Gospodarenje šumom Gradiške imovne općine od 1874. do 1914.
The Forest Management of the Gradiška Municipal Property from 1874 to 1914

Summary/Abstract: In this article the management of forests of the Gradiška Estate Community (Gradiška imovna općina) from 1874 to 1914 is examined, based on archival funds kept in the Croatian State Archive in Zagreb and in the Nova Gradiška Department of the State Archive in Slavonski Brod, as well as on an article of the journal Šumarski list. The forest management of the Gradiška Estate Community was performed in the areas of forest exploitation, forest regeneration, the behaviour towards “beneficiaries” and the management of various problems such as “forest damage”. Inadequate economic bases, swamp areas, and the lack of expert staff resulted in long-term firewood shortage for the “beneficiaries” and in an increase of illegal activities of the inhabitants which resulted in what was called forest damage. Josip Kozarac, royal forester, who aspired towards the modernization of forest management, had already in 1886 warned of the problems the Gradiška Estate Community had to face. Only through the alteration of the economic base in 1914, were the reorganization of forest districts and the employment of expert staff and the needs of the “beneficiaries” met, the hard life of the local population being made easier through the social-humanitarian efforts of the Gradiška Estate Community.

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