CRITERIA AND INDICATORS OF FOREST MANAGEMENT IN THE REPUBLIC OF SRPSKA: CASE STUDY FOR KOTORVAROŠKO FOREST MANAGEMENT AREA AND KALINOVAČKO FOREST MANAGEMENT AREA

Abstract

Successful monitoring of forest management is based on criteria and indicators of the quality of forest ecosystems. In this sense, methods of comparing specific forests with reference models or the remaining old forest communities are used. Several parameters are used as indicators (quantity and quality of volume and volume increment, health status, degree of renewal, origin and method of establishment of forests, etc.). The indicators provide feedback based on which decisions can be made on future activities in order to improve the general condition and functions of forests. To implement the strategic goals of sustainable development of the European Union’s forestry, criteria are used that enable the adoption of forestry policy, forest management plans and the development of cross-sectoral cooperation. At the level of the European Union, six pan-European criteria have been defined, and due to the specifics of forestry and the regional character of the forests of the Republic of Srpska, for the purpose of drafting a new Forestry Development Strategy, harmonization was carried out on the basis of 40 sub-criteria and 70 indicators were defined. This paper includes quantitative indicators related to the silvicultural quality of stands.