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IUFRO Division 6: Social, Economic, Information and Policy Sciences Research Group 6.13.00: Forest Law and Environmental Legislation Legal Aspects of European Forest Sustainable Development Proceedings of the 11 th International Symposium Zvolen, Slovakia Editors Rastislav Šulek, Peter Herbst and Franz Schmithüsen Faculty of Forestry, Department of Forest Economics and Management Technical University in Zvolen 2010 IMPRESSUM Rastislav Šulek, Peter Herbst, Franz Schmithüsen (Editors) Legal Aspects of European Forest Sustainable Development Proceedings of the 11 th International Symposium, Zvolen, Slovakia The authors are fully responsible for the content of their articles included in the proceedings Published by: Faculty of Forestry, Department of Forest Economics and Management, Technical University in Zvolen, Slovak Republic Layout and design by: Rastislav Šulek Copy Right: Editors and Faculty of Forestry, Technical University in Zvolen ISBN: 978-80-228-2210-7 2 PREFACE 6.13.00 - the forest law and environmental legislation research group in IUFRO (International Union of Forest Research Organizations (cf. www.iufro.org)) has been operating world-wide over decades now. Main emphasis has been on documentation, dissemination and critical analysis of developments in forest law and environmental legislation, foremost in Central and Eastern European countries, not only, but in particular such with economies in transition. This within the unit's general and foremost objective, i. e. to foster exchange of information amongst researchers and practitioners active in the domain of forest law and environmental legislation, and to permanently review the state of the subject, thereby setting priorities concerning research and practice. A number of publications have been produced, proving how this unit meets its high standards. (cf http://www.iufro.org/science/divisions/division- 6/60000/61300/publications/). Thanks to the many lawyers amongst that group, it has also been highly successful in accomplishing the scientific transfer between traditional forestry communities and legal circles. The group's work distinctively contributed to ease long- standing deadlocks, by connecting policy and law in research and in real life as well as in policy and law design and foremost in policy and law implementation. Starting from 1998, IUFRO 6.13.00 has regularly been organising workshops to discuss legal aspects of European forest sustainable development. The 1 st International Symposium on (then) "Experiences with new forest and environmental laws in European countries with economies in transition" was held in Ossiach, Austria in June, 1998. This meeting was followed by the 2 nd symposium on the same topic, again in Ossiach, Austria in October 1999 (with presentation of its main results during the XXIst IUFRO World Congress in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, in 2000). The 3 rd International Symposium was held in Jundola, Bulgaria in June, 2001, followed by meetings in Jaunmokas, Latvia in August, 2002, then in Zidlochovice, Czech Republic (May 2003), and after that follow-up symposia took place in Poiana Brasov, Romania, in June 2004, in Zlatibor Mt., Serbia, in May 2005, in Istanbul, Turkey, in May 2006, in Zikatar, Armenia, in June 2007, in Sarajevo, Bosnia-Herzegovina, in May 2008, as well as in Zvolen (Slovakia) in May 2009. In May/June 2010 the group met for the 12 th International Symposium on "Legal Aspects of European Forest Sustainable Development" in Lemesos (Cyprus). This meeting will be followed by the 13 th Symposium, in May 2011 in Kaunas (Lithuania). On the occasion of their 11 th International Symposium on “Legal Aspects of European Forest Sustainable Development”, IUFRO 6.13.00 returned to the heart of Europe, this time Slovakia. Twenty-four researchers and practitioners originating from sixteen different countries met in Zvolen (May 13 - 15, 2009) and used this opportunity to get acquainted, involved and familiar with the new legal situation not only in European forests, but, profiting from the presence of participants from across the world, including Canada, Japan and Iran. Slovakia, with its rich history in forestry education, research and practice, not unexpectedly happened to be the very right place for that meeting of experts active in forest law and environmental legislation eager to review the state of the subject, thereby setting priorities concerning further research and practice. Under that umbrella, the focus was on two main issues, one of them being the process of development of modern forest legislation and implementation of forest policy tools in different countries with special emphasis on West Balkan countries. Another important point of interest was in the sphere of balance between