In Lithuania, forests are managed by Lithuanian State Forest Enterprise, municipalities, ministries, etc. and private forest owners. About 50% of all forest land is State importance, privately owned forests cover 40% of forest land, and about 10% of forest land belongs to forests reserved for restitution. Forest management of private ownership force many challenges, because private forest owners are people, who have purchased or received the property after restitution, and often lacks knowledge about forest resources, its dynamics and sustainable forest management. As remote sensing is a valuable source for forest monitoring, because it provides periodic data on forest resource and condition status, these methods are gaining increased attention worldwide. In this context, more scientific efforts are made at developing remote sensing derived geo-spatial data services for sustainable forest management through a web service platform, which would integrate geo-information into daily decision making processes and operation for private forest owners. This article presents a review of privately owned forests’ statistics, questionnaire-based survey about GIS usage and demand for forest owners in Lithuania and links available sources of open geo-spatial data useful for sustainable forest management.
Straipsnio tikslas - glaustai įvertinti Lietuvos miškų sektoriaus dabartinę būklę, jo reikšmę šalies ekonomikai, pagrindinius turimus konkurencinius pranašumus ir tuo remiantis aptarti galimas plėtros kryptis artimiausiam dešimtmečiui. Straipsnio pradžioje apibūdinamas temos aktualumas, miškų sektoriaus vaidmuo Lietuvos ekonomikai, tyrimo metodai, atskirai pristatoma miškininkystės, medienos ir baldų pramonės, medienos energetikos esama būklė. Kitoje straipsnio dalyje aptariami tyrimo metu atliktos sektoriaus analizės dėka išryškėję konkurenciniai pranašumai. Straipsnis baigiamas išvadomis apie ateinančiu dešimtmečiu prioritetines Lietuvos miškų sektoriams verslo plėtros kryptis ir galimybes.
Strategy specifies the direction. Long-term strategy usually means the ability to answer the following questions:• Where are we now?• Where do we want to go?• How do we get there?Changes in the economical, demographic and political development of the country, the value orientation of the Government expressed by the Forest Policy, the availability of resources, the demand-supply situation in the markets, and the past and present performance of business all greatly affect the formulation of Forest Sector Strategies for the future.This paper examines the first two questions presented above. Firstly, we shall introduce ourselves shortly to the present situation in which the Lithuanian Forest Sector exists. Secondly, we shall look at future possibilities. The important changes of the operating environment of the transitional period in the whole economy of Lithuania are also discussed.
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