TY  - JOUR
AU  - Radosavljević, Maja
AU  - Masiero, Mauro
AU  - Rogelja, Todora
AU  - Glavonjić, Branko
PY  - 2021
UR  - https://omorika.sfb.bg.ac.rs/handle/123456789/1191
AB  - Eight years after the European Union Timber Regulation (EUTR) came into force, its effectiveness is still unsatisfactory due to deficient and uneven implementation among member states. In addition, some Western Balkan countries have poor legality monitoring systems, increasing the risk of trade in illegally harvested timber. Regardless of this, no recent work has analyzed the adaptation of national forest policies to the EUTR obligations. Our study aims to contribute to the understanding of EUTR implementation by analyzing the adaptation of policies of the Western Balkan countries (Slovenia, Croatia, and Serbia) to the EUTR. Qualitative content analysis was conducted on 22 policy documents from Slovenia, Croatia, and Serbia. Documents were coded using coding categories derived from EUTR. Our results point out that none of the analyzed countries have a policy to directly address illegal logging or prevention of illegal activities. As EU members, Slovenia and Croatia has implemented EUTR through laws. The Slovenian Forest Act addresses all EUTR obligations, while Croatian Law on EUTR Implementation does not directly address the obligation of legality. This obligation is addressed by the Law on Forests. As Serbia is not an EU member, it did not implement EUTR. Nevertheless, Serbian Law on Forests addresses all EUTR obligations, but has some discrepancies regarding Traceability obligation. With ongoing discourses on Green Deal policies and the increasing focus on "deforestation-free" commodities, stricter implementation might be expected of EUTR at EU level. Most countries would probably have to build capacities for EUTR implementation and become more transparent and responsible concerning information availability. To successfully implement EUTR, an increased number of checks as well as stricter fines will be needed.
T2  - Forests
T1  - Adaptation to EUTR Requirements: Insights from Slovenia, Croatia and Serbia
IS  - 12
VL  - 12
DO  - 10.3390/f12121665
UR  - conv_1608
ER  - 

@article{
author = "Radosavljević, Maja and Masiero, Mauro and Rogelja, Todora and Glavonjić, Branko",
year = "2021",
abstract = "Eight years after the European Union Timber Regulation (EUTR) came into force, its effectiveness is still unsatisfactory due to deficient and uneven implementation among member states. In addition, some Western Balkan countries have poor legality monitoring systems, increasing the risk of trade in illegally harvested timber. Regardless of this, no recent work has analyzed the adaptation of national forest policies to the EUTR obligations. Our study aims to contribute to the understanding of EUTR implementation by analyzing the adaptation of policies of the Western Balkan countries (Slovenia, Croatia, and Serbia) to the EUTR. Qualitative content analysis was conducted on 22 policy documents from Slovenia, Croatia, and Serbia. Documents were coded using coding categories derived from EUTR. Our results point out that none of the analyzed countries have a policy to directly address illegal logging or prevention of illegal activities. As EU members, Slovenia and Croatia has implemented EUTR through laws. The Slovenian Forest Act addresses all EUTR obligations, while Croatian Law on EUTR Implementation does not directly address the obligation of legality. This obligation is addressed by the Law on Forests. As Serbia is not an EU member, it did not implement EUTR. Nevertheless, Serbian Law on Forests addresses all EUTR obligations, but has some discrepancies regarding Traceability obligation. With ongoing discourses on Green Deal policies and the increasing focus on "deforestation-free" commodities, stricter implementation might be expected of EUTR at EU level. Most countries would probably have to build capacities for EUTR implementation and become more transparent and responsible concerning information availability. To successfully implement EUTR, an increased number of checks as well as stricter fines will be needed.",
journal = "Forests",
title = "Adaptation to EUTR Requirements: Insights from Slovenia, Croatia and Serbia",
number = "12",
volume = "12",
doi = "10.3390/f12121665",
url = "conv_1608"
}

Radosavljević, M., Masiero, M., Rogelja, T.,& Glavonjić, B.. (2021). Adaptation to EUTR Requirements: Insights from Slovenia, Croatia and Serbia. in Forests, 12(12).
https://doi.org/10.3390/f12121665
conv_1608

Radosavljević M, Masiero M, Rogelja T, Glavonjić B. Adaptation to EUTR Requirements: Insights from Slovenia, Croatia and Serbia. in Forests. 2021;12(12).
doi:10.3390/f12121665
conv_1608 .

Radosavljević, Maja, Masiero, Mauro, Rogelja, Todora, Glavonjić, Branko, "Adaptation to EUTR Requirements: Insights from Slovenia, Croatia and Serbia" in Forests, 12, no. 12 (2021),
https://doi.org/10.3390/f12121665 .,
conv_1608 .