Open AccessThe growing stock of the Republic of Serbia: State and problems
Author(s) -
Staniša Banković,
Milan Medarević,
Damjan Pantić,
Nebojša Petrović,
Biljana Šljukić,
Snežana Obradović
Publication year - 2009
Publication title -
glasnik šumarskog fakulteta - univerzitet u beogradu/glasnik šumarskog fakulteta
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 2217-8600
pISSN - 0353-4537
DOI - 10.2298/gsf0900007b
Subject(s) - carbon stock , naturalness , stock (firearms) , forest ecology , forestry , geography , ecosystem , forest inventory , dead wood , agroforestry , environmental resource management , forest management , environmental protection , environmental science , ecology , biodiversity , climate change , archaeology , quantum mechanics , biology , physics
Based on the data of the National Forest Inventory, this paper presents the basic characteristics of forest ecosystems in Serbia by different qualitative and quantitative parameters. The following parameters were dealt with: land use, forest ownership, origin, naturalness, preservation status, mixture and structural form of forests, percentage of tree species, stand category, volume distribution by diameter degrees, as well as the quantity of dead wood and carbon stock in the forests of Serbia. The analysis of the presented state enables the definition of some of strategic problems which individually and acting together burden our forest ecosystems, and whose detailed elaboration, measures and methods of enhancement will be fully expressed in the highest planning document - National Forest Programme. A special section, but without being sufficiently analytical, presents the main data on the growing stock of the Autonomous Province Kosovo and Metohija taken from the Report of the Norwegian Forestry Group