The objective of the paper is to analyse the issue of forest land valuation from its origin till the present with the emphasis upon detected differences between its deterministic and stochastic models considering their necessary innovations. At present, there are only deterministic methods for...

Nature conservation policy is restricting the active forest management in protected areas. This paper describes current issues related to the forestry in the protected areas of the Slovak Republic. Major conflicts follow from different approaches to the forest management, biodiversity protection,...

Norway spruce (Picea abies L. Karst) is economically very important tree species. On the other hand, mainly due to climate change, spruce is considered to be problematic and unpromising in many regions. Spruces are endangered by a wide variety of harmful agents, including abiotic, mechanically...

The concept of sustainable development is concerned with the quality of economic growth, human well-being, and the environment. Hence, it connects environmental, economic, and social issues as reflected in the Triple Bottom Line approach. Forestry and forests meet the country's major functions that ...

Birch, as one of the pioneer species, is a part of the preparatory forest, especially after extensive calamities. In the 1970s and 1980s, it most often served as a substitute stand in connection with the widespread dieback of forests as a result of the effects of air pollution. In recent years, it...

In this work, the Data Envelopment Analysis as non-parametric approach for measuring efficiency of many homogenous entities was used for the valuation of scale efficiency of the forest contractors. Forest services are provided by small and medium-sized enterprises employing up to 50 employees and...

Forest management might be threatened by declining health status of oaks in the transition zone between oak and beech forests, where drought is the most limiting factor. The aim of the presented paper is to assess the influence of selected climatic characteristics on the radial growth of oak trees...

This paper presents the basic concept of long-term and sustainable forest management. Forest benefits includes timber production and provision of public functions. The paper suggests that since sustainble forest management is long-term, thus, it is necessary to develop a system of long-term...

At the turn of the 1970s and 1980s, oak stands were affected by a tracheomycosis disease of fungal origin, known as the mass dieback of oaks. At present, the effects of climate change, especially drought, have also begun to affect oak stands. Suitable stand tending methods are considered to be one...

Nowadays, the possibility of public access to forests, recognized as the recreational forest function, is considered to be one of the cultural ecosystem services. Legally regulated right to roam and, more specifically, legally regulated public access to forests is, among others, the necessary...