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LITHUANIAN FORESTRY SECTOR (Brief glimpse)

LITHUANIAN FORESTRY SECTOR (Brief glimpse). Change of forest coverage in Lithuania. The most famous dates of forestry in Lithuania. The general characteristics of Lithuanian forest (2006). Forest coverage in Lithuania, 1938 – 2006. Growing stock volume, 1938 – 2006.

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LITHUANIAN FORESTRY SECTOR (Brief glimpse)

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  1. LITHUANIAN FORESTRY SECTOR(Brief glimpse)

  2. Change of forest coverage in Lithuania

  3. The most famous dates of forestry in Lithuania

  4. The general characteristics of Lithuanian forest (2006)

  5. Forest coverage in Lithuania, 1938 – 2006

  6. Growing stock volume, 1938 – 2006

  7. Distribution of forestry area by forest groups and subgroups (2006)

  8. Changes in private ownership of forest land (2006)

  9. Size of private forest holding (2006)

  10. The dynamics of forest felling during the last 80 years

  11. Political management of forests • Ministry of environment Department of forests (~ 20 employees) Determine forest policy • Ministry of environment National board of forest control (~ 120 employees) Control forestry activity of all forests • General forest enterprise (~ 35 employees) Coordinate activity of state forest enterprises • National board of protected areas (~ 25 employees) Coordinate activity of state institutions of protected areas

  12. Forest administrators and owners • State forest enterprises (~ 3000 employees) 42 enterprises administrate 50 % of the forest • Private forest owners (~ 240 000 owners) Occupy 30 % of the forest

  13. Institutions of protected areas (Works in the territory of state forest enterprises and private forests) • National parks (~ 100 employees) 4 national parks and 1 historical national park • Regional parks (~ 150 employees) 30 regional parks • Strict reserves (~ 50 employees) 6 strict reserves

  14. Contractors of forestry works (Forest felling, forest plantation, thinning) • Small enterprises (~ 3000 forest workers) About 300 enterprises (5-20 forest workers in each enterprise) • Normal enterprises (~ 1000 skilled forest workers) About 30 enterprises (30-40 skilled forest workers and modern forest machinery (forwarders) in each enterprise)

  15. Forest owners’ institutions • Forest owners’ associations (~ 15 employees) 2 associations • Forest owners’ cooperatives (~ 150 employees) 10 cooperatives

  16. Institutions for common need of forestry sector Institutions for preparing of the specialists and skilled forest workers. Forest research institutions • Lithuanian university of agricultureFaculty of forestry (~ 20 employees) • every year prepare ~ 80 forestry specialists highest qualification • carry out forest research • Kaunas college of forestry and environment engineering Faculty of forestry and landscape architecture (~ 20 employees) • every year prepare ~ 60 forestry specialists high qualification, • carry out forest research, • organize refresher course for forestry specialists and private forest owners • every year prepare ~ 20 skilled forest workers and ~ 150 forest sawyers • State forest research institute (~ 60 employees) Carry out forest research

  17. Institutions for common need of forestry sector Institutions of Forest inventory and forest management planning • State Forest survey service (~ 35 employees) Carry out national forest inventory, create forest informational system • State forest management planning institute (~ 150 employees) Make projects for forest management • Private forest management planning institutions (~ 100 employees) Make projects for forest management

  18. Institutions for common need of forestry sector Institutions for improving forest growth • Service of forest genetic resources (~ 30 employees) Supervises forest seed orchards, supervises seed quality control • Service of forest protection (~ 15 employees) Investigate forest healthy and estimate way to improve it

  19. THANK YOU FOR ATENTION

  20. The structure of study system in forestry faculty (Lithuanian University of Agriculture)

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