Small-holder forest property, importance and incorporation in Slovenian forest management system

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Small-holder forest property, importance and
incorporation in Slovenian forest management
system dr. Janez Krc, University of Ljubljana,
Slovenia dr. Iztok Winkler, University of
Ljubljana, Slovenia
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Contents

• Slovenian Forests
• Forest management
• Forest Ownership
• Connection between small-scale forest owners and
  their forests
• Private forest and legislative regulation
• Financing activity of public interest in private
  forest
• Taxation of forest property
• Forest work in private forests
• Future expectations for development of private
  forests

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Structure of potential and present vegetation in
Slovenian forests
(source Slovenian Forest Service)
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Forest management plans include

• regional forest management plan,
• regional hunting-breeding plans,
• plans of forest management units and
• silvicultural plans.

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Size structure of Slovenian private forest estate
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Whole shaped private property
100m
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Clod shaped private property
100m
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Piece shaped private property
100m
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Stripe shaped private property
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Forest ownership structure for all ownership type
Forest ownership structure in ha
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Connection between small-scale forest owners and
their forests

• Properties where forest represent
• unimportant source of income
• supplemental source of income
• important or prevailing source of income

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The farm housekeeping is divided into THREE
categories (1) pure farm where all farm
members from 15 to 64 years old is dealing with
farming (2) mixed farm where at least one family
member is employed outside farming and (3) aged
farm where all farm members are older than 64
years irrespective on source of their income.
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Private forest and legislative regulation

• After the social changes ( in 1990s) some
  essential
• changes concern private forest propery
• separation of forest public and business
  activities,
• forest owner alone is responsible for forest
  reproduction
• Forest owner is in principle independent in
  dealings with his forest.

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Private forest and legislative regulation

• Public interest is shown through the following
  legislative regulation
• Free access- and movement possibility in all
  forests.
• Free gathering of forest fruits, plants, fungi
  and apiculture.
• Hunting and gathering of free-leaving animals in
  all forests under the condition of the act.
• Prevention of use which would endanger forest
  sustainability andits functions.
• Reduction of harmful influences and other adverse
  impacts on forests.
• Forest depletion is banned.
• Some of the forests are proclaimed as protective
  forests and special purpose forests.
• Forest owners are obligated to provide protection
  and silvicultural measures as defined by the
  act, including obligatory afforestation after
  fire, and restoration of damaged forests.

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Private forest and legislative regulation

• Public interest is shown through the following
  legislative regulation
• Clear-cutting is prohibited.
• Public forest service is budget financed.
• Activities in order to implement public interest
  in privately owned forests are partly budget
  financed.
• Conditions for the forest work performers are
  defined.
• Forest management planing, wildlife management
  planing, and silviculture planing are obligatory
  regardless of ownership.
• Maximum allowable cut according to the forest
  productive capacity is defined.
• Forest road planning and construction is defined
  in accordance with public interest.

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Private forest and legislative regulation

• The following decrees can be issued to the forest
  owner
• The necessary silvicultural measures for the
  forest regeneration and the tending of seedling
  stage (young growth).
• The necessary protection measures.
• Directions and deadlines for the realization and
  repetition of individual silvicultural or
  protection measures.
• The quality and structure of allowable cut.
• Guidelines and conditions for timber felling and
  skidding.
• Guidelines and conditions for the harvesting of
  decoration trees and resin.

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Financing activity of public interest in private
forest
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Taxation of forest property
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Forest work in private forests

• Forest operations in private forests can be
  carried out by
• forest owners alone,
• their family members,
• neighbors, affiliated into Cooperative for Forest
  Machinery,
• and forest companies.

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Present Wood skidding models
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Future expectations for development of private
forests

• Essential influential factors
• New technological framework,
• Pooling of forest owners
• Merging of individual properties in a given area
• Fuel wood
• Greater importance likewise social and
  ecologicalfunctions of forests

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Suitable sites for mechanized cutting
PRIVATE FORESTS STATE FORESTS
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Thank You for attention