Bioeconomy perception by future stakeholders: Hearing from European forestry students.
Bioeconomy
Education
Forest-based bioeconomy
Forestry students
Future stakeholders
Perception
Journal
Ambio
ISSN: 1654-7209
Titre abrégé: Ambio
Pays: Sweden
ID NLM: 0364220
Informations de publication
Date de publication:
Dec 2020
Dec 2020
Historique:
received:
23
12
2019
accepted:
31
07
2020
revised:
10
06
2020
pubmed:
14
10
2020
medline:
21
10
2020
entrez:
13
10
2020
Statut:
ppublish
Résumé
This article provides useful information for universities offering forestry programs and facing the growing demand for bioeconomy education. An explorative survey on bioeconomy perception among 1400 students enrolled in 29 universities across nine European countries offering forestry programs was performed. The data have been elaborated via descriptive statistics and cluster analysis. Around 70% of respondents have heard about the bioeconomy, mainly through university courses. Students perceive forestry as the most important sector for bioeconomy; however, the extent of perceived importance of forestry varies between countries, most significantly across groups of countries along a North-South European axis. Although differences across bachelor and master programs are less pronounced, they shed light on how bioeconomy is addressed by university programs and the level of student satisfaction with this. These differences and particularities are relevant for potential development routes towards comprehensive bioeconomy curricula at European forestry universities with a forestry focus.
Identifiants
pubmed: 33048322
doi: 10.1007/s13280-020-01376-y
pii: 10.1007/s13280-020-01376-y
pmc: PMC7568748
doi:
Types de publication
Journal Article
Langues
eng
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