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Constraints on forest management – Ograničenja u gospodarenju šumom
The results show that for the stakeholders involved in the survey the two most important constrains on forest management are the additional time and money required for forest resources monitoring with a mean value of 3.23 and the implementation of nature conservation activities in the protected areas with a mean value of 3.19 (Table 4). Conversely, the respondents consider that the other three constrains on forest management have a less significant impact: restrictions in forest operations (mean=3.06), changes in the use of pesticides (mean=2.86) and decrease in deforestation and forest degradation (mean=2.68). For the respondents from EU28 member countries the most important constrains on forest management are the implementation of nature conservation activities in the protected areas, followed by the additional time and money for forest resources monitoring. This result is strictly linked to the recently implementation of Natura 2000 network in the EU28 member countries that has increased monitoring procedure. Conversely, for the respondents of the non-EU28 countries the most important change was in the use of pesticides. The Mann-Whitney U test shows statistically significant differences only for the implementation of conservation activities on protected areas (p=0.027).
Observing the results by group of interest, the results show that for the representatives of public administrations the most important constrains is the additional time and money required for forest resources monitoring. This is because public administrations must monitor the activities carried out in protected areas. For the other three groups of interest the most important constrains were the restriction in forest operations for the representatives of universities and research institutes, the change in the use of pesticides for actors of forest-wood chain, and the implementation of nature conservation activities for the representatives of environmental NGOs. The Kruskal-Wallis test shows no statistically significant differences for the constrains on forest management by groups of interest.
In the international literature, other authors show similar constraints on forest management due to the nature conservation policy. In the Netherland, Sotirov and Storch (2017) show that the main restrictions due the Natura 2000 network are related to the short timber harvesting periods and obligations on forest owners to avoid disturbing nesting birds and to maintain static forest types. Similarly, in Slovakia one of the main constrain is due to the restrictions on timber-oriented forest management and economic burdens related to the implementation of Habitats Directive (Brodrechtova et al. 2016).
With regard to the forest management planning, Krajčič (2006) highlighted that an adequate inclusion of nature conservation into forest management plans would increase their social value. In this context, the key points of success are to be receptive to new knowledge and know-how in the field of nature conservation and to engage a dialogue with new social groups. The Slovenian example – the Natura 2000 Management Programme (2015–2020) – can be considered a best practice concerning the integration approach between nature conservation measures and forest production