The aesthetic value of different aspects

Erinevate metsa majandamisvõtete kohta on tehtud arvukalt uuringuid, kuid enamasti käsitlevad need raie tootlikkust, ökoloogilist mõju elustikule ja erinevaid raievõtteid. Käesolev töö käsitleb aga vähe uuritud raie esteetilist meeldivust ja aktsepteeritavust. Töö eemärgiks on teada saada erinevate majandatuse astmetega metsade visuaalset hinnangut/aktsepteeritavust ja seda mõjutavaid tegureid (nt küsitletava sugu ja metsas käimise tihedus). Magistritöö läbiviimiseks koostati ankeetküsimustik, milles vastajad hindavad erinevaid raieid fotode põhjal. Töö valimiks oli Tartumaa 12. klassi noored ja kasutati 167 vastaja andmeid. Tulemustes analüüsiti hinnangute/aktsepteeritavuse muutust vastavalt raie tüübile ja neid mõjutavaid tunnuseid. Tulemustes selgub, et küsitletud hindavad esteetilisemaks metsi ja turberaieid. Kõige madalam hinnang on lageraietel (isegi kui seal on puid säilitatud). Enim negatiivsemaks hinnati lõigatud tüükaid lageraiel. Metsaraiete suhtes on küsitletutest kõige kriitilisemad naissoost isikud. Positiivsemalt hindavad erinevaid majandatuse viise need, kes viibivad küsimustiku alusel rohkem aega metsas. Käesolev töö kinnitab teistes riikides leitud lageraie madalat hinnangut, kuid näitab täiendavalt, et lageraie aktsepteeritavus on kõrgem kui teistel säilikpuudega aladel. Edasised uurimused võiksid olla suunatud eri valdkondades töötavate inimeste eelistuste uurimisele erinevate metsamajandusvõtete osas.There has been a great deal of different studies about the techniques of managing the forest. Mainly these studies are focused on the productivity and different techniques of lumbering and the ecological effect on the biota. This thesis however is focused on studying the aesthetic agreeableness and acceptance of less researched areas of lumbering. The goal of this thesis is to learn about the visual evaluation/acceptance of the forests that have different levels of management. It also helps to learn about the effective factors, such as gender and frequency of the visits to the forest, which influence these matters. To compile this thesis a questionnaire was conducted, where respondents evaluated different lumbering techniques through the photos. The samplings for this questionnaire were the young from the 12th grade in the county of Tartu. There were 167 questionnaires used in the analysis. As a result an analysis was carried out about the changes of the levels of evaluation/acceptance, depending on the type of the lumbering, and on the features that have an effect on those changes. As a result of the analysis it becomes clear that students evaluate forests and lumbering of the shelterwood felling more aesthetic. The lowest evaluation level was towards a clearcut (even if there were trees that had been retained). The most negative evaluation level was towards the snags of the trees in the clearcut areas. The most critical of the samplings towards lumbering were women. More positive evaluation level towards different management techniques was from those samplings who visit forests more frequently. This research confirms the results of low visual evaluation level towards clearcuts from the studies in other countries. Despite this confirmation the acceptance of a complete clearcut is surprisingly higher than towards any other area where some trees were retained. This thesis suggests further studies regarding preferences in different forest management techniques of people working in different fields