TY  - JOUR
AU  - Dobsinska, Zuzana
AU  - Živojinović, Ivana
AU  - Nedeljković, Jelena
AU  - Petrović, Nenad
AU  - Jarsky, Vilem
AU  - Oliva, Jiri
AU  - Salka, Jaroslav
AU  - Sarvasova, Zuzana
AU  - Weiss, Gerhard
PY  - 2020
UR  - https://omorika.sfb.bg.ac.rs/handle/123456789/1134
AB  - The political and economic transformations that have taken place since the early nineties in the former socialist countries in Europe have significantly influenced reforms of their forestry institutions. As part of these reforms, restitution processes were initiated with the aim of recognising private ownership of forests and returning forests to their former owners or heirs. Using institutional and actor perspectives, this paper analyses the power relations of the key actors in the restitution processes in three European countries: the Czech Republic, Slovakia and Serbia. The methodological approach combines multiple research methods: document analysis and a literature review to explain the restitution processes, and semi-structured in-depth interviews for analysing the actors' power in this process. The results show that actors' power in the analysed restitution processes varied greatly between actor types and in different phases in the processes. In the initial phase, considerable power was wielded by the public, which demanded change, and by the policy makers, who enabled the necessary legislative changes. As the processes advanced, the power shifted to liable entities who administered the restitution processes. The analysed countries followed different pathways and had varying dynamics throughout their restitution processes due to their diverse historical and political legacies but the power of the respective types of responsible actors did not vary much between analysed countries. While the cases of the Czech Republic and Slovakia are relatively similar, Serbia proves to be different in terms of initial drivers as well as the phases and speed of the process. In the Czech Republic and Slovakia, the result of restitution has been the creation of a large number of small-scale private forest owners, while in Serbia property was given back principally to the church, a large-scale forest owner. These owner categories (small-scale private forest owners and church) were formally recognised as new in all three countries but their specific interests were not adequately translated to existing policy and management documents. The state forestry administration in each country has retained power in the field by continuing its supervisory and regulatory role in forest management. Even though the restitution processes are coming to an end in all analysed post-socialist countries, it can be noted that private forest owners are still under strong state supervision when it comes to forest management rights.
T2  - Forest Policy and Economics
T1  - Actor power in the restitution processes of forests in three European countries in transition
VL  - 113
DO  - 10.1016/j.forpol.2020.102090
UR  - conv_1483
ER  - 

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author = "Dobsinska, Zuzana and Živojinović, Ivana and Nedeljković, Jelena and Petrović, Nenad and Jarsky, Vilem and Oliva, Jiri and Salka, Jaroslav and Sarvasova, Zuzana and Weiss, Gerhard",
year = "2020",
abstract = "The political and economic transformations that have taken place since the early nineties in the former socialist countries in Europe have significantly influenced reforms of their forestry institutions. As part of these reforms, restitution processes were initiated with the aim of recognising private ownership of forests and returning forests to their former owners or heirs. Using institutional and actor perspectives, this paper analyses the power relations of the key actors in the restitution processes in three European countries: the Czech Republic, Slovakia and Serbia. The methodological approach combines multiple research methods: document analysis and a literature review to explain the restitution processes, and semi-structured in-depth interviews for analysing the actors' power in this process. The results show that actors' power in the analysed restitution processes varied greatly between actor types and in different phases in the processes. In the initial phase, considerable power was wielded by the public, which demanded change, and by the policy makers, who enabled the necessary legislative changes. As the processes advanced, the power shifted to liable entities who administered the restitution processes. The analysed countries followed different pathways and had varying dynamics throughout their restitution processes due to their diverse historical and political legacies but the power of the respective types of responsible actors did not vary much between analysed countries. While the cases of the Czech Republic and Slovakia are relatively similar, Serbia proves to be different in terms of initial drivers as well as the phases and speed of the process. In the Czech Republic and Slovakia, the result of restitution has been the creation of a large number of small-scale private forest owners, while in Serbia property was given back principally to the church, a large-scale forest owner. These owner categories (small-scale private forest owners and church) were formally recognised as new in all three countries but their specific interests were not adequately translated to existing policy and management documents. The state forestry administration in each country has retained power in the field by continuing its supervisory and regulatory role in forest management. Even though the restitution processes are coming to an end in all analysed post-socialist countries, it can be noted that private forest owners are still under strong state supervision when it comes to forest management rights.",
journal = "Forest Policy and Economics",
title = "Actor power in the restitution processes of forests in three European countries in transition",
volume = "113",
doi = "10.1016/j.forpol.2020.102090",
url = "conv_1483"
}

Dobsinska, Z., Živojinović, I., Nedeljković, J., Petrović, N., Jarsky, V., Oliva, J., Salka, J., Sarvasova, Z.,& Weiss, G.. (2020). Actor power in the restitution processes of forests in three European countries in transition. in Forest Policy and Economics, 113.
https://doi.org/10.1016/j.forpol.2020.102090
conv_1483

Dobsinska Z, Živojinović I, Nedeljković J, Petrović N, Jarsky V, Oliva J, Salka J, Sarvasova Z, Weiss G. Actor power in the restitution processes of forests in three European countries in transition. in Forest Policy and Economics. 2020;113.
doi:10.1016/j.forpol.2020.102090
conv_1483 .

