, and new fields of entrepreneurship.https://www.mdpi.com/2073-445X/11/12/2139forestrybioeconomydirect and indirect incomes from forestssocial and economic development |
| spellingShingle | Stavros Kalogiannidis Dimitrios Kalfas Efstratios Loizou Fotios Chatzitheodoridis Forestry Bioeconomy Contribution on Socioeconomic Development: Evidence from Greece Land forestry bioeconomy direct and indirect incomes from forests social and economic development |
| title | Forestry Bioeconomy Contribution on Socioeconomic Development: Evidence from Greece |
| title_full | Forestry Bioeconomy Contribution on Socioeconomic Development: Evidence from Greece |
| title_fullStr | Forestry Bioeconomy Contribution on Socioeconomic Development: Evidence from Greece |
| title_full_unstemmed | Forestry Bioeconomy Contribution on Socioeconomic Development: Evidence from Greece |
| title_short | Forestry Bioeconomy Contribution on Socioeconomic Development: Evidence from Greece |
| title_sort | forestry bioeconomy contribution on socioeconomic development evidence from greece |
| topic | forestry bioeconomy direct and indirect incomes from forests social and economic development |
| url | https://www.mdpi.com/2073-445X/11/12/2139 |
| work_keys_str_mv | AT stavroskalogiannidis forestrybioeconomycontributiononsocioeconomicdevelopmentevidencefromgreece AT dimitrioskalfas forestrybioeconomycontributiononsocioeconomicdevelopmentevidencefromgreece AT efstratiosloizou forestrybioeconomycontributiononsocioeconomicdevelopmentevidencefromgreece AT fotioschatzitheodoridis forestrybioeconomycontributiononsocioeconomicdevelopmentevidencefromgreece |