In our study, we analyze the commitments of the Visegrad Four National Energy and Climate Plans (NECPs) for the period 2021-2030 within the European Union environment policy, with special regard to the Land Use, LandUse Change and Forestry (LULUCF) sector. Based on our research, it can be said that ...

The input data requirement of eco-hydrological models poses a growing challenge. Among the various input data the bottleneck seems to be the highresolution quantification of soil hydraulic parameters. Recognising the situation, novel soil- and soil-hydrologic databases (e.g. MARTHA, DOSoReMi,...

Based on the analysis of land registry data, it can be concluded that the land lots with forest area larger than 0.5 ha, classified as forest management area and not 100% state property is owned by 425 thousand individuals and 3 thousand organizations such as enterprises, municipalities, civil...

The main goal of this article is to determine the economic and environmental sustainability of short rotation coppice (SRC) harvested on a two-year cycle by establishing a model based on secondary data. In general, these energy plantations are attempts to do an extensive sylvicultural work in an...

The paper uses the "energy ladder" hypothesis to describe households' fuel consumption, transition. The economic interpretation of the process is particularly important for Hungary. As environmental and public health reasons justify, we must encourage households to use cleaner resources and...

The "Simplified grading selection method" (Szász és Burján 1975) developed decades ago by the Forest Research Institute (FRI) and founded upon an earlier range of selection methods and evaluations of the diameter at breast height for logging became obsolete and necessitated updating and...

The paper reports on a qualitative empirical research exploring land-use conflicts related to four agro-ecosystems (forest, pasture, orchard and plow land) and the services they provide. The qualitative research design was based on purposive sampling of farmers and other stakeholders as key...

Renewable energy is still more expensive than fossil-based power generation, but in order to reduce environmental burden and strategic risks it is worthwhile switching to renewable energy sources regardless of oil price developments. The energy efficiency and structure of transport will have an...

In Seklerland - the historical region of Romania - the forest covering achieve more than 40% of total surface. The logging waste, the wood waste from the local sawmills and other wood waste of wood industry produce the biggest green energy potential in the field of renewable energy. In spite of...

Green energy (biomass energy) can be derived from primary, secondary and tertiary biomass. First, forest by-products and waste then plantations of ligneous plants and herbaceous crops have to be used to generate green energy. In Hungary, the annual amount of forest and crop by-products and waste is ...