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Polytraps in European rural mountainous regions: an expert view
Sarkki, Simo; Lynn, Theo; Hiedanpää, Juha; Vizzarri, Matteo; Christoforidi, Irene; Brnkalakova, Stanislava; Crisan, Vlad; Egli, Antonia; Gültekin, PınarMany territorial and development policies in the European Union recognize that rural mountainous regions suffer from enduring natural and demographic disadvantages. These regions frequently face undesirable, persistent and self-reinforcing challenges, often conceptualized as traps. Through engagement with a panel of experts on mountainous regions, we examined whether the trap concept effectively explains the de...
Is forest related decision-making in European treeline areas socially innovativ...
Nijnik, Maria; Nijnik, Anatoliy; Sarkki, Simo; Muñoz-Rojas, Jose; Miller, David; Kopiy, SerhiyTreeline areas provide a range of ecosystem services, but there are diverging views as to how and for whose benefit, these ecosystem services are managed. Applying a Q-method, we explore experts' attitudes towards forest related decision-making and governance in treeline areas to reveal the attitudinal divergences that exist and analyse patterns of shared assumptions forming attitude-related communities. Experi...