Journal of Forest Science, 2022 (vol. 68), issue 10
Forest economics and policy
Forest economics within the activities of the Czech Academy of Agricultural Sciences
Petra Palátová, Václav Kupčák
J. For. Sci., 2022, 68(10):377-384 | DOI: 10.17221/56/2022-JFS 
Czech Academy of Agricultural Sciences (CAAS) is a professional and social institution whose basic mission is to influence the scientific level of research activities and education in its field of competence, to take care of its continuous development and to effectively popularize the acquired scientific knowledge. Within the CAAS and its Department of Forestry, the Commission of Forest Economics has been operating for a long time, focusing on forest and wood economics and policy. A total of 11 research directions are defined in the forthcoming Concept of Research, Development and Innovation of the Ministry of Agriculture for the period 2023+, the...
Analysis of forestry employment within the bioeconomy labour market in the Czech RepublicOriginal Paper
Michaela Perunová, Jarmila Zimmermannová
J. For. Sci., 2022, 68(10):385-394 | DOI: 10.17221/84/2022-JFS
Climate change, biodiversity loss, and the increased occurrence of extreme weather events bring new challenges at a global level, not just in forestry. In response to the current situation, modified economic models such as circular economy, green economy, bio-based economy, or bioeconomy, are expected to move society towards a more sustainable future. The main aim of this paper was to evaluate forestry employment and its drivers within the bioeconomy labour market in the Czech Republic. The partial target was to provide a general view of the development of forestry employment within the bioeconomy labour market. The authors applied a mixed methods...
The Slovak forest policy arrangement: Post-1989 residues and changesOriginal Paper
Lenka Halušková
J. For. Sci., 2022, 68(10):395-412 | DOI: 10.17221/105/2022-JFS
After 1989, Central and Eastern European countries with planned economies launched a process of transformation. In the Slovak forest policy, the main changes have been in the structure of forest ownership, increasing the share of governance mechanisms within the decision-making, and the organization of the sector. The aim of the paper is to analyse the current Slovak forest policy arrangement in relation to the socialistic political history, via the Policy Arrangement Approach. The analysis is based on literature search and consultations with forest policy experts. In total, 55 scientific publications were analysed. Subsequently, the results were consulted...
Comparison of the approach to determination of the rotation period of forest stands in the Czech Republic and in the Slovak RepublicOriginal Paper
Michaela Korená Hillayová, Kateřina Holušová, Klára Báliková, Ján Holécy
J. For. Sci., 2022, 68(10):413-422 | DOI: 10.17221/107/2022-JFS
The exact determination of the rotation period is still a current and important essential issue of forestry. It attracts the attention of forest economists, managers and owners worldwide, not only of forest economists but also of forest managers. The rotation period is defined by physical, technical or financial parameters of forest management. Therefore, it is necessary to distinguish between the biological and the economic optimal rotation period. A fundamental challenge in forest management is the need for appropriate determination of the rotation period. The primary interest of our research was to compare the effective legislation for the determination...
State of the raw wood growing stocks and prediction of further development of cutting in the context of coniferous stands calamity in the Czech RepublicOriginal Paper
Dalibor Šafařík, David Březina, Jakub Michal, Petra Hlaváčková
J. For. Sci., 2022, 68(10):423-435 | DOI: 10.17221/76/2022-JFS
The extremely dynamic development of calamities caused by the effects of global climate change followed by the spread of under-bark insect pests mainly in coniferous stands and the ongoing incidental felling have raised concerns in the woodworking industry about the developments in the source material with respect to ensuring production in a short-term view. Since the overall standing stock in spruce stands of all age classes in the Czech Republic amounts to 399.6 million m3 (2017-2026) and the theoretical outlook of the logging potential based on the percentage of logging accounts for 112.62 million m3 (2017-2026), the concerns...