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In this paper, we present problems with the management of the forests acquired by the State Forests from the State Land Fund. This was particularly an issue in forest districts with a significant share of private forests, e.g. eastern part of Poland. The problem becomes more and more valid because of the latest amendment of the Forest Act in 2016. It gives the State Forests the right of the first...
In Poland, private forests cover the area of 1,774,698 ha, which constitutes 19.2% of total forest area in the country. It is assumed that their actual share is much bigger, because about 300,000 ha of agricultural grounds covered with secondary succession forests, have not been classified as a forest grounds. In 2013, the complete and actual forest management documentation was prepared by 68.7% of...
The provisions of the Act on Forests apply to all forests in Poland, irrespective of their ownership. They impose on owners and administrators the obligation to draw up Forest Management Plans (FMP) or Simplified FMP (SFMP). While the media are loudly protesting the adoption of some FMP for state forests, especially for some urban forests or semi−primeval forests, analogous documents for private forests...
This paper contributes to the ongoing discussion on the improvement of private forest management in Poland. It examines characteristics of various types of forestry companies encompassing either completely private forests or a mixture of private and state-owned forests. Different possibilities for operating private and state-owned forestry companies were examined. The assessment of forestry companies...
Nowadays private forests in Poland cover about 17% of all forested areas, and their share increases steadily. The average area of private forest in Poland is about 1 hectare. It is owned by a farmer, who works in it for at most several days a year, mainly performing timber harvesting. The aim of the study was to show the real state of work safety at the process of timber harvesting in the private...
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