J. For. Sci., 2012, 58(10):425-435 | DOI: 10.17221/14/2012-JFS

Financial and socio-economic impacts of nature conservation on forestry in Slovakia

M. Kovalčík, Z. Sarvašová, M. Schwarz, M. Moravčík, M. Oravec, J. Lásková, J. Tutka
National Forest Centre - Forest Research Institute in Zvolen, Zvolen, Slovak Republic

The article deals with financial and socio-economic impacts of nature conservation in forest and wood industries of Slovakia. The paper presents costs and losses of state budget, forest enterprises and wood-processing companies caused by restrictions related to Act No. 543/2002 on Nature and Landscape Protection. Total financial impacts were calculated at 26.98 mil. EUR and total socio-economic impacts based on revenues of the wood-processing industry at 167.81 mil. EUR, which means a loss of 2,268 jobs. These financial and socio-economic impacts were partially compensated, the sum of compensations reached 2.79 mil. EUR.

Keywords: nature conservation; financial and socio-economic impacts; NATURA 2000

Published: October 31, 2012  Show citation

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Kovalčík M, Sarvašová Z, Schwarz M, Moravčík M, Oravec M, Lásková J, Tutka J. Financial and socio-economic impacts of nature conservation on forestry in Slovakia. J. For. Sci. 2012;58(10):425-435. doi: 10.17221/14/2012-JFS.
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