1. Introduction ................................................. 9
1.1. The economic aspects of operation of a forest holding ... 9
1.2. International conditions of transformation in
forestry ............................................... 10
1.3. General assessment of the current forest management
model .................................................. 12
2. The aim and scope of the study .............................. 14
3. Research material ........................................... 17
3.1. Literature, regulations (legal and economic), as
well as information and source data .................... 17
3.2. General characteristic of selected industrialized
region ................................................. 18
3.2.1. Basic data about the region ..................... 18
3.2.2. Forest management characteristics ............... 19
3.2.3. Social preferences .............................. 23
3.3. Site characteristic for model verification ............. 27
4. Methodical aspects .......................................... 33
4.1. General concept and method of reaching the set goal .... 33
4.2. Explanation of the terms used in the study ............. 34
5. Theoretical assumptions of sustainable forest management .... 38
5.1. The role and ways of identifying social preferences
in sustainable forest management ....................... 38
5.2. Forest functions and structure ......................... 40
5.2.1. The notion of forest functions .................. 40
5.2.2. Structure pattern ............................... 44
5.2.3. Division of forest functions .................... 54
5.2.4. Forest functions versus forest structure ........ 55
5.2.5. Functional potential ............................ 56
5.2.6. Relationships between forest functions .......... 57
5.2.7. Types of forest holdings versus forest
functions ....................................... 65
5.3. Valuation of functional potential ...................... 66
5.3.1. General assumptions of valuation of non-
productive forest functions ..................... 66
5.3.2. Identification of forest products and
services ........................................ 68
5.3.3. Identification of revenues and outlays .......... 69
5.3.4. Specification of the principles and ways of
reaching the required stand structure ........... 72
5.3.5. Valuation of the economic activities enhancing
functional potential and determination of the
value of lost tangible goods .................... 75
5.3.6. Homogenous groups for accounting of functional
potential value ................................. 76
5.3.7. Functional patential value ...................... 82
5.4. Actions in favour of economic equilibrium of a forest
holding ................................................ 84
5.4.1. The problem of economic equilibrium in a
forest holding .................................. 84
5.4.2. Services market ................................. 85
5.4.3. Forest function allocation mechanism ............ 87
5.4.4. Sale of services through negotiations
incentive systems ............................... 89
6. Verification of detailed and illustration of general
theoretical solutions at the selected site .................. 91
6.1. Forest valuation ....................................... 91
6.2. Elements of forest function valuation ................. 103
7. Discussion and conclusions ................................. 108
Conclusions ................................................ 115
English summary ............................................... 117
Literature and sources ........................................ 120
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