forestry and nature conservation at public and/or private property level including collisions between regulations in forest laws and environment related legislation. Special attention was devoted to the problems of forest 3 management in protected areas, considering actual threats as that of bark beetle calamities induced by biotope protection forests, and the processes of harmonization of activities that “have to be done“ and those that “are not allowed to be done” under such regimes. Nowadays, forestry has achieved recognition as a global issue and sustainable multi-purpose forestry has become the government’s policy in many countries. Forests are considered as one of the essential and most important components of the environment. However, in many countries, there is still conflict that originates from different objectives of different interest groups. On one hand, there are forest owners who want to utilize their forests in the sense of their legitimate property rights, originating from the general constitutional rights, on the other hand, there is an interest of the whole society which wants to care for ecological balance and effective environmental policy, including nature protection. In order to solve such conflicts, it is necessary to use different tools of forest and environmental policy and legislation. The consideration of diverse values and interests of various stakeholders by means of multi- professional teamwork of experts, inter-agency co-operation, public participation, and settlement of controversies concerning land-use alternatives through negotiation seem to be the future for research in this field. The symposium was kindly hosted by the Technical University in Zvolen, Faculty of Forestry and supported by the host organisation as well as the Swiss Federal Institute of Technology, Switzerland. The meeting was organized by Assoc. Prof. Dr. Rastislav Šulek and his staff at the Technical University in Zvolen, including Mariana Krivošikova and Jan Lichy, as well as Peter Herbst (IUFRO 6.13.00). The high relevance of this meeting was emphasised by the continued active participation of the rector of the Technical University in Zvolen, Prof. Dr. Jan Tu ček. Interested in IUFRO 6.13.00? Please visit www.iufro.org/iufro/iufronet/d6/hp61300.htm for more information, or directly contact the coordinator via email, < [email protected] >. Peter Herbst, Coordinator IUFRO 6.13.00 4 TABLE OF CONTENTS Expert experiences in development of recent forest legislation of selected countries of the West Balkans Franc Ferlin, Peter Herbst, Aleksander Golob and Peter Kampen ……………………… 7 Effects of hunting legislation on wildlife management: A comparison of Austria and Serbia Vukan Lavadinovi ć ……………………………………………………………………….. 24 Comparative analysis of forest law developments in selected European countries Liubov Poliakova …………………………………………………………………………. 29 Between sustainability and bioenergetic use: Legal and technical aspects of enhancing the use of woody biomass in Albania Gazmend Zeneli, Abdulla Diku, Genti Cupi and Haki Kola …………………………….. 36 Czech National Forestry Programme in brief - Last development of forestry and environmental policy and their practical impacts Karel Van čura .……………………………………………………………….…………… 44 Economic information system (EIS) as a tool for the solution of conflicts between forest owners and nature conservation authorities in the Czech Republic Jaromír Vaší ček ………………………………………………………………………….. 55 Czech forest and water related legislation after the 5 th Ministerial Conference on the Protection of Forests in Europe 2007 Karel Van čura .……………………………………………………………………………. 63 Compensatory damages for restricting owner’s property rights in favour of environment protection as seen in the example of the acts on forests and on nature and landscape protection in the Czech Republic Michal Hríb ………………………………………………………………………………. 72 Different management for different protected areas in Iran M. Masoud Ghelichkhani …………………………………………………………………. 79 Japan’s national forest programme and its implications Ikuo Ota ………………………………………………………………………………….. 82 Development of the private forestry sector in Serbia and its role in NFS/NFP processes Dragan Noni ć, Vojislav Miliji ć and Aleksandar Radosavljevi ć …………………………. 90 Review of forest law in Serbia – Tendencies and Needs Natasa M. Tomi ć …………………………………………………………………………. 102 Principles of new forest legislation and policy in the Slovak Republic Rastislav Šulek ……………………………………………….…………………………… 106 Financing biodiversity measures in Slovenian forests Gregor Danev, Jurij Guli ć, Darij Krajcic ……………………….……………………….. 111 5 Forestry legislation in Sweden Jan-Erik Nylund …………………………………………………………………………... 121 Collision between regulations in forest law and environment related legislations in Turkey Devrim Elvan and Üstüner Birben ……………………………………………………….