Private forests represent approximately 60% of forest land in the European Union, but the knowledge on the number of private forest holdings and their size, both at the European and sub-national or local level, is significantly lacking and unharmonized. It is commonly known, however, that private forests are characterized by a high and small size of forest holdings. The parcelization of private forests may hinder the active and ecologically sustainable forest management. Characterizing small private forests is an important issue, since small forest holdings represent an important part of the forest sector in Europe. The aims of the present study were to describe the structure of small private forest ownerships of a study area in the Alps (Trentino province, Italy), and to investigate their attitudes and motivations. First, a detailed map of private forest parcels in the study area was produced to assess their extent and number, as well as the number of private owners. The distribution of small private forests in the study area by classes of elevation and slope were also investigated. The results confirmed that private forests are extremely fragmented and that the small or very small forests (0.1–5 ha) represent almost 90% of the total private forest area. Secondly, a questionnaire was developed and an explorative survey conducted on a sample of small forest owners in the study area to analyze their perceptions of the importance of forest production and services and their forest management attitudes.

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特伦蒂诺（意大利东部阿尔卑斯山）的小型私人森林和林主的动机和态度的特征

私有森林约占欧盟森林面积的60％，但是，在欧洲，国家或地方以下各级，私有森林的拥有量及其规模的知识却十分缺乏且缺乏统一性。但是，众所周知，私有林的特征是拥有的林木大小不一。私有林的零碎化可能会阻碍积极和生态上可持续的森林管理。小型私人森林的特征是一个重要的问题，因为小型森林拥有量是欧洲森林部门的重要组成部分。本研究的目的是描述阿尔卑斯山（意大利特伦蒂诺省）一个研究区的小私有林所有权结构，并调查他们的态度和动机。第一，绘制了研究区域内私人林地的详细地图，以评估其范围和数量以及私人所有者的数量。还研究了按海拔和坡度分类的研究区域中小型私人森林的分布。结果证实，私人森林非常分散，小型或非常小的森林（0.1-5公顷）几乎占私人森林总面积的90％。其次，编制了一份调查表，并对研究区域的一个小森林所有者样本进行了探索性调查，以分析他们对森林生产和服务的重要性及其森林管理态度的看法。还研究了按海拔和坡度分类的研究区域中小型私人森林的分布。结果证实，私人森林非常分散，小型或非常小的森林（0.1-5公顷）几乎占私人森林总面积的90％。其次，编制了一份调查表，并对研究区域的一个小森林所有者样本进行了探索性调查，以分析他们对森林生产和服务的重要性及其森林管理态度的看法。还研究了按海拔和坡度分类的研究区域中小型私人森林的分布。结果证实，私人森林非常分散，小型或非常小的森林（0.1-5公顷）几乎占私人森林总面积的90％。其次，编制了一份调查表，并对研究区域的一个小森林所有者样本进行了探索性调查，以分析他们对森林生产和服务的重要性及其森林管理态度的看法。