FOOD AND AGRICULTURE ORGANIZATION
OF THE UNITED NATIONS

Sub-regional Office
for Central and Eastern Europe (SEUR)

The forestry sector in South-East Europe has changed rapidly over recent years. As a result of privatisation and restitution, a number of non-state forest owners have appeared who are frequently lacking of means and capacities to contribute to sustainable forestry. These processes are in some cases not yet finalised. At the same time forest land use has significant potentials to contribute to social welfare, in particular in rural areas. In some SEE countries significant difficulties have to be recognized in terms of sustainable forest management considering the current policy framework. However, in majority of the countries forest policy processes take place to address these issues, such as national forest programmes or strategy setting processes.

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Albania - The status of non-state forest management in SEE Prof. As. Thimaq LAKO, NACFPA
Croatia - SUBVENCIONIRANI RADOVI SUMOPOSJEDNIKA iz sredstava okfs-a
Hungary - Governance of private forestry Tamas ALI, Central Agricultural Office Forestry Directorate, Department of Application and Support
Macedonia (The FYR) - Analyses of private forestry in Macedonia and its role in the National Forest Strategy process Prof. Dr. Aleksandar Trendafilov, Prof. Dr. Jasminka Rizovska Atanasovska, Ass. Bojan Simovski
Serbia - Private Forestry and its Role in the NFP/NFS Process Dr. Dragan Nonic, Assistant Professor, Belgrade University, Faculty of Forestry
CEPF - The European network for forest owners Atilla LENGYEL, Ph.D., Policy adviser CEEC
FAO - Opportunities and Challenges for private forestry in South-East Europe Volker Sasse, FAO, Forestry Officer, Hubert Inhaizer, FAO, Junior Forestry Officer
NFP - National Forest Programme Facility Patrick SO
PRIFORT - Formation of Private Forest Owners‘ Associations in the Western Balkan region Nenad PETROVIC
SNV - Forestry governance -Stakeholder involvement in forestry development Peter Kampen, Senior Advisor Forestry, SNV Balkan
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