1. Family Forestry in Lithuania 2005 Private forestry in the context of rural development in Lithuania: current practice and innovative use Presentation by: Dr. A. Gaižutis Chairman Forest Owners Association of Lithuania 8-9 December 2005, Vilnius, Lithuania

2. Family Forestry in Lithuania 2005 Forest Owners Association of Lithuania 2005 General characteristics of Lithuanian forests (January 1, 2005) Forest land area, 1000 ha 2091 Productive forest area (stands), 1000 ha 1988 Total growing stock volume, mill. m 3 393 Mean volume per ha, m 3 198 Total volume of mature stands, mill. m 3 81,5 Mean volume of mature stands per ha, m 3 250 Gross annual increment, mill. m 3 o.b. 12,8 Annual current increment, m 3 /ha 6,4 Forest coverage, %3232 Forest area per capita, ha 0,61 Growing stock per capita, m 3 115

3. Family Forestry in Lithuania 2005 Forest Owners Association of Lithuania 2005 Forest Ownership Categories in Lithuania 01.07.2005 Private Forests 33.4% (of total forest area) State Forests49.8 % Other -could be privatised16.8 % Private forest area 685 thous. ha (expected to be over 850 thous. ha- when Restitution will be completed) No of private forest owners ~239.9 thous. No of private forest holdings 150.8 thous. Average area of private forest holding4.6 ha Source: FOAL, Ministry of Environment of Lithuania, 2005

4. Family Forestry in Lithuania 2005 Forest Owners Association of Lithuania 2005 Forestry administration in Lithuania, 2005 Ministry of Environment Department of Forests General Directorate of State Forests State Environmental Inspection State Service of Forest Genetic Resources, Seed and Plants State Forest Survey Service Service of Sanitary Forest Protection Institute of Forest Management Planning State Service of Protected Areas State Forest Enterprises (42) Private forest owners (450 000) National parks (4) State Strict Nature Reserves (4) Regional Environment Protection Departments (8) Subordination Supervision

5. Family Forestry in Lithuania 2005 Forest Owners Association of Lithuania 2005 Privačių miško valdų pasiskirstymas pagal plotą Distribution of private forest holdings by size (2003 01 01) Source: Ministry of Environment of Lithuania, 2003

6. Family Forestry in Lithuania 2005 Forest Owners Association of Lithuania 2005 Input of Forest sector to GNP (%) 1990 – 2004 (FAO)

7. Family Forestry in Lithuania 2005 Forest Owners Association of Lithuania 2005

8. Family Forestry in Lithuania 2005 Forest Owners Association of Lithuania 2005 ROUNDWOOD SUPPLY IN LITHUANIA 1970 – 2005 (mln. m 3 )

9. Family Forestry in Lithuania 2005 Forest Owners Association of Lithuania 2005 Roundwood flow in the market (2004 m.) SUPLY - STATE FOREST (3,5 mln.m3) - PRIVATE FOREST (2,5 mln.m3) - IMPORT (0,1 mln.m3)  6,1 mln.m3 CONSUMPTION - Domestic industry - Export - Households (fire wood)  6,1 mln.m3 ~3,2 ~ 1,4 ~1,5 Source: INFOMEDIS 2004

10. Family Forestry in Lithuania 2005 Forest Owners Association of Lithuania 2005 LITHUANIA: ROUNDWOOD SUPPLY 6 mln.m 3  sales ~ 500 mln.Lt 42 state forest enterprises: accounts 1- 2% of market share each one 5 large forest industries (groups of companies) >232 thousand forest owners Hundreds of contractors ~80 mln.Lt Hundreds of transport companies and entrepreneurs, railway Source: INFOMEDIS 2004 FOAL group Co-operatives/ companies

11. Family Forestry in Lithuania 2005 Forest Owners Association of Lithuania 2005 organisational structure FOA of LITHUANIA organisational structure Private forest owners FOAL local branches Extension centre “PMPC” Wood marketing centre “Ekomediena” Administration PEFC Lietuva FOC & companies FOAL Board FOAL Chairman Audit commission

12. Family Forestry in Lithuania 2005 Forest Owners Association of Lithuania 2005 FOA of LITHUANIA (LMSA) 25 co-operatives & companies of forest owners providing full range of services Over 130 specialists employed 40 000 m3 wood trade in 2001, 100 000 m3 –in 2002 250 000 m3 –in 2003 ~450 000 m3 –in 2004 Network expanding rapidly: consultations for 20 000 forest owners, consultancy visits to 8000 forest estates PFEC – extension services (1637 private forest owners trained in courses) INFOMEDIS Market information system (monthly roundwood sale prices in private forest), November 2001 EKOMEDIENA: centralized roundwood sales from private forests in Lithuania, marketing company, operations from October 2002 PEFC LITHUANIA – national governing body for PEFC certification

