Sustainable forest management in Poland – theory and practice

Kruk, Hanna; Kornatowska, Bożena

doi:10.2478/ffp-2014-0005

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“…Young stands were 80-90% pine intermixed with other tree species, usually silver birch (Betula pendula) along edges. Best management practices for renewing clear-cuts in Poland stem from principles of sustainable forest management and include avoiding the planting of single-species coniferous stands and supporting natural regeneration (Kruk and Kornatowska 2014).…”

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The foraging activity of bats in managed pine forests of different ages

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Temperate zone bats are associated with forests and affected by forest management practices. However, practices vary among regions and countries, and the relationship between bats and managed forest stands is not well understood. We compared the activity of bats in three forest management areas across four stand ages of managed Scots pine (Pinus sylvestris) in western Poland. Stand ages included clear-cut stands, young (2-5 year) stands, middle-aged (41-60 year) stands, and mature (> 80 years) stands. We sampled bat activity by walking transects with a broadband ultrasound Pettersson D-1000X detector. Across our study area, highest bat activity was in clear-cut and young stands and lowest in mature stands. Bat species adapted to foraging in open habitats had high activity in clear and young stands, while those adapted to closed habitats had high activity in middle-aged and mature stands. Our results suggest that the presence of mature pine forests is important for closed-habitat foragers, including rare and threatened bat species, and active management to increase mature forest areas is important. At the same time, a mosaic of different growth stages of stands can support high activity of open-and edgehabitat foragers.

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The foraging activity of bats in managed pine forests of different ages

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“…The importance of this problem can be illustrated by the annual expenditures incurred on preventing the wildlife damage in Poland's forest stands. Since 2010 the total annual cost of the activities in this area has already ex- 1 9 4 8 1 9 5 0 1 9 5 2 1 9 5 4 1 9 5 6 1 9 5 8 1 9 6 0 1 9 6 2 1 9 6 4 1 9 6 6 1 9 6 8 1 9 7 0 1 9 7 2 1 9 7 4 1 9 7 6 1 9 7 8 1 9 8 0 1 9 8 2 1 9 8 4 1 9 8 6 1 9 8 8 1 9 9 0 1 9 9 2 1 9 9 4 1 9 9 6 1 9 9 8 2 0 0 0 2 0 0 2 2 0 0 4 2 0 0 6 2 0 0 8 2 0 1 0 2 0 1 2 2 0 1 4 2 0 1 6 ceeded 100 million PLN and reached 157 million PLN in 2015 (Kruk and Kornatowska 2014;Milewski 2016). In order to limit the damage due to game animals, a range of methods for protecting seedlings and young trees have been applied, including chemical protection of individual trees (application of repellents) and mechanical protection (various types of casings and tubes for individual trees or fencing young plantations).…”

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Current Problems and Tasks of Forest Protection in Poland

Skrzecz

Perlińska

2018

Folia Forestalia Polonica

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Current problems of forest protection concern the declining health of forest stands due to climate change and the resulting extreme weather events such as heat waves, droughts, hurricane winds, heavy rainfalls and floods. Repeated impacts of these factors increase susceptibility of forest stands to pest insects and fungal pathogens. Norway spruce (Picea abies [L.] H. Karst) is sensitive to high air temperatures and water shortage. Long lasting droughts during the last two decades, have been one of the reasons behind Norway spruce dieback due to severe outbreak of European spruce bark beetle Ips typographus (L.) in the mountainous regions of southern Poland. In the Scots pine (Pinus sylvestris L.) stands, water balance disorders have enhanced the colonization of weekend trees by steelblue jewel beetle Phaenops cyanea (F.) and engraver beetle Ips acuminatus (Gyll.), as well as contributed to the spread of fungal diseases caused by Gremmeniella abietina (Lagerb.) Cenangium ferruginosum Fr. and Sphaeropsis sapinea Fr. fungi. Water related stress leads to weakening of oak stands, which are attacked by Agrilus spp. beetles and pathogens from the genus Phytophthora. It is possible that long lasting droughts initiated the spread of infectious ash disease caused by Hymenoscyphus fraxineus (= Chalara fraxinea), which resulted in the epidemic of ash dieback throughout Europe. Until recently, the use of plant protection products was the most common method of forest protection against pest insects and pathogens. Poland’s accession to the European Union has affected the marketing and use of plant protection products in the country. The implementation of the EU legislation (Directive 91/414/EEC, Directive 2009/128/ EC and Regulation No 1107/2009) has resulted in decreased assortment of pesticides registered for the protection of forests. High costs and long registration process considerably limited the interest of producers in placing the plant protection products on the market. Systematic decrease in the number of plant protection products possible to register for use in forestry, as well as the principles of integrated plant protection established in the EU in 2014 call for seeking plant protection methods based on the natural enemies of pests, such as pathogenic microorganisms, parasites and predators. Therefore, contemporary forest protection requires the advancement of integrated methods for pest insect and disease control through developing methods of forecasting forest dangers, the use of natural enemies and agro-technical methods for regulation of pests, as well as the development of decision support systems as a tool facilitating introduction of integrated forest protection principles. Such support systems help to establish optimal terms for the implementation of protection measures, so as to increase their efficiency while limiting the use of chemical pesticides to an absolute minimum.

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“…The Polish Central Statistical Office provides no statistics on the amount of fruits and mushrooms harvested from forests. Due to free public access to Poland's forests, everyone has a right to collect forest fruits and mushrooms without limit, with harvesting restricted only for protected species [3].…”

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A Survey of the Knowledge of Truffles among Polish Foresters and Implications for Environmental Education

Hilszczańska

Rosa-Gruszecka

Kosel

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While the use of truffles in Poland has a long tradition, for historical reasons this knowledge was almost lost. Currently, truffles and truffle orchards are again receiving public attention. For example, the Polish State Forests supported the establishment of truffle orchards by the Forestry Research Institute. In recent years, knowledge concerning these unique hypogeous fungi has been disseminated systematically through scientific and popular publications, films, and electronic media. This study investigates the awareness of economically and culinary valued truffle fungi (Tuber spp.) among more than 1400 Polish foresters. The results show that 70% of interviewees were familiar with historical and contemporary information about growing and using truffles in Poland. Based on respondents’ age, education, type of work, and gender we attempted to identify whether these elements were associated with the state of knowledge about truffles. The results indicated that younger foresters were better informed about the presence of truffles in Poland and also about their use in the past in Polish cuisine. Environmental education was an important source of knowledge about truffle harvesting and the soils that are conducive to truffle development. Foresters who have provided forest ecology education and who are 36–65 years of age generally possessed better knowledge about truffles than other age cohorts. More than 30% of respondents expressed interest in educational courses to improve their knowledge of truffles. The results point to the need for forestry education concerning truffles and indicate the need for fostering sustainable agroforestry-centered initiatives disseminating this knowledge to the public.

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Sustainable forest management in Poland – theory and practice

Cited by 5 publications

References 8 publications

The foraging activity of bats in managed pine forests of different ages

The foraging activity of bats in managed pine forests of different ages

Current Problems and Tasks of Forest Protection in Poland

A Survey of the Knowledge of Truffles among Polish Foresters and Implications for Environmental Education

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