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Forestry

FORESTS OF SERBIA

According to the last measurement of forests in Serbia (without Kosovo), using the methodology defined by National Forest Inventory 2008 (NFI) international rules (Clusters distance 4*4 km), total covered area is 29,1 %, or 2,252,400.00 ha.

 

Land use classes are divided in seven types (chart number 1.).

 

Chart no 1.

 

 

Distribution of main tree species in accordance with NFI results is as follows:

No. of stems

Volume (m³)

% 

%      

Fagus moesiaca

 20.6

  40.5

Quercus cerris

11.1

13.0

Quercus petrea

  6.1

  5.9

Quercus freinetto

 7.2

5.8

Carpinus betulus

12.0

4.2

Robinia pseudoacacia

 10.3

3.1

Quercus robur

0.5

2.5

Euro-american poplars

0.3

1.7

Fraxinus angustifolia

0.7

1.6

 

 

 

The three types of forest ownership are present in Serbia.

 

State forests are present with 39,8 % of the total measurement area or 896,400.0 ha. Management with these forests is under the engagement of Public Enterprise “Srbijašume” (Serbianforests) and Public Enterprise “Vojvodinašume” (Vojvodinaforests).

The 52.2 % is under the private forests (1,175,200.0 ha). The Public Enterprises for Forest Management "Srbijašume" and "Vojvodinašume" handles professional-technical affairs in private forests and acts on request for tree marking or for felling and marking of felled wood.

Third type is characterized as other ownership which includes socially-owned forests of different kinds of companies and associations. These forests covering 8 % or 180,800.0 ha. Chart no 2.

 

 

Chart no 2.

 

 

LEGAL FRAMEWORK FOR FORESTRY IN SERBIA

 

Legal regulations that affect the forest sector are:

 

  • Constitution the Republic of Serbia (1990)
  • Forest Law (1991)
  • Law on Hunting (1993)
  • Law on the Environmental Protection (2004)
  • Law on the Strategic Assessment of the Environmental Impact (2004)
  • Law on the Assets Owned by the Republic of Serbia (1995)
  • Law on the Environmental Impact Assessment (2004)
  • Law on Commercial Companies (2004)
  • Law on Inheritance (1995)
  • Law on Water (1991)
  • Law on Agricultural Land (1992)
  • Law on National Parks (1993)
  • Law on Forest Reproduction Material (2005)

 

Also, our country is the signatory to many international commitments dealing with environmental protection, which influence directly or indirectly the development of the forest sector.

The most significant international commitments affecting the forest sector are the following:

  • Agenda 21 (1992)
  • UN Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC) (1992)
  • Convention on Biological Diversity (2001)
  • Convention on Long-range Transboundary Air Pollution (1979)
  • Convention on Wetlands of International Importance (Ramsar) (1977)
  • Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species (CITES)(2001)
  • Protection of the World Cultural and Natural Heritage (1972)
  • Resolutions of the Ministerial Conference on Forest Protection (2003)
  • Council Directive No. 43/92 on the conservation of natural habitats and of wild fauna and flora (1992)
  • Council Directive No. 409/79 on the conservation of wild birds (1979)
  • Council Directive No. 105/99 on the market of forest reproduction material (1999)
  • Council Directive No. 2158/92 on EU forest protection against fire (1992)
  • Council Directive No. 3528/86 on EU forest protection against atmospheric pollution (1986)
  • Council Directive No. 1615/89 on the establishment of information-communication system on European forests (1989)
  • Council Directive No. 89/68 on framework law of the member states on the classification of wood raw materials (1968)
  • Council Directive No. 1232/98 on statistical classification of products per activities in the European Economic Community (1998)
  • Natura 2000

 

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