Journal of Forest Science, 2024 (vol. 70), issue 6
Integrating indigenous knowledge and culture in sustainable forest management via global environmental policiesReview
Scholastica Akalibey, Petra Hlaváèková, Jiĝí Schneider, Jitka Fialová, Samuel Darkwah, Albert Ahenkan
J. For. Sci., 2024, 70(6):265-280 | DOI: 10.17221/20/2024-JFS 
This research investigates the intricate connection between indigenous knowledge and sustainable forest management, with two main objectives. It seeks to explore and outline indigenous knowledge, elements, and practices that support sustainable forest management (SFM). It aims to uncover the invaluable traditional insights and practices that have helped preserve and ensure the responsible use of forest ecosystems. Also, it investigated global environmental policies that support indigenous knowledge since the inception of the Convention on Biological Diversity (CBD). A narrative review method was employed to review and analyse peer-reviewed contents...
Environmental problems and biodiversity conservation through silviculture in Sri Lanka: Current state, struggles and cooperation with Czech foresters – A reviewReview
Channa Suraweera, Josef Gallo, Stanislav Vacek, Martin Baláı
J. For. Sci., 2024, 70(6):281-298 | DOI: 10.17221/19/2024-JFS
Sri Lanka, as a developing tropical country, faces serious environmental challenges. Forests, as important ecosystems of Sri Lanka, are under pressure from intensive human activities and climate change. Invasive species represent a great hazard to autochthonous plant species and ecosystems, which are, at the same time, hosts to extraordinarily high biodiversity, of which a high percentage is endemic. In this paper, we reviewed the most challenging environmental problems of Sri Lanka and suggested the improvement of a number of them through silvicultural measures and cooperation with international experts, namely Czech foresters. We also reviewed the...
Evaluation of the effect of different thinning types on dendrometric parameters and subsequent spontaneous growth in a beech-oak-linden standOriginal Paper
Kateĝina Novosadová, Jiĝí Kadlec, Petr Sŭkora, Martin Kománek, Radek Pokornŭ
J. For. Sci., 2024, 70(6):299-316 | DOI: 10.17221/10/2024-JFS
Due to an increasing risk of further damage to forests, forest managers are considering introducing an alternative direction for their future development – via the cultivation of mixed forests. At middle altitudes in the Czech Republic, an oak-beech-linden stand is the most natural type, and we tried to answer three main questions: (i) How the various thinning types affect dendrometric parameters and quality of the stand; (ii) How long thinning works on this stand until it loses its effect; (iii) How the stand develops spontaneously after abandonment. This experiment was conducted at the Training Forest Enterprise in the...
Forest carbon and a regional perspective on the effectiveness of financial instruments within the forest bioeconomyOriginal Paper
Michaela Perunová, Jarmila Zimmermannová, Tereza Schovánková
J. For. Sci., 2024, 70(6):317-334 | DOI: 10.17221/24/2024-JFS
The forest bioeconomy links to a climate-neutral economy for which effective economic and financial promotion is essential to sustainable development. The main purpose of this study was to examine the effects of financial support on the development of the forest bioeconomy in the Czech Republic in the period 2000–2021. Research objectives were met by applying literature review, time series analysis, spatial data analysis, cartogram and cartodiagram method, correlation analysis, and regression analysis. Firstly, regional divergences in financial flows were observed. Owing to the bark beetle calamity, the peak of the financial support was detected...