13. Family Forestry in Lithuania 2005 Forest Owners Association of Lithuania 2005 since 1993 Cooperation started with Skovdyrkerforeningen & Danish Forest Extension - DFE, Denmark Objectives: To gain experience how to develop Family Forestry and to find resources needed Co-operation and networking:

14. Family Forestry in Lithuania 2005 Forest Owners Association of Lithuania 2005 Co-operation and networking: Since 1995 Baltic and Nordic Forest Owners’ organizations round table : Sweden -The Federation of Farmers Forestry Division – LRF Skogsägarna Finland - The Central Union of Agricultural Producers and Forest Owners - MTK, Denmark - Danish Forest Association - Dansk Skovforening Norway- The Norwegian Forest Owner’s Federation - NFOF Lithuania- Lietuvos miško savininkų asociacija - LMSA Latvia - Latvijas meža ipašnieku asociãcija Estonia - EESTI ERAMETSALIIT

15. Family Forestry in Lithuania 2005 Forest Owners Association of Lithuania 2005 Europe : since 1997: associated members and then- members of CEPF since 2002: associated members and then- members of ELO Globe: since 2003 members of the International Family Forestry Alliance – IFFA Forest certification – members of the PEFCC Co-operation and networking :

16. Family Forestry in Lithuania 2005 Forest Owners Association of Lithuania 2005 FOAL umbrella companies’ roundwood sales (1000 m3)

17. Family Forestry in Lithuania 2005 Forest Owners Association of Lithuania 2005 0,45 mln.m3 means: 17% wood supply from private forests 7% wood supply total 1,3% Baltic countries 2001 2005 (INFOMEDIS)

18. Family Forestry in Lithuania 2005 Forest Owners Association of Lithuania 2005 STATE SECTOR Since 1993, well developed and functioning market information system exists “Statistical Yearbook of forestry” published annually by the State forest survey service, in Lithuanian and English, (http://www.lvmi.lt/vmt)http://www.lvmi.lt/vmt PRIVATE SECTOR New MIS launched in 2001 (http://www.forest.lt,)http://www.forest.lt, Currently 15 cooperatives & companies supply data about their roundwood sales Data coverage is rapidly growing: 30,000 m3 in 2001 80,000 m3 in 2002 500,000 m3 in 2003 ~850,000 m3 in 2004 MARKET INTELLIGENCE (1)

19. Family Forestry in Lithuania 2005 Forest Owners Association of Lithuania 2005 MARKET INTELLIGENCE (2)

20. Family Forestry in Lithuania 2005 Forest Owners Association of Lithuania 2005 Specialty (non-wood) Forest Products & services- opportunities for Forest Owners Mushrooms and wild berries gathering In Lithuania about 20-30 species of mushrooms are used. The annual potential yield of mushrooms is about 21-29 thous. tons. (~30% is used) HUNTING The total hunting area: 4,178,362 ha (1,931,651 ha of the forest and 2,246,711 ha of the fields, shrubs, waters. The 897 hunting clubs, more than 30 thousand hunters. RECREATION, COUNTRY SIDE TOURISM (demand increasing ) OTHER (herbs, bees, etc)

21. Family Forestry in Lithuania 2005 Forest Owners Association of Lithuania 2005 Extention services 2004 : Training courses for forest owners 26 Forest days 38 Total number of participants 1637

22. Family Forestry in Lithuania 2005 Forest Owners Association of Lithuania 2005 EU support for afforestation FOAL specialists prepared 84 afforestation projects and planted 290 ha forest in agriculture land in 2004

23. Family Forestry in Lithuania 2005 Forest Owners Association of Lithuania 2005 PERSPCTIVES: development of STRATEGIC COOPERATION and NETWORKS for political and business activities among the Land & Forest Owners Organisations in EU SUCESS FACTORS: PROFESIONAL and COMPETENT SPECIALISTS SOLIDARITY, ONE VOICE IN EU FINANCES and BUSINESS COOPERATION WITH EU & NATIONAL GOVERNMENT INSTITUTIONS

24. Family Forestry in Lithuania 2005 Forest Owners Association of Lithuania 2005 Thank you ! Forest Owners Association of Lithuania Administration office: Kalvariju str. 131-314, LT-08221 Vilnius, Lithuania Ph.: +370 5 2767590 Fax.: +370 5 2767590 E-mail info@forest.lt,info@forest.lt Website: www.forest.ltwww.forest.lt This presentation has been prepared by: Algis Gaizutis, Chairman of the Board, FOAL E-mail:algis@forest.lt,algis@forest.lt Ph.: +370-687-95113 mob. More about private forests in Lithuania: www.forest.lt