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ISSN 1334-0565

 

YEAR: XLV.

ZAGREB, 17 JUNE, 2008

NUMBER: 1.3.2.

 

 

OBLIGED TO NOTIFY DATA SOURCE

 

 

CHANGES IN FOREST AREAS IN 2007

 

At the end of 2007, the overgrown forest area at the level of the Republic of Croatia was approximately the same as in 2006, which is also true for the areas of state-owned and privately-owned forests.

 

1.   CHANGES IN FOREST AREAS

ha

 

Overgrown forest area

Forest land area, 2007

 

2006.

2007.

Total

Forests

Other forest land

Arid land

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Total

2 221 386

2 223 245

2 490 910

2 223 245

223 163

44 502

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

State-owned forests

1 645 920

1 647 778

1 909 143

1 647 778

216 927

44 438

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Privately-owned forests

575 466

575 467

581 767

575 467

6 236

64

 

 

NOTES ON METHODOLOGY

 

 

Source and methods of data collection

 

For the preparation of the Annual Survey on Changes in Forest Areas (ŠUM-13 form), the forestry and economic principles are used as sources for the collection of data on surface areas of state and private-owned forests, sorted by tree species.

 

Estimate is used as a method when there are neither reliable documents nor records available for particular information.

 

 

Coverage and comparability

 

Reporting units are managing offices of the public company Croatian Woods and other legal entities classified in the NKD 2002. (NN, No. 13/03) in section A Agriculture, hunting and forestry, class 02 Forestry, logging and related services.

 

Data on forests in private ownership are collected in the Forest Extension Service for Privately-Owned Forests.

 

The coverage for the Annual Survey on Changes in Forest Areas (ŠUM-13 form) is complete.

 

 

Definitions

 

Forest is considered any area larger than 10 ares (NN, No. 52/90) that is covered with forest trees, intended for commercial exploitation of timber or for protection or special purposes, irrespective of the height and growth of timber.

 

 

Abbreviations

 

ha                 hectare

NKD 2002. National Classification of Activities, 2002 version

NN               Narodne novine, official gazette of the Republic of
                     Croatia