XI WORLD FORESTRY CONGRESS Antalya, Turkey, 13 to 22 October 1997
	VOLUME 2, TOPIC 9 SUMMARIES OF VOLUNTARY PAPERS RECULTIVATION OF OPENCAST COAL MINE WASTE DUMPS BASED ON REFORESTATION ­ A CONTRIBUTION TO SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT AND ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION IN SERBIA Dragana Drazic 1 The development of forest plantations established in the process of recultivation of opencast lignite mine waste dumps in the Kolubarsko-Tamnavski Basin has been researched. The analysis also includes an account of the development of trees and shrubs in the parks established on deposols. In addition, the possible use of these areas as picnic and recreation centres has been considered. 1 Landscape Architect, Institute of Forestry, Kneza Viseslava 3, 11000 Belgrade, Yugoslavia.Facsimile: (358 11) 545969 WATER POTENTIAL OF FOREST REGION ON THE GOC MOUNTAIN Ratko Ristic 1, Grigorije Macan 1 The water potential of forest regions is very important for creating a strategy of water supply in Serbia. Specific annual run-off has the highest values in forest regions (l030 l*s-1*km-2), with first-class water quality. Forest vegetation increases "loss" of water by processes of interception and transpiration, but decreases the intensities of evaporation, surface runoff and erosion. One of the protected resources is the catchment area of Gvozdacka River, located in the forest region of the Goc mountain, in Central Serbia. The catchment area is afforested 91.6% (total area is 37.3 km2), 64.4% is under quality stands of Abies alba, Picea abies, Fagus moesiaca (over 500 m a.s.l., with the layer of litter 1025 cm deep) and 18.5% is under artificial plantings (Pinus nigra and Pinus silvestris). Specific annual run-off amounts to 17.96 l*s-1*km-2. Forest vegetation has significant influence in retention of air pollutants, transported by dry and wet deposition. 1 Forestrv Faculty, Kneza Viseslava 1, 11030 Belgrade, Yugoslavia. Previous Section   Download the Pdf file for this topic (195 K) What is a Pdf file ?   Back to Top of the page
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