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uk.gif (7420 bytes)Here you can see what our minister of invironment says about forests.

Forest In My Country

In ENO countries, each Minister of environment ( or representative )were asked two questions concerning forests:

  1. What do forests mean to Your country?
  2. What do forests mean to You personally?
slo_zastava.gif (892 bytes)Poglejmo si, kaj pravi naš minister za okolje o gozdovih.

Gozdovi v moji državi

Ministrom za okolje vseh vključenih držav so zastavili dvoje vprašanj:

  1. Kaj gozdavi pomenijo vaši državi ?
  2. kaj gozdovi pomenijo vam osebno?

SLOVENIA slo_zastava.gif (892 bytes)

kopac_small.jpg (1337 bytes)Mr Janez Kopac, MA,Minister for the Environment and Spatial Planning

1. Forests  cover  almost  about 60% of the territory of Slovenia, which makes Slovenia  the  third  most  forested    country  in Europe (after Finland and Sweden). Originally, mixed forests prevailed and some 70 tree species are indigenous to  the  Slovenian    territory.  Our forests also increased in the area they cover, from 47 per cent in 1961 to 54 per cent in 1990. While high coverage with  forests  in 1960s was a result of forestry practices, its increase in surface  area since then has mainly been due to the spreading of forests in marginal agricultural land and traditionally sustainable forest management. As  a  result,  85  per cent of the forests regenerate naturally supporting conservation  of  native    populations of tree species and enhancing genetic diversity.  Moreover,    in the last 50 years biomass increased for 100 cubic metres  per    hectare.  Species  composition in 87 per cent of the Slovenian forests   is  close  to  the  potential  distribution.   Nine per cent of all forests  has a significantly modified species composition and 4 per cent of all forests are completely modified by humans.
The highly diverse ecological conditions have supported a high biodiversity at  the    ecosystem, species  and  gene  levels.  Common   beech is the most naturally  widespread  tree species in Slovenia. It presents 29 per cent of the  current  growing  stock  in the country. Out of the seven native oaks, three  species are on the boundary of their distribution and thus occurring in few numbers.
In  1993  the Forest Act (OJ RS, no.30/93) was adopted. The aim of this act is    to  ensure  the sustainable  and  multi-purpose   forest   management in accordance with the principles of protection of the environment and natural values;  continuous  and  optimal functioning of forests as ecosystems; and the  fulfilment of their function. The National Assembly of the Republic of Slovenia has also adopted a forest development programme which determines a national  policy  of  sustainable  forest   management; orientations for the conservation   and    development  of   forests;  and  conditions   for  their exploitation  and   multi-purpose  use.   The  programme contains many of the elements    of  an   environmental  protection  document.   Nevertheless,  the National  Environmental  Action  Programme,   also  adopted   by the National Assembly  in  1999, does not repeat the goals and measures of the documents mentioned,  but  deals   above all with the problems of threats to Slovenian forests due to pollution.

2. Forests  are  essential for the conservation of all forms of life. They are also  important  for  economic development. They are a source of wood, food and  medicines  and  are rich storehouses of a great quantity of biological products,  many  of  which have yet to be discovered. They retain water and carbon,  which  would  function  as    a  greenhouse gas if released into the atmosphere  as  CO2. Forests are a home to a vast number of wild animal and plant  species.  They   help   us  to  become  aware of the time dimension of evolution and to fulfil our cultural and spiritual needs. Forests are life!
We must do everything to preserve them for our future generations.

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29.03.02
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