Forest growing stock

Dátum poslednej aktualizácie:20.12.2021

Téma

Indikátory zeleného rastu

Značky

Definícia indikátora

Total growing stock is reported in m3 of timber inside bark. Their identification is influenced by forest category, forest's shape for management purposes, silvicultural system, state of forest vegetation, and required precision and economy.
 

Jednotka indikátora

m3/ha

Metadáta

Methodology:

Selection and methodology of indicator’s assessment is based on the set of indicators proposed by the OECD and addressed by the report: "Green Growth: Monitoring progress towards green growth“. Data relating to the national situation are usually presented in the period between 2000 and 2012. Basic time sequence is changed in those cases when the data are not accessible or when their comparison is not possible due to differing approaches in their collection, assessment, changes in methodology, classification, etc.  Summary assessment of indicator’s trend from the green growth perspective is based on a subjective evaluation of the responsible assessor due to the fact that the strategy is not officially implemented in the Slovak Republic and therefore specific objectives have not been defined.  Naturally, this assessment builds on the analysis of the past trends, as well as their anticipated direction in view of the measures adopted as to date.
Selected indicators characterize Slovakia's initial position as seen from the perspective of the green growth and were to be used as a measuring tool before further steps are taken in the process of implementation of this strategy and for a complex assessment of the future trend of the Slovak economy.  Present set of green growth indicators comprises 32 individual indicators that are relevant in Slovakia's conditions. Four of them are national indicators that describe voluntary instruments of the environmental strategy.

 

Data sources:

Data used in this document come from the official national or international sources and databases. Assessed trend was reviewed and discussed with the state administration specialists (individual departments of the ministries of Environment, Economy, Labour and Social Affairs and Family, Finance, Agriculture and Rural Development) and their professional organisations (Slovak Hydrometeorological Institute, State Geological Institute of Dionýz Štúr, Slovak Environmnet Agency, State Nature Consservancy, Institute for Financial Policy) and also the Statistical Office of the Slovak Republic whose databases furnish most of the information.

 

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Kľúčové zistenia

This is also one of the indicators that characterize quantitative aspects of forest resources. Ensuring their sustainable management along with sustainable environmental, social, and original values remains to be one of the major challenges of forest management. This includes preventing their excessive exploitation and degradation, preserving sufficient reserves of wood stock for production activities, and ensuring the provision of basic environmental services.

Growing stock in Slovakia's forests shows a continual rising trend and by 2020 reached over 484.5 mil. m3 of barkless wood. Compared to 2000, it grew by 18.2 %. On the year-to-year basis, the volume increased by approx. 1.5 mil.m3 from last year. From 1994, stock of broad-leaved wood has been exceeding that of coniferous trees. Growth of average supply per hectare shows the same trend. Currently it reaches the number 249 m3 of barkless wood per ha, which is a 15.7 % increase compared to 2000.
The highest historical standing volume have been reached and is culminating. It is expected that this stock will decrease in the coming years as a consequence of gradual change in the age structure.

Sumárne zhodnotenie

Source:NFC Source table


Source:NFC Source table

Medzinárodné porovnanie

The OECD Green Growth database contains selected indicators for monitoring progress towards green growth to support policy making and inform the public at large. The database provides a synthesis of data and indicators available across a wide range of domains. The sources of the underlying data used to populate the Green Growth Indicators, as presented here, include a range of OECD databases and, in some cases, external data sources. The database covers OECD member countries, accession countries and selected non-OECD countries (including the BRIICS economies - Brazil, Russian Federation, India, Indonesia, China and South Africa).

Kontakt na spracovateľa

Mgr. Peter Kapusta, SAŽP, peter.kapusta@sazp.sk