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ŠUMARSKI LIST 1-2/2005 str. 82     <-- 82 -->        PDF

D. Prgin: ALEPSKI BOR (Pinus halepensis Mili.) PRVORAZREDNA VRSTA ZA PODIZANJE ŠUMA ...
Aleppo pine stands are vulnerable to forest fire when young. Older stands
that have been regularly tended, cleared and thinned remain undamaged.
The applied forest management method is the basic measure for fire protection.
A well-tended forest is a natural barrier to the spreading of forest fire.


Aleppo pine timber can be used asfirewood, small technical wood in agriculture,
pulpwood and mine timber, for interior carpentry, pilots, staffs, panelling,
eto.


In the past, resin collection was practised in Dalmatian pine forests, while
pine timber was used for the production of cellulose. Widely used in other
Mediterranean countries, Aleppo pine timber is today almost entirely absent
from any wood processing in Croatia.


The average production of Aleppo pine wood mass on Croatian Adriatic
coast is between 3m] and 4m] per ha, which is between 120,000m] and
160,000m] a year on the total area of 40,000ha2. With regular silvicultural
operations and thinning in these stands, the diameter and volume increment
would increase, so that the production of wood mass could reach between 5m]
and 6m]per 1 ha, while an annual 200, OOOm]-240, OOOm] of wood mass would
be produced from the total area.


Aleppo pine forests are a part of Dalmatian Mediterranean identity.
Planted along the coast and on the islands, they have made these parts the
most precious space of our Adriatic coast. They surround the hotels and other
tourist settlements and camps.


The contribution of Aleppo pine forests to the formation of landscapes of
exceptional beauty is enormous. It affects culture, ecology, environment and
society. Among the many fine illustrations of this are the Aleppo pine forests
raised on the island of Obonjan, the Radučpeninsula and Zaton near Zadar.


Although the mentioned values of these forests are more than obvious, the
current land plans have converted Aleppo pine forestlands into building areas
for future tourist development, giving thus legal licence for destroying these
forests.


Natural resources are indispensable for any development of tourism. In
order to prevent the destruction of these natural resources, the forests used for
recreation and landscaping should legally retain their status, while engineering
projects may be developed so that they do not endanger forest survival. A
map of environmental susceptibility should be made before any development
is begun, and the degree of coexistence of the planned objects (and their
capacities) and the natural environment should be examined and assessed.
Only expert forestry organisations should manage these forests.


Owing to their exceptional value, the forests intended for recreation and
landscape planning must not be converted into building sites through land
planning legislative. They must further on be treated as forests, which should
be regulated by law. Insufficient education, a current problem of today ´s
world, is another cause of adverse attitude toward forests and their values.


Key words: Aleppo pine, degraded karst, forest soil, forest fires, forest
tending, recreation, landscape.


Šumarski list br. 1-2, CXXIX (2005), 71-80