Review article
Timber Harvesting Methods in Eastern European Countries: a Review
Tadeusz Moskalik
; Warsaw University of Life Sciences – SGGW Faculty of Forestry Department of Forest Utilization Nowoursynowska 159 02 776 Warsaw POLAND
Stelian Alexandru Borz
; Transilvania University of Braşov Faculty of Forestry Department of Forest Engineering Şirul Beethoven No. 1 500 123 Braşov ROMANIA
Jiri Dvořák
; Czech University of Life Sciences Prague Faculty of Forestry and Wood Sciences Kamycka 1176 165 21 Prague 6 – Suchdol CZECH REPUBLIC
Michal Ferencik
; Technical University in Zvolen Faculty of Forestry Department of Forest Harvesting, Logistics and Ameliorations T. G. Masaryka 24 960 53 Zvolen SLOVAKIA
Sotir Glushkov
; Forest Research Institute Kl. Ohridski Blvd 132 1756 Sofia BULGARIA
Peeter Muiste
; Estonian University of Life Sciences Institute of Forestry and Rural Engineering Department of Forest Industry Kreutwaldi 5 51014 Tartu ESTONIA
Andis Lazdiņš
; Latvian State Forest Research Institute »Silava« Rigas 111 2169 Salaspils LATVIA
Oleg Styranivsky
; Ukrainian National Forestry University Gen. Chuprynka 103 79057 Lviv UKRAINE
Abstract
The social and economic changes that began over 25 years ago in post-communist Eastern Europe and the countries of the former Soviet Union also affected the forestry sector. Forested areas were privatised in many countries, and timber harvesting, also in state-owned forests, was contracted out to private sector logging companies. An analysis was conducted of the following countries: Belarus, Bulgaria, Czech Republic, Estonia, Latvia, Lithuania, Poland, Romania, Slovakia, and Ukraine. The basic parameters of forestry, like the characteristics of forest resources, the volume of harvested timber and logging processes used, were given for each country. Special attention was paid to the methods of timber harvesting. The main findings of the study are that various methods are used in Eastern Europe depending on site and forest conditions. In some countries, especially the wealthier ones, a dynamic increase in the cut-to-length method is observed, with the use of harvesters and forwarders.
Keywords
forests privatisation; cut-to-length method; tree-length method; timber harvesting costs; work productivity
Hrčak ID:
190919
URI
Publication date:
1.7.2017.
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