Attitude towards Risk and Harvesting Decisions by French Private Forest Owners. Attitude face au risque et décision de récolte des propriétaires forestiers privés français

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Brunette, Marielle | Foncel, Jérôme | Kere, Eric

Edité par HAL CCSD ; AgroParisTech

International audience. France has decided to increase its wood harvests in forests by roughly 21 million cubic meters by 2020. Since three-quarters of French forests are privately owned, it is essential to be aware of what determines harves-ting decisions by private forest owners if this goal is to be achieved. In particular, in a context where the risks associated with forest management are increasing, owners’ preferences in the face of risk could play a decisive role in their decision to harvest or not. We use survey data on the one hand to identify the deter-mining factors in harvesting decisions by French private forest owners and on the other to evaluate their pre-ferences vis-à-vis risks. Our main results show that French private forest owners tend, on average, to have an aversion for risk and that this aversion increases the probability of harvesting. . La France a décidé d’augmenter la récolte de bois dans ses forêts d’environ 21 millions de mètres cubes à l’horizon 2020. La forêt française étant aux trois quarts privée, la connaissance des déterminants de la déci-sion de récolte des propriétaires forestiers privés semble essentielle pour atteindre cet objectif de récolte. En particulier, dans un contexte où les risques associés à la gestion forestière s’accroissent, les préférences des propriétaires face au risque peuvent jouer un rôle décisif dans leur choix ou non de récolter. Nous utilisons des données d’enquête afin d’une part d’identifier les déterminants de la décision de récolte des proprié-taires forestiers privés français, et d’autre part d’évaluer leurs préférences face au risque. Nos principaux résul-tats montrent que les propriétaires forestiers privés français présentent, en moyenne, de l’aversion pour le risque, et que cette aversion accroît la probabilité de récolte.

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