Erratum to: Adaptation of forest management to climate change as perceived by forest owners and managers in Belgium

Forest Ecosystems

Table 1 Characteristics of respondents and samples of forest owners and forest managers

	All respondents	Forest owners	Forest managers
Gender
Male	88 %	87 %	90 %
Female	12 %	13 %	10 %
Age
< 30 years	9 %	5 %	14 %
30–39 years	14 %	9 %	21 %
40–49 years	20 %	17 %	23 %
> 50 years	57 %	70 %	42 %
Forest location
Flanders	55 %	58 %	51 %
Wallonia	40 %	37 %	43 %
Flanders & Wallonia	3 %	3 %	4 %
Abroad	2 %	3 %	2 %
Education
Basic education	1 %	1 %	0 %
Secondary education	21 %	19 %	23 %
Higher education	79 %	80 %	77 %
Income
Average gross annual revenue		<500 €	-
Type of management
Active/Passive		91 %/9 %	-
Public/Private		-	54 %/46 %
Forest size
< 2 ha	22 %	32 %	9 %
2–199 ha	43 %	59 %	23 %
> 200 ha	35 %	10 %	68 %
Member of a forest owners’ association
Yes	52 %	61 %	40 %
No	48 %	39 %	60 %
No. of observations	391	220	171

Forest owners were divided into two categories, depending on whether they manage their own forest (active owners) or not (passive owners). Forest managers, who do not own forest land, were either categorized as being in the public administration (public managers) or in the private sector (private managers). Revenue represents their self-reported total income received annually, before taking taxes or deductions into account, from the forests they own (considered together). Percentages may not total 100 % due to rounding