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The change of forests and their area in Lithuania
Type of publication
Straipsnis konferencijos medžiagoje Web of Science ir Scopus duomenų bazėje / Article in conference proceedings in Web of Science and Scopus database (P1a)
Author(s)
Kauno miškų ir aplinkos inžinerijos kolegija | Klaipėdos valstybinė kolegija |
Title
The change of forests and their area in Lithuania
Is part of
Research for rural development 2018 : annual 24th international scientific conference proceedings. Jelgava : Latvia University of Life Sciences and Technologies, 2018, vol. 1
Date Issued
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2018 |
Publisher
Jelgava : Latvia University of Life Sciences and Technologies
Extent
p. 174-180
Field of Science
Keywords
Abstract
The article presents an analysis of the existing situation of forests of the Republic of Lithuania. The situation is analysed in ten counties of the country. In the Republic of Lithuania, forests occupied 2,178,958.04 ha, country’s forest coverage – 33.38% in 2017. The highest forest coverage was established in Alytus (48.80%) and Vilnius (43.47%) counties. Only in three counties of Lithuania (Panevėžys, Telšiai and Utena) the prevailing type of ownership is private forests. In all counties of Lithuania mostly there are Group IV commercial forests, which make up 71.4% of the total forest area. The least are Group I reserved forests. Coniferous species (56.2%) prevail in the country’s forests, of which pine forests are dominant. It is crucial today to analyse the current state of forests and anticipate changes in trends, preventing potential threats. Following the analysis of Lithuanian forest change, it was determined that during the period between the years 2006 and 2017, the forest area increased by 78,616.40 ha or 3.74%. The largest forest development took place in Utena (17,324.13 ha or 7.32%) and Šiauliai (14,798.15 ha or 6.87%) counties. In order to implement the forestry development prospects, from 2018 to 2030, 106,068.87 ha of forests should be planted. In 2030, 2,285,026.91 hectares of forest would occupy Lithuania and would make up to 35% of the country’s area.
Type of document
type::text::journal::journal article::research article
Language
Anglų / English (en)
Coverage Spatial
Latvija / Latvia (LV)