Developments in the Romanian Forestry and its Linkages with other Sectors

Authors

  • Ioan Vasile ABRUDAN Transilvania University, 1 Sirul Beethoven St., 500123 Brasov (RO)
  • Viorel MARINESCU Transilvania University, 1 Sirul Beethoven St., 500123 Brasov (RO)
  • Ovidiu IONESCU Transilvania University, 1 Sirul Beethoven St., 500123 Brasov (RO)
  • Florin IORAS Buckinghamshire New University, Queen Alexendra Road, High Wycombe, HP11 2JZ Buckinghamshire, England (GB)
  • Sergiu Andrei HORODNIC University "Stefan cel Mare", 13 University St., 720229 Suceava (RO)
  • Radu E. SESTRAS University of Agricultural Sciences and Veterinary Medicine, Cluj-Napoca, 3-5 Mănăștur St., 400372 (RO)

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.15835/nbha3723468

Keywords:

cross-sectoral; forest policy; land restitution; Romania

Abstract

The evolution of the forestry sector in the last two decades in Romania has been significantly influenced by the post 1989 political and economic changes, forest restitution and the European Union accession process. Based on the analysis of forestry statistics, legislation and institutional changes this paper underlines the main developments in the forestry sector in the last twenty years and the linkages with other sectors that had an impact on its development. The significant change in forest ownership (based on which 45% of the Romanian forest is nowadays in non-state hands), the unprecedented re-organisation of the forest sector through the institutional separation of the regulatory, control and forest management functions, the changes in forest administration (including the establishment of more than 110 private forest districts) and the full privatisation of the wood harvesting and processing sector complemented by foreign investments have shaped the forest sector development in a context in which the forest resource remained almost unchanged. Major developments have been recorded in the establishment and management of large protected areas as National Forest Administration Romsilva is currently administrating 22 national and nature parks. Both positive and negative interactions of forestry with environmental protection, wood processing, agriculture, rural development, road infrastructure and tourism sectors have also impacted the evolution of the forest sector. Development policy options recommended by authors include among others the strengthening of the public authority responsible for forestry, reorganisation of the state forest administration and supporting the access of forest owners to the national and EU funding and compensation schemes for forestry.

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Published

2009-11-02

How to Cite

ABRUDAN, I. V., MARINESCU, V., IONESCU, O., IORAS, F., HORODNIC, S. A., & SESTRAS, R. E. (2009). Developments in the Romanian Forestry and its Linkages with other Sectors. Notulae Botanicae Horti Agrobotanici Cluj-Napoca, 37(2), 14–21. https://doi.org/10.15835/nbha3723468

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