THE ANALYSIS OF THE DYNAMICS OF FOREST LAND FUND AND CURRENT CONDITION OF LITHUANIAN FOREST
DOI:
https://doi.org/10.36930/42164201Keywords:
Lithuanian Forestry, forest land, forest coverage, growing stock volume.Abstract
The article reveals official statistics of the Lithuanian forest sector in 1938-2016 years and trends of the last few decades. For a better research the main trends of the dynamics of forest land fund and current condition of Lithuanian forest there are some figures and tables, which demonstrate updated forest data. Also a comparison evaluation, based on the Environmental Performance Index (EPI), between Ukrainian and Lithuanian forestry was made. The Lithuanian land fund was analyzed in accordance with a data of the National Land Service and National Forest Inventories Assessment of Wood Availability and Use, estimated the level of forestry protection strategies and it`s results, given an information about features of the division of categories of the forests lands and biodiversity of the forests. Moreover, considered a governmental strategy of the forests protection.
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