Can Conflict Be Planned Away? A Critical Assessment of Participatory Land Use Planning in Swedish Forest Governance
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 13108406 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Annette Löf (0000-0001-5224-9842, corresponding author), Rasmus Kløcker Larsen (0000-0001-7754-9358), Felicia Fahlin |
| Year | 2025 |
| Volume | 16 |
| Publication date | 2025-01-27 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Arctic review on law and politics (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 2387-4562 • E-ISSN: 2387-4562 |
| Publisher | Cappelen Damm Akademisk (PUBLISHER • NO) |
| DOI | 10.23865/arctic.v16.6298 |
| OpenAlex | W4406844436 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 3 |
A widespread governance response to land use conflict is to seek improved communication through the employment of dialogue-based instruments. In this paper, we interrogate the guiding presupposition that conflict can be planned away through a case study on the Reindeer Husbandry Plan (Renbruksplan), a tool used to address land use conflicts between industrial forestry and Indigenous Sámi reindeer herding. Drawing on critical policy analysis and environmental justice frameworks, we analyze the problematizations, silences, and effects emerging from the tool’s use in forestry planning and land use decisions. Our findings reveal that, operating in its current institutional and legal context, the tool offers limited improvements in procedural justice, exacerbates unequal distribution of burdens and benefits in terms of who gets to use forest resources, privileging a forestry-centered representation of the land use conflict. We therefore conclude that, in absence of institutional reform, the tool is likely to perpetuate conflicts and continue to reproduce the injustices embedded in Swedish forest and land use governance
Business · Citizen journalism · Corporate governance · Economics · Environmental planning · Environmental resource management · Geography · Land use · Political science · Forest Management and Policy · Law · Ecology
How do local stakeholders make sense of land use conflict? Gällivare case study
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Can knowledge contribute to better consultation? Power and framing in an education for forestry representatives about reindeer husbandry plans
| Unique citing works | 3 |
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| Citations per year | 3 |
| Citation span | 2026 - 2026 (1) |
| Citation velocity | current |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 3 |