SCALE AND DETERMINANTS OF THE DESIGNATION OF FOREST LAND FOR NON-FOREST PURPOSES IN POLAND Cover Image

UWARUNKOWANIA I SKALA WYŁĄCZANIA NA CELE NIELEŚNE GRUNTÓW LEŚNYCH W POLSCE
SCALE AND DETERMINANTS OF THE DESIGNATION OF FOREST LAND FOR NON-FOREST PURPOSES IN POLAND

Author(s): Małgorzata Polna
Subject(s): Evaluation research, Rural and urban sociology, Environmental interactions
Published by: Wydawnictwo Uniwersytetu Warmińsko-Mazurskiego w Olsztynie
Keywords: woodland; forests; exclusion from forest production; directions of exclusion; Poland;

Summary/Abstract: In Poland a part of forest land is annually excluded from production and designated for non-forest purposes. The article shows the scale, directions and spatial differences of this phenomenon. It also discusses the legal conditions of forestland exclusion from production. The study period covers the years 2002–2016. The analysis was conducted by voivodeships and poviats. The research proved that in the analysed years the area designated for non-forest purposes increased 3 times. Treasury land prevails in the ownership structure of woodland excluded from production. The prevailing purpose of its exclusion is for mined land (57.6%). The least important is the designation for the construction of water reservoirs (2.2%) and their share in the years 2002–2016 shows a declining trend.

  • Issue Year: 18/2019
  • Issue No: 2
  • Page Range: 181-191
  • Page Count: 12
  • Language: Polish