%0 Article %T Effects of forestry extension on the use of allowable cut in non-industrial private forests. %A Järveläinen, Veli-Pekka %D 1986 %J Silva Fennica %V 20 %N 4 %R doi:10.14214/sf.a27746 %U https://silvafennica.fi/article/5290 %X

An empirical analysis of the Finnish non-industrial private forest owners indicates that forestry extension has an effect on the supply of timber and the use of cutting potentials. This effect appears to be indirect rather than direct. The use of extension services is likely to increase the frequency of timber sales, which in turn, increases the use of the allowable cut via increased volume of actual cuttings. Forestry extension can also be considered as an intermediate variable through which certain background conditions and owner characteristics affect the use of cutting potential.