Forest and Environment Legislation in Slovenia

2000

S. 274-280

1 Tab., 6 Lit.

Unselbständiges Werk

200063557

The 1993 Forest Act ensures close-to-nature and multi-purpose forest management. The rights of the forest owners are determined by law and by the guidelines specified in forest management plans, which are made for all forests regardless of ownership. The forest management plans are prepared for all forests by the state Forest Service. The forest owners as well as other interested paries participate in the management planning. The State provides incentives and subsidies to the forest owners for regeneration and tending, protective measures, re-establishment of forests damaged by natural disturbances, improvement of degraded or neglected woodland, construction and maintaining of forest roads, etc. There exists a certain conflict and redundancy between the forest and environmental legislation - as a consequence of different concepts. In the concept of sustainable forest management all forest functions are respected, while the concept of nature conservation focuses only on its environmental functions (mainly biodiversity).