Close to nature forestry versus nature protection in the Slovak Republic from the policy point of vi

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Close to nature forestry versus nature
protection in the Slovak Republic from the policy
point of view

• Jaroslav álka, Rastislav ulek, Hubert Palu

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Introduction

• Conflict
• conception of nature protection regulative
  protection of areas and species
• extreme ideas restricted ordinary land use,
  property rights not respected
• conception of forestry close to nature forestry
  with secured nature protection
• ? extreme ideas nature protection just as an
  associate product of timber production

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Economic overview

• 2 economic strategies
• traditional forestry (production of timber)
• close to nature forestry (nature protection)
• 3 points of view
• close to nature forestry is economically more
  suitable than the traditional forestry
• close to nature forestry and traditional forestry
  are economically neutral
• close to nature forestry is in comparison with
  traditional forestry economically unsuitable

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Internal competition between timber production
and nature protection
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Representatives of economic interests

• organizations and institutions of forestry and
  wood-processing industry
• orientation based on principles of market
  economy, securing of property rights, sustainable
  timber production and forestry professional
  capability
• crucial actor state administration of forestry

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Representatives of ecological interests

• organizations and institutions of environment and
  nature protection
• orientation based on biocentrism, theory of
  ecological balance and small-is-beautiful
  opinions
• crucial actor state administration of nature
  protection

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Policy conflict

• agreement on basic principles of nature
  protection in forests
• conflicts at level of solutions and measures

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Agreement basic issues

• preservation of forest sustainability
• preservation of biodiverzity
• preservation of natural wealth

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Conflicts proposed solutions

• intensity of forest resources use for different
  purposes
• types and size of protected areas
• extent of ecological management of forests

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Conflicts proposed measures

• type of used timber harvesting methods
• type of forest regeneration and choice of tree
  species composition
• share of dead wood
• intensity of silvicultural measures in protected
  areas

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Regulation of the conflict by the state -
overview of the policy tools
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Conflict between forestry and nature protection

• three examples
• competence conflict between state administration
  of forestry and state administration of nature
  protection on protected areas
• indemnification of forest owners for property
  detriment due to restriction on land use in
  favour of nature protection
• different forest certification schemes

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Certification

• FSC
• worldwide recognised FSC Principles and Criteria
• high level of importance in satisfying Principles
  and Criteria for certification
• endorsement from NGOs and environmental
  organisations, their equal participation
• important role of nature protection
• safeguards, written guidelines
• conservation zones
• use of chemical pesticide

• PEFC
• criteria based on Pan-European Criteria for SFM
  serve as a common framework for recommendations
• guidelines can be used on voluntary basis
• lower level of participation of NGOs,
  environmental and social organisations
• recommendations for forestry practices
• best use of natural processes
• encouragement of biodiversity
• use of appropriate techniques