Conflicts Between Forestry and Wood-Processing Industry in Bosnia-Herzegovina: Reasons, Actors and Possible Solutions

Marić, Bruno; Avdibegović, Mersudin; Blagojević, Doni; Bećirović, D.; Brajić, Amila; Mutabdžija, S.; Delić, Sabina; Malovrh, Špela Pezdevšek

doi:10.15177/seefor.12-05

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“…Protected areas form the basis of national and international nature protection strategies due to their role in protecting biodiversity and natural and cultural heritage (Marić et al, 2014;Isabel & Antonio, 2022;Trišić et al, 2023a). Nature is a type of strategic business area within the national strategy for the development of tourism, encompassing national parks and nature parks (Government of the Republic of Serbia, 2016).…”

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Analysis of Tourist Attractiveness Factors of the Djerdap National Park with a Focus on the Hotel Industry

Milojković,

Čolović,

Stamenković

2023

Proceedings of the International Scientific Conference - Sitcon 2023

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Protected areas are an important component of the tourism offerings for those who want to spend part of their vacation in areas with preserved natural and cultural heritage. Djerdap National Park (DJNP) boasts a rich, diverse, wellconserved environment alongside cultural treasures. DJNP represents a distinctive and well-rounded tourist entity that is, in many respects, unique and unparalleled in Europe and the world. DJNP has always attracted a large number of visitors due to its favorable conditions for various types of tourism throughout the year. The purpose of the paper is to analyze the factors that motivate tourists to visit DJNP, with a focus on the hotel industry. The survey collected data, and content analysis and descriptive statistics methods processed it. The research presented factors that influence the tourist attractiveness of DJNP. The analysis of the research results made it possible to discern the characteristics of tourist visits and the reasons for a visit, as well as to recognize the value of the visited area. The recommendation is to ensure continuous yearly monitoring of the visitor's needs and to plan activities and hotel accommodations that maintain serenity and preserve the natural environment.

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Analysis of Tourist Attractiveness Factors of the Djerdap National Park with a Focus on the Hotel Industry

Milojković,

Čolović,

Stamenković

2023

Proceedings of the International Scientific Conference - Sitcon 2023

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“…In addition, the numerous conflicts that were related to the Natura 2000 sites designation, implementation, and management emerged as a result of the absence of stakeholders' involvement and participation in these processes [13,19,[30][31][32][33]. The identified conflicts were related to the conflicting stakeholders' interests, values, and perceptions, as well as to different and competing land use principles [14,19,26,31,[34][35][36][37][38][39][40]. The involvement of and cooperation with various stakeholders as well as stakeholder participation and coordination between institutions was highlighted as an important instrument for increasing the acceptance of Natura 2000 in order to prevent further conflicts and improve the implementation and thus the conservation results [41].…”

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Stakeholders’ Social Network in the Participatory Process of Formulation of Natura 2000 Management Programme in Slovenia

Laktić¹,

Žiberna

Kogovšek

et al. 2020

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Stakeholder participation has become an important driving force in policy decision-making and implementation, particularly in the nature conservation sector, where complex interactions and conflict of interest between stakeholders are common. A stakeholder analysis, which was complemented with a social network analysis, was used to examine the cooperation and conflict network between stakeholders, their institutions, and sectors in the case of the formulation of the Natura 2000 Management programme in Slovenia for the period 2015–2020 (PUN). Using data from a web survey (n = 167), cooperation and conflict networks were analysed while using degree centrality, indegree centrality, betweenness centrality, and blockmodeling. The results of the stakeholder analysis showed that the highest number of stakeholders that are involved in the participatory process of PUN was from the forestry and hunting sector, followed by the agriculture and nature conservation sector. The results of the cooperation network showed that the network is highly centralized, with only few institutions taking a central position in the PUN process (Institute for Nature Conservation, Ministry of Environment and Spatial Planning, Chamber of Agriculture and Forestry, Ministry of Agriculture, Forestry and Food, and the Slovenian Forest Service). Moreover, the nature conservation sector was, on average, a sector with the highest concentration of power. In addition, in the cooperation network, which was fragmented across sectors, there were institutions that belonged to the same sector, which tended to cooperate with each other. The analysis of the conflict network showed that institutions with a central position in the cooperation network also had a central role in the conflict network. In addition, conflicts between institutions more frequently appeared among institutions from different sectors. The exceptions were institutions from the fishery and water sector, as this sector seemed to have many conflicts within it. Based on a blockmodeling, four groups of institutions were identified according to their cooperation network (core institutions, semi-core institutions, semi-periphery institutions, and periphery institutions). Our finding suggested that the participatory process of formulating PUN needs to be improved in such a way that in the future various stakeholders, especially excluded local ones, are more actively involved and a balance of the power between the stakeholders involved achieved.

