Abstract Forest industry companies are the chief exploiters of forest resources, and their day-to-day decisions and actions may have major implications for the sustainable development of forests, and for those who depend on them. Russian companies have a special place in this regard as they operate in the most forested country in the world and the local forest resources have considerable global effects. In this study, the concerns and views of an expert group from Russian wood harvesting companies in regard to forests and forestry development in the long term are scrutinized through a case study in Republic of Karelia, one of the main forest regions in Russia. The study employed a two-stage survey carried out by interviewing representatives from the companies in order to identify critical issues that they think will influence long-term forestry development. The survey combined an unstructured interview approach for the first stage and cumulative voting (CV) for the second. The identified data were summarized into a PESTE (Political, Economic, Social, Technological and Environmental) framework to obtain a general overview of the macro environments in the study area. The results show that the companies' views were mainly influenced by the technological, political and economic issues faced by the Russian forestry sector last decades, while social and environmental dimensions were considered of minor significance. The companies did not refer to the concept of sustainable development. Forestry was largely associated with the management of own business demands.

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探索林业公司对俄罗斯长期林业发展的看法：以卡累利阿共和国为例

摘要 林业企业是森林资源的主要开发者，他们的日常决策和行动可能对森林的可持续发展和依赖森林的人们产生重大影响。俄罗斯公司在这方面具有特殊的地位，因为它们在世界上森林覆盖率最高的国家开展业务，并且当地的森林资源具有相当大的全球影响。在本研究中，俄罗斯木材采伐公司的专家组通过在俄罗斯主要林区之一卡累利阿共和国的案例研究，对森林和林业发展的长期关注和看法进行了详细审查。该研究采用了通过采访公司代表进行的两阶段调查，以确定他们认为会影响长期林业发展的关键问题。该调查结合了第一阶段的非结构化访谈方法和第二阶段的累积投票 (CV)。将确定的数据汇总到 PESTE（政治、经济、社会、技术和环境）框架中，以获得研究区域宏观环境的总体概况。结果表明，这些公司的观点主要受到俄罗斯林业部门过去几十年所面临的技术、政治和经济问题的影响，而社会和环境方面被认为是次要的。这些公司没有提到可持续发展的概念。