Forest clearings, forest gaps and canopy openings are very important habitat elements of diverse, balanced and mostly mature forest stands. As an indispensable part of developing stable forest complexes, formed by localized stand openings, forest clearings are characterized by structural uniqueness ...

The last decade has been marked by increased interest of private forest owners in managing their forest holdings due to changes in the wood market caused by a large share of state forests where the wood industry is turning to other sources of raw materials. Traditional private forest management...

Most forest owners in Croatia have forest holdings smaller than 1 ha, while less than 1% have holdings larger than 10 ha. Parcelization of forest holdings in addition to small size presents significant limitation for forest management. Therefore, important aim of forest policy is to stimulate...

Forest management in Croatia traditionally has been dominantly concentrated and directed toward state owned forests, thus it characterized with continuity and consistency of forest management planning and performance of management treatments, as well as fulfillment of principles of sustainable...

Uneven-aged beech-fir forests cover approximately 157 000 hectares in Republic of Croatia. During the history they have been managed according to different management systems, varying from even-aged to selection management. As a result of historical integration of Croatian forestry into the German...

This paper deals with official reports of the certification body that conducted FSC certification in the forest company "Unsko-sanske šume" d.o.o. Bosanska Krupa within the period 2010. - 2019. The most of corrective measures were identified in the FSC principles 8, 6, 4 and 7. The positive impact...

Private forests in Bosnia and Herzegovina occupy about 700.000 hectares, but are lagging behind state forests in terms of stock volume, increment and health conditions. Forest policy creators have no data on social-demographic profile of private forest owners, their interests and demands towards ...

This paper explores the influence of higher forestry education and forestry science at the Faculty of Forestry of the University of Zagreb on the formation and preservation of forest wealth in the Republic of Croatia during the past 120 years as the basic, authentic, self-renewable, biologically...

Since 1874, when the property districts of Đurđevac and Križevci were established, the areas of Podravina and Prigorje were marked by organized forestry and management of the most valuable national asset. It can be stated that the forests of this area have been systematically taken care of for 145...

The international working group for examining the impacts of pollution on the forest ecosystems, founded under the Convention on the long-range air pollution transport, has been active for some decades (since 1980). For the field of forestry, ICP Forests working group, whose basic idea is to...