Global trends towards the bioeconomy and multidimensional ecosystem-based approaches are transforming our understanding of forests and expanding access to forest management. The demand for non-timber forest products (NTFPs) is increasing due to the current trends in lifestyle and consumption. Forest owners play a key role in the supply of NTFPs. However, many forest owners are not committed to production or aware of the opportunities for production of their forests. Understanding better the family forest owners’ behaviour and decision making regarding NTFPs is needed to strengthen the role of NTFPs in the Finnish bioeconomy. In this study, forest owners’ perspectives concerning NTFPs, Everyman’s Rights, and organic certification of forests were identified. The survey data were collected by emailing the questionnaire to North Karelian forest owners and analysed by creating forest owner typologies based on their forest ownership motives and perspectives concerning NTFPs. Regarding forest ownership motives, four owner groups of relatively equal size were identified and named as recreationist, conservationists, timber producers, and resigning owners leaving the forest property to the next generation. Regarding their use of NTFPs and interest in producing NTFPs four groups of owners were identified: owners who 1) harvested NTFPs for household use or 2) sale, 3) would allow the harvesting of NTFPs not covered by everyman’s right, and 4) need more information on the joint production of timber and NTFPs not covered by Everyman’s Rights. Most owners were household users. The results can be utilised to promote NTFP production and advocate for the more effective organic certification of forests for different forest owner groups.

生物经济和基于生态系统的多维方法的全球趋势正在改变我们对森林的理解并扩大森林管理的可及性。由于当前生活方式和消费趋势，对非木材林产品 (NTFP) 的需求正在增加。森林所有者在 NTFP 的供应中发挥着关键作用。然而，许多森林所有者并没有致力于生产或意识到他们的森林生产的机会。需要更好地了解家庭森林所有者关于 NTFP 的行为和决策，以加强 NTFP 在芬兰生物经济中的作用。在这项研究中，确定了森林所有者对 NTFP、每个人的权利和森林有机认证的看法。调查数据是通过将问卷通过电子邮件发送给北卡累利阿森林所有者收集的，并通过根据森林所有者的森林所有权动机和对 NTFP 的看法创建森林所有者类型进行分析。关于森林所有权的动机，确定了四个规模相对相等的所有者群体，并将其命名为休闲主义者、保护主义者、木材生产者和将森林财产留给下一代的辞职所有者。关于他们对 NTFP 的使用和对生产 NTFP 的兴趣，确定了四类所有者：1) 为家庭使用或 2) 出售 NTFP 的所有者，3) 允许收获不受每个人权利保护的 NTFP，以及 4) 需要更多关于联合生产木材和非木材林产品的信息不在每个人的权利范围内。大多数业主是家庭用户。