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Download Vol5 No1 (Pdf) ISSN 1847-6481 eISSN 1849-0891 An international scientific journal in scientific area of biotechnology science and scientific field of forestry Full title: South-east European forestry ISSN Abbreviated title: South-east Eur. for. Published by: Croatian Forest Research Institute (Croatia); University of Banja Luka, Faculty of Forestry (BIH); University of Sarajevo, Faculty of Forestry (BIH); Institute of Lowland Forestry and Environment (Serbia); University of Belgrade, Faculty of Forestry (Serbia); Institute of Forestry (Serbia); Ss. Cyril and Methodius University in Skopje, Faculty of Forestry (Macedonia); Hungarian Forest Research Institute (Hungary) Editor-in-Chief: Dijana Vuletić Managing Editor: Ivan Balenović Editorial Board: Sezgin Ayan, Dalibor Ballian, György Csóka, Achim Dohrenbusch, Vojislav Dukić, Florin Ioras, Aleš Kadunc, Nenad Keča, Bojana Klašnja, Csaba Mátyás, Ljupco Nestorovski, Cecil Konijnendijk van den Bosch, Radovan Nevenić, Milan Pernek, Urša Vilhar Publisher / Editorial Office: Croatian Forest Research Institute, Cvjetno naselje 41, HR-10450 Jastrebarsko, Croatia Tel: 00 385 (0)1 62 73 000; Fax: 00 385 (0)1 62 73 035; E-mail:[email protected] URL: www.seefor.eu Indexing Databases: AGRICOLA, CAB Abstracts, Forestry Abstracts Prepress: Hobitton, Prilaz Gj. Deželića 35, 10000 Zagreb E-mail: [email protected]; URL: www.hobitton.com Press: Denona Ltd., Marina Getaldića 1, HR-10000 Zagreb URL: www.denona.hr Circulation: 850 © CFRI http://www.seefor.eu SEEFOR 5 (1) 53 REVIEWER GUIDELINES SEEFOR 4 (2) © CFRI http://www.seefor.eu ISSN 1847-6481 eISSN 1849-0891 An international scientific journal in scientific area of biotechnology science and scientific field of forestry Full title: South-east European forestry ISSN Abbreviated title: South-east Eur. for. Published by: Croatian Forest Research Institute (Croatia); University of Banja Luka, Faculty of Forestry (BIH); University of Sarajevo, Faculty of Forestry (BIH); Institute of Lowland Forestry and Environment (Serbia); University of Belgrade, Faculty of Forestry (Serbia); Institute of Forestry (Serbia); Ss. Cyril and Methodius University in Skopje, Faculty of Forestry (Macedonia); Hungarian Forest Research Institute (Hungary) Editor-in-Chief: Dijana Vuletić Managing Editor: Ivan Balenović Editorial Board: Sezgin Ayan, Dalibor Ballian, György Csóka, Achim Dohrenbusch, Vojislav Dukić, Florin Ioras, Aleš Kadunc, Nenad Keča, Bojana Klašnja, Csaba Mátyás, Ljupco Nestorovski, Cecil Konijnendijk van den Bosch, Radovan Nevenić, Milan Pernek, Urša Vilhar Publisher / Editorial Office: Croatian Forest Research Institute, Cvjetno naselje 41, HR-10450 Jastrebarsko, Croatia Tel: 00 385 (0)1 62 73 000; Fax: 00 385 (0)1 62 73 035; E-mail:[email protected] URL: www.seefor.eu Indexing Databases: AGRICOLA, CAB Abstracts, Forestry Abstracts Prepress: Hobitton, Prilaz Gj. Deželića 35, 10000 Zagreb E-mail: [email protected]; URL: www.hobitton.com Press: Denona Ltd., Marina Getaldića 1, HR-10000 Zagreb URL: www.denona.hr Circulation: 850 © CFRI http://www.seefor.eu SEEFOR 5 (1) 53 ISSN 1847-6481 54 SEEFOR 5 (1) © CFRI http://www.seefor.eu Contents South-east European forestry - Vol 5 No 1, pp 1 - 79, 2014. 1 EDITORIAL Dijana Vuletić, Ivan Balenović 3 REVIEW PAPER Dinka Matošević, Ambra Quacchia, Éva Kriston, George Melika Biological Control of the Invasive Dryocosmus kuriphilus (Hymenoptera: Cynipidae) - an Overview and the First Trials in Croatia 13 ORIGINAL SCIENTIFIC PAPER Károly Rédei, Imre Csiha, Zsolt Keseru˝, János Rásó, Ágnes Kamandiné Végh, Borbála Antal Growth and Yield of Black Locust (Robinia pseudoacacia L.) Stands in Nyírség Growing Region (North-East Hungary) 23 ORIGINAL SCIENTIFIC PAPER Jana Baumgartner, Makedonka Stojanovska Forest Strategy in Republic of Macedonia: Barriers to Effective Implementation 35 ORIGINAL SCIENTIFIC PAPER Gregor Torkar, Andrej Verlič, Urša Vilhar Importance of Forest Ecosystem Services to Secondary School Students: a Case from the North-West Slovenia 45 ORIGINAL SCIENTIFIC PAPER Alfred Ossai Onefeli, Peter Oluremi Adesoye Early Growth Assessment of Selected Exotic and Indigenous Tree Species in Nigeria 53 PRELIMINARY COMMUNICATION Ivan Pilaš, Nikolina Bakšić Soil Protection in the EU According to the Directive on Industrial Emissions (IED) and Croatian Practice 65 PRELIMINARY COMMUNICATION Dijana Vuletić, Željko Kauzlarić, Ivan Balenović, Silvija Krajter Ostoić Assessment of Forest Damage in Croatia Caused by Natural Hazards in 2014 © CFRI http://www.seefor.eu SEEFOR 5 (1) 55 56 SEEFOR 5 (1) © CFRI http://www.seefor.eu ISSN 1847-6481 eISSN 1849-0891 Editorial DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.15177/seefor.14-08 Editorial In the last 6 months we have unfortunately covered by broken trees, destroyed and torn