chances and opportunities - Croatia as a case study
Martina Đodan (Author), Robert Brus (Author), Anne-Mareen Eisold (Author), Valeriu-Norocel Nicolescu (Author), Milan Oršanić (Author), Kristina Pratasiene (Author), Sanja Perić (Author)

Abstract

The management of tree species non-native to Republic of Croatia has a certain tradition within Croatian forest management practice; nowadays, their potential should be regarded and re-evaluated in the new frame of climate changes and growing society demands for forest products and services. This paper is a contribution to non-native tree species (NNTS) introduction and use in Croatia, aiming at providing state of the art of NNTS as well as overview of studies and examples of possible management opportunities. Because of the complexity of the matter and growing need to further investigate risks and challenges of NNTS in Croatia, authors have continued their research and will publish the results in a separate paper. Amount of the area occupied by NNTS forest cultures point to the conclusion that the use of these tree species in forest practice is not reached by far and the nursery production does not back up the need for NNTS use. Paper also provides a comprehensive overwiev of different aspects and benefits of the use of NNTS in Croatia. For example, increased wood production and non-wood forest products; production of high quality timber in short%time periods; use of fast-growing tree species for bioenergy production in higher proportion and enhancement of ecosystem services. Increase of stability and adaptive capacity of forest stands by the use of NNTS is highlighted as new silvicultural option for facing climate change. Their use in reforestation or conversion of degraded forest to more valuabe and more resistant/resilient stands offers new possibilities. Integrated and site-specific management is a strategy, which seems to be an appropriate approach for guidelines for the introduction and management of NNTS in Croatia. The use of high productive, resistant NNTS presents new silvicultural solution especially important in terms of site amelioration and enhancement of resistance and resilience of forest stands, which is the most important component of adaptive forest management strategies.

Keywords

gozdarski izzivi;prilagoditvene strategije;obnova gozdne krajine;new forest options;adaptation strategies;forest landscape restoration;

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Language: English
Year of publishing:
Typology: 1.02 - Review Article
Organization: UL BF - Biotechnical Faculty
UDC: 630*1+630*9
COBISS: 5182630 Link will open in a new window
ISSN: 0373-1332
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Secondary language: Croatian
Secondary title: Alohtone vrste s gledišta klimatskih promjena
Secondary keywords: gozdarski izzivi;prilagoditvene strategije;obnova gozdne krajine;
Pages: str. 391-402
Volume: ǂVol. ǂ142
Issue: ǂno. ǂ7/8
Chronology: 2018
DOI: 10.31298/sl.142.7-8.6
ID: 11411865