Administrative system of afforestation in the Czech Republic: A long journey to a new forest

Martin Baláš, Josef Gallo, Marcin Czacharowski, Michal Pástor, Jaroslav Jankovič, Igor Štefančík, Ivan Kuneš and Hubert Hasenauer
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Martin Baláš: Department of Silviculture, Faculty of Forestry and Wood Sciences, Czech University of Life Sciences Prague, Prague, Czech Republic
Josef Gallo: Department of Silviculture, Faculty of Forestry and Wood Sciences, Czech University of Life Sciences Prague, Prague, Czech Republic
Marcin Czacharowski: Department of Silviculture, Warsaw University of Life Sciences (SGGW), Warsaw, Poland
Michal Pástor: Department of Silviculture and Forest Production, National Forest Centre - Forest Research Institute in Zvolen, Zvolen, Slovakia
Jaroslav Jankovič: Department of Silviculture and Forest Production, National Forest Centre - Forest Research Institute in Zvolen, Zvolen, Slovakia
Igor Štefančík: Department of Silviculture and Forest Production, National Forest Centre - Forest Research Institute in Zvolen, Zvolen, Slovakia
Ivan Kuneš: Department of Silviculture, Faculty of Forestry and Wood Sciences, Czech University of Life Sciences Prague, Prague, Czech Republic
Hubert Hasenauer: Institute of Silviculture, University of Natural Resources and Life Sciences (BOKU), Vienna, Austria

Journal of Forest Science, 2024, vol. 70, issue 2, 41-63

Abstract: This review uses a case study based on an executed afforestation project to comprehensively describe the administrative procedure regarding afforestation of agricultural land in the Czech Republic, Central Europe. We consider the official proceedings for obtaining a permit to land-use change (i.e. changing the nature of land use and the mode of land use in the real estate cadastre) as a very complex and protracted procedure, which can substantially reduce the motivation of people to establish new forests. Therefore, we propose a simplification of the administration process of land-use change. The main idea is to make the procedure as simple as possible in those areas where afforestation is desirable, especially from the environmental point of view. It assumes the possibility of quick, precise and, if possible, automatic distinction whether the afforestation is suitable or not. The situation in the Czech Republic is compared with the surrounding Central-European countries: Poland and Slovakia. In these countries, the official procedure connected with afforestation seems to be rather less complicated.

Keywords: administration; afforestation of agricultural land; forest establishment; land-use change; spatial planning policy (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2024
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