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“…In selected SEE countries, studies focusing on forest certification at the national and regional level are still in the initial phase. These studies range from the implementation of FSC on the ground [43][44][45][46][47][48][49][50] to analysis of the relationships between different stakeholders [45,51]. However, the obstacles at the FM level and particularly, the effects of forest certification on SFM remain rather unclear as only a few studies have analysed non-compliance of FM activities with FSC Principles and identified CARs.…”

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Contribution of Forest Stewardship Council Certification to Sustainable Forest Management of State Forests in Selected Southeast European Countries

Malovrh

Bećirović

Marić

et al. 2019

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In recent decades, the concept of forest certification under the Forest Stewardship Council (FSC) has been widely adopted in selected Southeast European countries (Bosnia and Herzegovina, Croatia, Serbia, and Slovenia). As sustainability is traditionally recognised as a leading principle in the forest management doctrine in these countries, the aim of this study was to understand whether, and how, FSC forest certification contributes to the sustainable management of state forests. The research was carried out in two phases. First, in order to assess forest management compliance with FSC standard, non-conformities for the period 2014–2018, identified in audit Public Summary Reports, were analysed in all public companies that managed state-owned forests in selected countries. Further, in-depth, semi-structured interviews with the professionals responsible for forest certification in these companies were conducted (n = 11) to determine the contribution of forest certification to the economic, ecological, and social aspects of sustainable forest management. In total, 185 non-conformities were analysed. The results showed that FSC certification was successful in addressing certain problems in forest management practices and contributed to sustainable forest management, mainly covering social and ecological issues. The most frequently identified non-conformities were those related to FSC Principle 4 Community relations and worker’s rights (32.3% of all non-conformities) and Principle 6 Environmental impact (30.4% of all non-conformities). The contribution of FSC certification to sustainable forest management is mainly reflected in the following aspects: Worker’s rights; health and safety of employees; availability of appropriate personal protective equipment; consultation with local people and interest groups; awareness of environmental impacts of forestry operations; waste disposal and storage of fuel; improving the image of forest companies and maintenance of high-conservation-value forests. The majority of non-conformities were minor and required procedural changes to be closed. Moreover, there are no statistically significant differences between the countries with regard to the number of non-conformities for all principles. It can be concluded that FSC certification, as a market-driven mechanism, plays an important role by influencing forest management practices and business operations of public forest companies in a positive manner.

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Conflicts Between Forestry and Wood-Processing Industry in Bosnia-Herzegovina: Reasons, Actors and Possible Solutions

Cited by 5 publications

References 3 publications

Analysis of Tourist Attractiveness Factors of the Djerdap National Park with a Focus on the Hotel Industry

Analysis of Tourist Attractiveness Factors of the Djerdap National Park with a Focus on the Hotel Industry

Stakeholders’ Social Network in the Participatory Process of Formulation of Natura 2000 Management Programme in Slovenia

Contribution of Forest Stewardship Council Certification to Sustainable Forest Management of State Forests in Selected Southeast European Countries

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