Development of private forestry sector in Serbia and its role in NFS/NFP process
2010
Nonic, D., Belgrade University, Belgrade (Serbia) | Milijic, V., Serbian Federation of Private Forest Owners Associations, Belgrade (Serbia) | Radosavljevic, A.
Forest policy and organization of forestry in Serbia during the last 18 years has been built on a centralized institutional framework, as laid out in the 1991 Law on Forests. After the political changes in Serbia, the Serbian forest sector is not fully reformed, especially in deregulation and privatization. Significant steps were made in establishing a strategic framework for the development of forestry in general culminating in the formulation of the National Forest Program of Serbia, which is in progress. However, the structure of private forests in Serbia shows a large number of forest owners, with corresponding small average forest properties in small parcels. The private forest sector in Serbia is characterized by high fragmentation of properties, a large number of parcels and owners, and by insufficient organization of forest management. Consequently, small sized private forests under today forest policy circumstances are a significant problem for efficient forests management therein. Whatever, their size, significant timber volume, and annual increment, which are similar to those of the state forests, stress their importance as a resource. Moreover, the traditional significance of forests for residents of rural regions, primarily for satisfaction of their basic needs for firewood and timber combined with reduction of agricultural and industrial capacities leading to reduction of employment, determined new forms of business in forestry and related branches. The objective of this paper is to analyze the role of the private forest sector (private forest owners and small and medium enterprises) in the process of defining national forest strategy (NFS) and a national forest program (NFP) in Serbia, along with potentials for its development given in the strategic frames and action programs.
Show more [+] Less [-]AGROVOC Keywords
Bibliographic information
This bibliographic record has been provided by Agricultural Knowledge and Innovation Institute