been witnessing natural disasters of large scale electric cables, knocked down transmission on the territory of South-eastern Europe. towers have resulted in terrifying apocalyptic During May, in this area, the territory of scenes. Croatia, Bosnia and Herzegovina and Serbia In order to apply to EU solidarity funds, it have been struck by floods of unprecedented was necessary to assess the losses in the shortest scale. The significant amount of constant period possible. The damage of forests and rainfall in May has resulted in outpouring of forest ecosystems in Slovenia has been assessed the rivers Sava, Una, Vrbasa, Bosna and Drina to 214 million € without VAT. It is assessed that which consequently resulted with catastrophic 9.2 million m3 of timber volume on the area of consequences for the population of Croatian 550 000 ha had been destroyed, which is double Posavina, Bosnia, and Western Serbia. Many the amount of the total planed annual timber villages have been completely flooded, people cuts (felling volume) of Slovenia. In Croatia, the lost their homes, their cattle, their property, ice-break has in the most part struck the area and unfortunately, floods have also taken of Gorski Kotar (Primorje - Gorski Kotar County). many human lives. While the water from the According to the initial estimation, around 1.65 flooded area is slowly retrieving and leaves million m3 of timber volume on the area of 56 behind devastating scenes of destroyed villages, 000 ha had been destroyed or damaged. Hence, people are trying to return to their homes as compared to Slovenia, ice-breaks in Croatia soon as possible. Due to the fact that numerous had caused significantly less damage. However, households are oriented towards agriculture, the at more less the same time, specific areas in population of that area is faced with a difficult Croatia (Karlovačka County, Zagrebačka County and uncertain future and we hope that the help and Sisačko-moslavačka County) had been from all of us and from the governments of the affected by floods caused by abundant rainfall flooded countries will facilitate easier recovery and water inflows from the Slovenian territory. of the population and the return to a “normal The floods have activated torrents in forests and life“ for as much as possible. consequently caused significant damage on Even though the damage from floods is far forest infrastructure, notably forest roads. greater due to the fact that human lives were at It is necessary to mention that apart from risk, the foresters from the territory of Slovenia the economic function, the ice-breaks have and Croatia are still adding up damages in forest completely ruined the aesthetic function of the ecosystems that were caused by ice-breaks and destroyed forests. Furthermore, these natural floods at the beginning of February of this catastrophes have also significantly violated year. The ice storm, specifically, ice rain struck forest ecosystem services. Consequently, a the territory of Slovenia and a part of Croatia state of natural disaster has been declared in (Gorski Kotar) on the night of the 1st February, all disaster-affected areas in Croatia. Due to and created an ice coat on branches and on the fact that both ice-breaks and floods have tree tops, which consequently had catastrophic affected forest ecosystems in five Croatian consequences on forest ecosystems. Due to Counties at the same time, a team of experts pressure and weight of ice, practically whole from the Croatian Forest Research Institute stands have been destroyed, particularly beech and employees from the Croatian Forests have stands in which the ice coat caused breaking of created a Framework for damage estimation of the entire tree crowns. Furthermore, the roads forest ecosystems after natural disasters (ice- © CFRI http://www.seefor.eu SEEFOR 5 (1): 1-1 1 ISSN 1847-6481 breaks, floods, torrents). The methodology and damaged forests are privately-owned, and a results, that is, the estimate of the damage have large number of private cadastral plots (around been presented in this number of the journal in 1.3 million) is complicating the organization the paper by Vuletic et al. By summarizing the and implementation of the extraction and sale damage estimation due to ice-breaks, floods of timber material from forests. In order to solve and torrents, Vuletic et al., have reached an the problem, Slovenia has requested a loan amount of around 940 million € without VAT. from the European Investment Bank for the Furthermore, the paper also suggests measures establishment of a company on a national level for the recovery of affected forest areas. which would deal with the sale of raw material There is no doubt that the process of recovery from damaged forest stands. In Croatia, the of damaged and destroyed
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