Stakeholder analysis for coppice forestry in Bulgaria

The study analyzes the state of coppice forestry in Bulgaria during last 18 years. Stakeholders and their interests and preferences in coppice forests are explored and assessed. Forests restitution process in Bulgaria started in 1997 and has not been finished yet. Nevertheless, significant further c...

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Main Authors: IvayloVelichkov, Tzvetan Zlatanov, Georgi Hinkov
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: ‘Marin Drăcea’ National Research-Development Institute in Forestry 2009-11-01
Series:Annals of Forest Research
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Online Access:http://www.editurasilvica.ro/afr/52/1/18_Velichov.pdf
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description The study analyzes the state of coppice forestry in Bulgaria during last 18 years. Stakeholders and their interests and preferences in coppice forests are explored and assessed. Forests restitution process in Bulgaria started in 1997 and has not been finished yet. Nevertheless, significant further changes of the current ownershipdistribution are not expected. By the end of 2007, the state was the biggest coppice forest owner/stakeholder in Bulgaria with 71.3% of all coppice forests being state property. The other two important stakeholders are the municipalities (14.0%) and private owners (12.0%). Currently, forest owners' number in Bulgaria exceeds 1million, the average holding area being smaller than 1 ha. Only 150 individual plots are larger than 50 ha. The majority of private owners aim at taking maximum and immediate profit from their recently restituted forest properties. In most cases that reflects in clearcuts. Coppice forests management has been one of the problematicissues of Bulgarian forestry for decades. Despite of forest authorities significant efforts, the area of coppice forests in Bulgaria (1.78 million ha in 2007) remained unchanged for a period of 50 years. The official forest policy is still aimed at conversionof coppice forests into seed ones through different silvicultural methods. That policy is applied to almost all coppice forests regardless of their ownership.
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spelling doaj.art-00d0ba4ce8e9488c94ca83ebe94c9bfd2022-12-21T17:15:11Zeng‘Marin Drăcea’ National Research-Development Institute in ForestryAnnals of Forest Research1844-81352065-24452009-11-01521183190Stakeholder analysis for coppice forestry in BulgariaIvayloVelichkovTzvetan ZlatanovGeorgi HinkovThe study analyzes the state of coppice forestry in Bulgaria during last 18 years. Stakeholders and their interests and preferences in coppice forests are explored and assessed. Forests restitution process in Bulgaria started in 1997 and has not been finished yet. Nevertheless, significant further changes of the current ownershipdistribution are not expected. By the end of 2007, the state was the biggest coppice forest owner/stakeholder in Bulgaria with 71.3% of all coppice forests being state property. The other two important stakeholders are the municipalities (14.0%) and private owners (12.0%). Currently, forest owners' number in Bulgaria exceeds 1million, the average holding area being smaller than 1 ha. Only 150 individual plots are larger than 50 ha. The majority of private owners aim at taking maximum and immediate profit from their recently restituted forest properties. In most cases that reflects in clearcuts. Coppice forests management has been one of the problematicissues of Bulgarian forestry for decades. Despite of forest authorities significant efforts, the area of coppice forests in Bulgaria (1.78 million ha in 2007) remained unchanged for a period of 50 years. The official forest policy is still aimed at conversionof coppice forests into seed ones through different silvicultural methods. That policy is applied to almost all coppice forests regardless of their ownership.http://www.editurasilvica.ro/afr/52/1/18_Velichov.pdfcoppice forestrystakeholdes analysisBulgaria
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title Stakeholder analysis for coppice forestry in Bulgaria
title_full Stakeholder analysis for coppice forestry in Bulgaria
title_fullStr Stakeholder analysis for coppice forestry in Bulgaria
title_full_unstemmed Stakeholder analysis for coppice forestry in Bulgaria
title_short Stakeholder analysis for coppice forestry in Bulgaria
title_sort stakeholder analysis for coppice forestry in bulgaria
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stakeholdes analysis
Bulgaria
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