POVIJESNE CRTICE O MOTOVUNSKOJ ŠUMI U PRVA TRI DESETLJEĆA XIX. STOLJEĆA
HISTORICAL SKETCHES OF THE MOTOVUN FOREST IN THE FIRST THREE DECADES OF THE 19TH CENTURY

Summary/Abstract: The article based on the archival material of the Franciscan cadaster kept in the National Archives in Pazin looks at the modalities of development, conservation and exploitation of the Motovun forest in the first three decades of the nineteen century. It is evident that the protection of the forest continued after the fall of the Venetian Republic. Nevertheless, control over the cutting and strict provisions of the Venetian authorities was alleviated, and part of the population used the peripheral parts of the forests as pastures for domestic animals. Though it was of exceptional significance due to the quantity and quality of timber that had in itself a period of neglect, it was recorded during Napoleonic rule over the former Venetian Istria. Because of the state of war and its focus on the land army, and not the Navy, the French administration did not take any care of the woods. The situation improved after the former Venetian estate in Istria was taken over by the Habsburg Monarchy, which cared great attention to the preservation of the woods and timber that was in it. From that moment on, the wood was reused exclusively for the navy’s needs.

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