Climate change is a phenomenon of paramount importance with varied consequences and dimensions. Forest fires are considered to be one of the most important environmental problems and they can be started naturally or by man. Important socioeconomic effects are associated with forest fires, as they...

This paper made an empirical analysis of fuelwood consumption and factors affecting the choice of using this energy for heating and cooking in rural areas of the prefecture of Larissa. Data were gathered using a questionnaire and processing methods used descriptive statistics and multivariate...

Sustainable Forest Management certification via eco-labeling of the produced forest products is an indirect economic motivation for the improvement of forest management. Certification can be generally defined as "action by a third party, demonstrating that adequate confidence is provided, that a...

Implementation of a new system of timber extraction may possibly come into conflict with the needs and expectations of the citizens resulting in restrictions. With the help of a model, an evaluation and rating of three proposed systems of timber extraction was made for use in forests of...

To date, one of the most important research fields in the area of Economics of Natural Resources aims at finding the demand for natural resources, and, in particular, at determining the factors affecting it. In the present study, the natural resource that is examined from an economic point of view...

During the period 1956-1979, the leading cause of forest fires in Greece was negligence (54.6% of total fires), followed by arson (incendiary) 28.1%, unknown 16.1%, and lightning (2.1%). The main negligence activities were "agricultural activities" (mainly crop residue burning) and "cigarettes"....

The use of helicopters in transportation of wood logs in the forest provides the ability to exploit and to apply harvesting and skidding techniques in ecologically sensitive forests. These forests are characterized by a lack of forest roads and difficult terrain, where traditional skidding methods...

The objectives of this study are directed to a simple and effective methodology of abstaining a solution of initial parameter values for the rational form of the distributed lag models with r=k, s=1 and r=k, s=2, where r and s are the number of the number of the parameters of such models. The...

This paper attempts to assess decree-law 126/86 and then to compare it with the previously-used system of State Exploitation of Forests (SEF). The aim of the paper was to collect data and gather opinions on an array of economic, ecological and social issues regarding forest management under the...

The need for improving the conditions of a forest opening-up makes the use of modern machinery necessary so that the forest of an ecosystem can cope with the technico-economic and ecological requirements of our times. To satisfy all these needs, special care should be taken during the...