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The paper presents the literature review concerning the general assumptions of the Data Envelopment Analysis (DEA) and its applications in forest management and wood industry evaluation. So far, efficiency evaluation in forestry sector was carried out using mostly the ratio analysis only. The DEA approach, which was developed in the 1970s, is based on the mathematical programming algorithm and gives...
In Poland, there are large discrepancies between the area of forest lands recorded in land−use registers of local authorities and the actual state of forest area in the field. These discrepancies were estimated to 800,000 hectares in 2016, which is 2.5% of the land area of Poland. The divergences result primarily from different definitions of a forest in forest regulations and legislation concerning...
The 'National Forest Policy' (PLP), adopted by the Council of Ministers in 1997, is the main document setting out directions of forestry development in Poland. It defines goals and priorities of forest policy, describes organizational, economic and legal conditions of its implementation and specifies expected results. While the natural, social, economic, institutional and legal environment has significantly...
The aim of the paper is to present the status of the implementation of the National Program of the Forest Cover Extension (KPZL) in the period 1995−2013, and analyse the results of the survey on the major factors limiting the Program's execution after Poland entered the European Union in 2004. The study is based on the official statistical data and a mail questionnaire survey carried out in all local...
The objective of the study was to present the social and economic conditions needed for provision of public forest functions by the State Forests National Forest Holding (PGL LP) managing the great majority of forests of the national property in Poland. The analysis was restricted to the selected protection functions (water and soil protection, protection of air and wildlife) and to the social functions...
The paper analyzes the results of survey conducted in 2013 on a random group of 1000 Polish individuals with regard to bilberry (Vaccinium myrtillus L.) and selected species of mushrooms harvest. The research also evaluated the annual harvest value of selected non−timber forest products in Polish forests. The survey included questions on berry and mushroom harvest and also on harvested quantities...
The article presents the results of research on the opportunity costs related to establishment of perennial bird protection zones in forests located in two randomly selected forest districts of the Mazowieckie Province: Grójec and Zwoleń (Regional Directorate of the State Forests in Radom). The analysis included calculation of profits lost by forest districts due to termination of timber harvest in...
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