Strategic Agenda 2020 for the Romanian State Management

NATIONAL 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 @ 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

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 -(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. /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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