LITHUANIAN FORESTRY SECTOR (Brief glimpse)

Change of forest coverage in Lithuania CenturyForest coverage, % XI56 XIII54 XV45 XVIII44 XIX37 Beginning of XX24 Middle of XX20 Beginning of XXI31

The most famous dates of forestry in Lithuania DateFact 1559The first inventory of 38 forest tracts carry out 1567The first forest law have been prepared and forestry board was organised 1641The rules of forest management were prepared and forest ordination carried out Russian forest management system was introduced (after Russian occupation) Forest management by military principles was introduced 1918The national Forestry board (Forestry department) was organised, after Lithuania became independent state 1922University level forestry education started 1950Forest research institute was established

The general characteristics of Lithuanian forest (2006) CharacteristicAmount Total forestry area, 1000 ha2100 Forest land area, 1000 ha2069 Productive forest area, 1000 ha2014 Forest coverage, %32.5 Total growing stock, mill. m 3 (over bark)401 Mean volume per ha m Gross annual increment mill. m 3 (over bark)13.1 Forest area per capita, ha0.62 Forest stock per capita, m 3 118

Forest coverage in Lithuania, 1938 – 2006

Growing stock volume, 1938 – 2006

Distribution of forestry area by forest groups and subgroups (2006) Forest groups and subgroupsArea, ha% I Reserved forests II Special-purpose forests III Protective Forests IV Commercial forests Total

Changes in private ownership of forest land (2006)

Size of private forest holding (2006)

The dynamics of forest felling during the last 80 years Years Annual felling, mill m3 (merchantable wood over bark) ,0

Political management of forests  Department of forests  Ministry of environment Department of forests (~ 20 employees) Determine forest policy  National board of forest control  Ministry of environment National board of forest control (~ 120 employees) Control forestry activity of all forests  General forest enterprise (~ 35 employees) Coordinate activity of state forest enterprises  National board of protected areas (~ 25 employees) Coordinate activity of state institutions of protected areas

Forest administrators and owners  State forest enterprises (~ 3000 employees) 42 enterprises administrate 50 % of the forest  Private forest owners (~ owners) Occupy 30 % of the forest

Institutions of protected areas Institutions of protected areas (Works in the territory of state forest enterprises and private forests)  National parks (~ 100 employees) 4 national parks and 1 historical national park  Regional parks (~ 150 employees) 30 regional parks  Strict reserves (~ 50 employees) 6 strict reserves

Contractors of forestry works Contractors of forestry works (Forest felling, forest plantation, thinning)  Small enterprises (~ 3000 forest workers) About 300 enterprises (5-20 forest workers in each enterprise)  Normal enterprises (~ 1000 skilled forest workers) About 30 enterprises (30-40 skilled forest workers and modern forest machinery (forwarders) in each enterprise)

Forest owners’ institutions  Forest owners’ associations (~ 15 employees) 2 associations  Forest owners’ cooperatives (~ 150 employees) 10 cooperatives

Institutions for common need of forestry sector Institutions for preparing of the specialists and skilled forest workers. Forest research institutions  Faculty of forestry  Lithuanian university of agriculture Faculty of forestry (~ 20 employees) every year prepare ~ 80 forestry specialists highest qualification carry out forest research   Kaunas college of forestry and environment engineering Faculty of forestry and landscape architecture (~ 20 employees) every year prepare ~ 60 forestry specialists high qualification, carry out forest research, organize refresher course for forestry specialists and private forest owners every year prepare ~ 20 skilled forest workers and ~ 150 forest sawyers  State forest research institute (~ 60 employees) Carry out forest research

Institutions for common need of forestry sector Institutions of Forest inventory and forest management planning  State Forest survey service (~ 35 employees) Carry out national forest inventory, create forest informational system  State forest management planning institute (~ 150 employees) Make projects for forest management  Private forest management planning institutions (~ 100 employees) Make projects for forest management

Institutions for common need of forestry sector Institutions for improving forest growth  Service of forest genetic resources (~ 30 employees) Supervises forest seed orchards, supervises seed quality control  Service of forest protection (~ 15 employees) Investigate forest healthy and estimate way to improve it

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The structure of study system in forestry faculty (Lithuanian University of Agriculture) Basic study  Fundamental sciences  Humanity sciences  Sciences of forest ecosystem Speciality study  Silviculture  Forest economics  Forest technology  Game management Master study Doctoral study 2 years 4 years