Strategic Agenda 2020 for the Romanian State Forests Management
NATIONAL FOREST ADMINISTRATION-ROMSILVA
FORMEC-BRASOV TH SEPTEMBERBucharest, September 26 2015 2017
PUBLIC AUTHORITY FOR FORESTS
MINISTRY OF WATERS AND FORESTS
GENERAL DIRECTORATE FOR FORESTS
REGIONAL FOREST GUARDES (9)
FOREST MANAGEMENT OF ROMANIAN FORESTS
PRIVATE FORESTS DISTRICTS NATIONAL FOREST ADMINISTRATION-ROMSILVA (145)
FOREST DIRECTORATES (41) DIRECTORATE FOR HORSE BREADING NATIONAL AND NATURAL PARKS GAME @ HUNTING MUSEUM ADMINISTRATIONS (22) POSADA
FOREST DISTRICTS (313) Dynamics of the forest ownership-hectares 8,000,000
6,000,000
4,000,000
2,000,000
0 1985 1990 1995 2000 2005 2010 2015 2020 • Forest area at 1st of January 1991 was 6.341.260 ha • In accordance with Law nr.18/1991 490.000 ha of forests were restituted to the former owners. • In accordance with Law nr.1/2000, 1.600.000 ha were restituted. • In accordance with Law nr.247/2005 more than 1.000.000 ha were restituted • Forest are owned by the State at 1st of January 2017 is 3.145.793 ha (49% from the Romanian Forests)
FSC CERTIFICATION ON 2,32 MILLION HA Forest ownership structure in Romania
State forest 23% Private forest 49% 11% Communities 14% 3% Towns and villages
Church & educational institutions
www.rosilva.ro State forest composition: • 26% coniferous (Norway spruce, silver fir , Scots pine, larch, Douglas-fir); • 31 % beech; • 19 % oaks; • 16 % various hard broadleaves ( hornbeam, black locust, maple, ash, wild cherry etc.); • 8 % various soft broad-leaves (lime tree, poplars, willows etc.) State forest structure by functional groups:
46% Protection forests 54% Production forests
Functional group I (protection forests) main attributes: 10% Water protection 11% 31% Soil protection 6% Pollution & climatic protection Forests with recreation function 42% Biodiversity protection NATIONAL FOREST ADMINISTRATION ROMSILVA
ADMINISTRATION COUNCIL
GENERAL DIRECTOR
DEPARTAMENT FOREST REGENERATION FINANCIAL AND DIRECTORATE DEVELOPEMNT
DEPARTAMENT DEPARTAMENT DEPARTAMENT IN FOREST COMMERCIAL COORDINATION MANAGEMENT AND MARKETING GD
ADMINISTRATION PLAN -AC
MANAGEMENT PLAN-GD Dynamics – forest regeneration (ha)
30000 25000 20000
15000 Afforestations 10000 Natural regeneration 5000
0
2011
1997
2013
1991
1993
2015
2007
1995
2001
2003
2005
1999 2009
Promoting sylvicultural feelings we grow the natural regeneration from 32,6% in 1991 to 59,1% in 2016. Tending operations - (ha) 350,000 300,000 250,000 200,000 150,000 100,000 50,000 0 1985 1990 1995 2000 2005 2010 2015 2020
The area with tending operations is directly linked to the evolution of the area of state forests. Harvested timber (cubic meters)- dynamics 18,000,000 16,000,000 14,000,000 12,000,000 10,000,000 8,000,000 6,000,000 4,000,000 2,000,000 0
• For the next period of time, according to the forest management plans, we plan on harvesting somewhere between 9-9,5 million cubic meteres Timber sale - cubic meters-
12,000,000
10,000,000
8,000,000 By Romsilva 6,000,000 Contractors 4,000,000 Standing timber 2,000,000
0 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 Dynamics of the timber price –standing timber- (Eur/cubic meter)
40.00 35.00 30.00 25.00 20.00 15.00 10.00 5.00 0.00 Timber processed in Romsilva sawmills (cm)
250,000 230,342
200,000
150,000 106,316 95,241 100,696 100,000
50,000 88,100 29,700 0 2000 2005 2010 2014 2015 2016 Illegal logging -(cm)
300,000
250,000
200,000
150,000
100,000
50,000
0 Forest services and administration for private forest owners (ha)
1200000
1000000
800000
600000 Forest services 400000 Administration
200000
0
2011
2013
2015
2007
2012
2010
2014
2016
2005
2008
2006 2009 Hunting & Fishing
Number of game reserves
1990 1995 2000 2005 2010 2015 2016 727 724 682 565 516 265 254
Game complex and and game farms
20 9 9 11 11 11 1 0 2000 2005 2010 2014 2015 2016
Trout production
YEAR 2001 2003 2005 2007 2009 2011 2013 2014 2015 2016 Quantity 571 727 940 778 707 673 590 670 723 515 (tones) Protected areas management
Year 1990 2000 2005 2010 2015 2016
T RN T RNP T RNP T RNP T RNP T RNP P National Parks 13 13 11 3 13 12 13 12 13 12 13 12
Natural Parks 5 13 15 10 15 10 15 10
Biosfera 1 1 1 1 1 Reserves Genetic resources management in state-owned horse breeding farms Romsilva’s Horse Breeding Department, is currently managing 12 stud farms and 4 stallion depots. Romsilva Stud farms & Stallion Depots consist in:
• 2428 horses (national genetic heritage) - 94 stallions for reproduction, 679 mares, 869 foals, 734 stallions for public reproduction. • 13 horse breeds: Lipizzaner, Arabian, English Thoroughbred, Furioso North Star, Hucul, Romanian Sporthorse, Trotter, Gidran, Nonius, Ardenes, Bucovina Horse • 650 employees • 7 mil. Euros/year financial support from Romsilva
Romsilva is a member of European State Studs Association – ESSA, the Lipizzan International Federation – LIF, the Hucul International Federation – HIF and the International Shagya-Araber Gesellschaft – ISG. Investments in forest roads - million lei *2005 – 1 Eur=3.6 lei *2016 – 1 Eur = 4.5 lei
25.000 21.567 20.000 18.95519.491
15.000 13.499 13.259 13.372 12.186 12.600 12.033 10.000 10.838
5.000
0.000 0.000 0.000 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 Investments – million lei *2007 – 1 Eur=3.6 lei *2016 – 1 Eur = 4.5 lei
20 17.973 15.65215.176 15 13.323 12.479 11.206 10.53 9.65 10 8.156 5.664 5
0 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 AGENDA 2020
The main objective of Romsilva is to develop sustainably, as well as to raise the professional competence of its employees and to maximize its own contribution to the quality of life, to preserving the biodiversity of the forest ecosystems and to protect the environment, focusing on the management of natural protected areas. In order to fulfill its mission to sustainably manage the state-own forests in Romania, Romsilva promotes the following: • Maintaining and encouraging the productive functions of forests • Maintaining, preserving and increasing the protective functions of forest ecosystems • Maintaining other social and economic functions of the forests • Preserving and developing current forest resources • Maintaining the health and vitality of forest ecosystems • Maintaining, preserving and increasing the biodiversity of forest ecosystems MANAGING FORESTS FOR IMPROVING THE QUALITY OF LIFE
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