Public participation in sustainable forestry: the case of forest planning in Slovakia

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Result language

angličtina

Original language name

Public participation in sustainable forestry: the case of forest planning in Slovakia

Original language description

Public participation is considered an important element of democracy. The purpose of this paper is to evaluate participatory approaches in the formulation processes of forest strategic documents and forest management plans in Slovakia. In order to present the context in which the public participation in forestry is applied, we describe the rules according to national forest law. The nation-wide example is presented for the case of the National Forest Program formulation, where the scope of the forest management units is covered by the process of Forest Management Plans elaboration and adoption. The empirical findings from forest authorities? data demonstrates that participation is still very formal. The most common actors are public authorities represented by their official representatives and the most active actors besides forest owners or managers are environmental interest groups. To strengthen the participatory process in sustainable forestry planning, not only changes in legislati

Czech name

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Czech description

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Type

J_x - Unclassified - Peer-reviewed scientific article (Jimp, Jsc and Jost)

CEP classification

GK - Forestry

OECD FORD branch

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Project

<a href="/en/project/QJ1220313" target="_blank" >QJ1220313: Differentiation of intensity and management practices in relation to forest biodiversity and ensure the economic viability of forestry</a><br>

Continuities

P - Projekt vyzkumu a vyvoje financovany z verejnych zdroju (s odkazem do CEP)

Publication year

2014

Confidentiality

S - Úplné a pravdivé údaje o projektu nepodléhají ochraně podle zvláštních právních předpisů

Name of the periodical

IForest

ISSN

1971-7458

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Volume of the periodical

7

Issue of the periodical within the volume

7

Country of publishing house

CZ - CZECH REPUBLIC

Number of pages

9

Pages from-to

414-422

UT code for WoS article

000344960400008

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