Issues and Opportunities in the Evolution of Private Forestry and Forestry Extension in Several Countries with Economies in Transition in Central and Eastern Europe













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Rome, 1997

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Preface

Acronyms and Abbreviations

Currencies

Introduction and Methods

Section I: Overview (Prepared by T. Marghescu and J. Anderson)

Forest Sector Trends

Forest resources of countries in Central and Eastern Europe
Forest industry
Marketing and trade of wood and wood products
Forestry education
Forestry research
Public participation
Forest policy and legislation

Forest Ownership Patterns

Total forest area privately owned
Size of private holdings

Forestry Extension

Institutional responsibility for forestry extension
Training of forestry extension personnel
Government support for forestry extension
Organization of private forest owners
Main constraints encountered in forestry extension
Forestry extension needs identified by the CEE
Forestry extension and other land ownership patterns

Issues and Opportunities

Private forestry
Forestry extension

General
Institutional issues
Technical and policy issues
Capacity building issues
Financial and economic issues

Concluding Remarks

Bibliography

Section II: Country Profiles

Armenia

Latvia

Lithuania

Poland

Romania

Slovakia

Slovenia

Annex 1: Survey Form

Annex 2: Total forest ownership patterns before 1985

Annex 3: Total forest ownership patterns 1995

Annex 4: Forest ownership patterns (policy statement)