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PROCEEDINGS OF THE
FAO/AUSTRIA EXPERT MEETING ON ENVIRONMENTALLY SOUND FOREST OPERATIONS FOR COUNTRIES IN TRANSITION TO MARKET ECONOMIES
Ort/Gmunden, Austria
20–27 September 1998

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Organized by the
Government of Austria in cooperation with the Austrian FFHC Committee and FAO

Austrian Coordinators:H. Redl
H. Wögerbauer
Austrian Organizer:W. Jirikowski
FAO Coordinator/Organizer:R. Heinrich

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TABLE OF CONTENTS

INTRODUCTION

COUNTRY STATEMENTS

Forest Resources, Legislation and Institutions in Bulgaria
and
An Overview of Harvesting and Privatization in Bulgarian Forestry
SIMEONOV Atanas Iliev & KOVATCHEV Boris Kostov

From Centrally-Planned Forest Operations to Market-Oriented Enterprises in Croatia
and
Development and Use of Environmentally Acceptable Operating Techniques and Technologies in Croatia's Forests
SEVER Stanislav & HORVAT Dubravko

Overview of Forestry in Estonia
POLD Kalle

Hungarian Forestry in the Transition Period
RUMPF Janos & GREDICS Szilard

Opening Up Road Networks in Hungarian Forests
HORVATHNE SANDOR Erzsébet

Forest Operations in Latvia during Transition to a Market Economy
STASA Janis & SARMULIS Ziedonis

Environmentally Sound Forest Operations in Lithuania
DELTUVAS Romualdas

Forests and Forest Contractors in Poland
JODLOWSKI Krzysztof

Situation of the Forestry Sector in Romania
IONASCU Gheorghita

An Environmental Approach to Implementing New Forest Management Techniques in Slovakia
BARTOSKA Jozef & MAJER Eduard

Environmentally Sound Forest Operations in Slovenia - For Whom?
ROBEK Robert & MARENCE Jurij

Forests and Forestry of Ukraine in the Transition Period
ZIBTSEV Sergiy

STATEMENTS BY AUSTRIAN REPRESENTATIVES

Key Economic Indicators for Austrian Forestry
SEKOT Walter

Austrian Forest Land Use Planning: A Brief Survey
SINGER Fritz

Cooperation between the Austrian FFHC Committee and FAO
REDL Hermann

STATEMENT BY FAO REPRESENTATIVE

FAO Forest Harvesting and Engineering Initiatives
HEINRICH Rudolf

CONCLUSIONS AND RECOMMENDATIONS

Annex I: Excursion : Forest Road Planning, Design and Location in Steep Terrain
Annex II: Programme
Annex III: List of Participants