THE SOUND USE OF WOOD AND OTHER FOREST RESOURCES IN ROMANIA

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THE SOUND USE OF WOOD AND OTHER FOREST RESOURCES
IN ROMANIA

• GHEORGHE DUMITRIU
• GHEORGHE PARNUTA
• IOVU BIRIS
• GHEORGHE FLORIAN BORLEA

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• The whole history and civilization of the
  Romanian people has been continuously connected
  to the forest covering the main part of the land
  area

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THE RECENT EVOLUTION OF THE FOREST AREA IN ROMANIA

• Year/ Forest area (million ha)
• 1922 1938 1948 1956 1960 1980 1989
  1996 2002
• 7.13 6.13 6.48 6.48 6.40 6.33
  6.37 6.22 6.36

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THE EVOLUTION OF THE FOREST AREA IN ROMANIA

• Forest area decreased with 0,76 million hectares
  over the last century

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THE FOREST OWNERSHIP IN ROMANIA

• The forest land restitution process is ongoing
• Total successfully returned to the ex-owners
  forest area
• approx. 1.355.400 ha
• At the end of this process, the private forest
  area will be 30-35 of the total forest area in
  Romania

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ALLOWABLE CUT AND WOOD HARVEST (Source BUD, 2000
NFA 2003)
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THE WOOD INDUSTRY

• The privatization of the wood industry started in
  1990
• 100 of the wood industry will be private in 2003

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THE USE OF WOOD FOR INDUSTRIAL PURPOSES( of
total harvested wood/year-source Bud 2000, ASFOR)
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THE STRUCTURE OF WOOD PRODUCTION IN WOOD
PROCESSING(125 wood processing companies
analysed-MIC , 2000).
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TRADITIONAL NON WOOD FOREST PRODUCTS

• The annual value of NFP in Romania is 50 million
  
• Important for poverty alleviation in rural areas
• National Forest Administration is the market
  leader
• Private sector has grown slightly (except
  mushrooms)

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BIODIVERSITY AND FOREST PROTECTED AREAS

• Romania owns very important biodiversity
  resources
• Forest naturalness- The most valuable and
  important characteristic of the Romanian forest
• Important biodiversity projects ongoing GEF/WB,
  Phare CBC, PIN MATRA/IUCN, WWW, LIFE-Natura

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CARBON SEQUESTRATION

• Appropriate legislative framework (law of bad
  lands afforestation)
• Large areas suitable for afforestation could
  provide important benefits to the forestry sector
  
• Afforestation of Bad Lands, a potential economic
  solution for the landowners and managers

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FOREST POLICY AND STRATEGY

• To ensure sustainable management of forest
  resources
• Integration of logging and wood processing with
  sustainable forest management
• Promoting high added-value development for the
  forestry sector
• Economic development improvement of the
  environment

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CONCLUSIONS

• Highly valuable forest resources in Romania
• Long-tradition in sustainable management
• The revenue coming from the sector could be
  improved
• Wood promotion campaign non-existent
• Capital investment in the sector is necessary
• Private forestry - a challenge for the sector

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THE FORESTERS APPROACH

• The Wood has always represented much more than a
  simple resource.

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A FORESTERS PERSPECTIVE FOR THE HUMAN-FOREST
RELATION

• From using the wood, to living with the wood
• From the sound use of wood to the sound living
  with the wood

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SOUND USE OF WOOD IN THE FUTURE ?

• Forest Management versus wood industry
  from conflict to cooperation- a long term
  strategy