Radovi, Vol. 48 No. 1, 2022.
Prethodno priopćenje
Issues of Coppice Management in FA Gospić - An Overview of Sceintific and Expert Project Activities
Martina Đodan
orcid.org/0000-0001-9871-1975
; Hrvatski šumarski institut, Jastrebarsko, Hrvatska
Darko Smerdel
; Hrvatske šume d.o.o., Zagreb, Hrvatska
Sanja Perić
; Hrvatski šumarski institut, Jastrebarsko, Hrvatska
Sažetak
Paper provides an overview of the basic scientific and expert activities initiated in the area of Lika, which have been carried out continuously since 2020 within the framework of the project “Issues of coppice management in forest administration Gospić“. The main goal of the research is to determine the state of Lika’s coppices, their ability for natural regeneration (indirect conversion), priority for conversion to high forests and the possibility of improving their management and condition. Coppice management is one of the most complex issues of
European forestry and Lika’s coppices are no different in this respect. They are characterized by specific and complex historical, economic and social circumstances, natural limitations and the fact that in the geographical sense, they are located in the area where a high impact of climate change is expected in near future. Scientific – professional activities started in march 2020, as cooperation between the Croatian Forest Research Institute and Croatian Forests Ltd. General goals of the project are: improvement of forestry activities, development of
rural areas, support of the use of funds from the European Agricultural Fund, increase of the economic value and ecosystem services, enhancing the competitiveness of Croatian Forest Ltd., restoring natural processes and structure in degraded forests, increase of the general stability, resistance and resilience of forest ecosystems in Craotia and the increase of the commercial value of forests and binding of CO2. Main scientific and professional activities covered by the project include assessment of the situation on the field and available data on coppices, conducting a survey on the forestry office level, establishment of a database, establishment of comparative trial plots, marking of trial plots, data analisys (Stat. Soft., descriptive statistic, ANOVA repeated measurements), phytocoenological recordings, SWOT analysis and the possibility of using satellite images to gather the data that is not available with classic and more expensive methods. Preliminary results indicate that there is a need
to identify priority areas in which, according to new European principles of adaptation of forests to upcoming threats, the profitability of management, economic and biological value, but also the resilience and resistance of coppices should be increased. Improvement of management of Lika’s coppices is a long-term process, but these kinds of scientific–professional activities are the first steps in that direction, which will provide initial management recommendations.
Ključne riječi
increase of forest value; priority areas; natural regeneration; indirect conversion; initiated activities
Hrčak ID:
307001
URI
Datum izdavanja:
15.12.2022.
Posjeta: 693 *