Dobsinska, Zuzana, Živojinović, Ivana, Nedeljković, Jelena, Petrović, Nenad, Jarsky, Vilem, Oliva, Jiri, Salka, Jaroslav, Sarvasova, Zuzana, Weiss, Gerhard, "Actor power in the restitution processes of forests in three European countries in transition" in Forest Policy and Economics, 113 (2020),
https://doi.org/10.1016/j.forpol.2020.102090 .,
conv_1483 .

TY  - JOUR
AU  - Nichiforel, Liviu
AU  - Keary, Kevin
AU  - Deuffić, Philippe
AU  - Weiss, Gerhard
AU  - Thorsen, Bo Jellesmark
AU  - Winkel, Georg
AU  - Avdibegović, Mersudin
AU  - Dobsinska, Zuzana
AU  - Feliciano, Diana
AU  - Gatto, Paola
AU  - Mifsud, Elena Gorriz
AU  - Hoogstra-Klein, Marjanke
AU  - Hrib, Michal
AU  - Hujala, Teppo
AU  - Jager, Laszlo
AU  - Jarsky, Vilem
AU  - Jodlowski, Krzysztof
AU  - Lawrence, Anna
AU  - Lukmine, Diana
AU  - Pezdevsek Malovrh, Spela
AU  - Nedeljković, Jelena
AU  - Nonić, Dragan
AU  - Krajter Ostoić, Silvija
AU  - Pukall, Klaus
AU  - Rondeux, Jacques
AU  - Samara, Theano
AU  - Sarvasova, Zuzana
AU  - Scriban, Ramona Elena
AU  - Silingiene, Rita
AU  - Sinko, Milan
AU  - Stojanovska, Makedonka
AU  - Stojanovski, Vladimir
AU  - Stoyanov, Nickola
AU  - Teder, Meelis
AU  - Vennesland, Birger
AU  - Vilkriste, Lelde
AU  - Wilhelmsson, Erik
AU  - Wilkes-Allemann, Jerylee
AU  - Bouriaud, Laura
PY  - 2018
UR  - https://omorika.sfb.bg.ac.rs/handle/123456789/914
AB  - Private forests are widespread in Europe providing a range of ecosystem services of significant value to society, and there are calls for novel policies to enhance their provision and to face the challenges of environmental changes. Such policies need to acknowledge the importance of private forests, and importantly they need to be based on a deep understanding of how property rights held by private forest owners vary across Europe. We collected and analysed data on the content of property rights based on formal legal requirements existing in 31 European jurisdictions. To allow a comparison across jurisdictions, we constructed an original Property Rights Index for Forestry encompassing five rights domains (access, withdrawal, management, exclusion and alienation). We documented substantial variation of the private forest owners' rights, and notably to i) make decisions in operational management and the formulation of management goals, ii) withdraw timber resources from their forest, and iii) exclude others from the use of forest resources. We identified broad relations between the scope for decision making of private forest owners and jurisdictions' former socio-political background and geographical distribution. The variation in the content of property rights has implications for the implementation of international environmental policies, and stresses the need for tailored policy instruments, when addressing European society's rural development, the bioeconomy, climate change mitigation measures and nature protection strategies.
T2  - Land Use Policy
T1  - How private are Europe's private forests? A comparative property rights analysis
EP  - 552
SP  - 535
VL  - 76
DO  - 10.1016/j.landusepol.2018.02.034
UR  - conv_1349
ER  - 

@article{
author = "Nichiforel, Liviu and Keary, Kevin and Deuffić, Philippe and Weiss, Gerhard and Thorsen, Bo Jellesmark and Winkel, Georg and Avdibegović, Mersudin and Dobsinska, Zuzana and Feliciano, Diana and Gatto, Paola and Mifsud, Elena Gorriz and Hoogstra-Klein, Marjanke and Hrib, Michal and Hujala, Teppo and Jager, Laszlo and Jarsky, Vilem and Jodlowski, Krzysztof and Lawrence, Anna and Lukmine, Diana and Pezdevsek Malovrh, Spela and Nedeljković, Jelena and Nonić, Dragan and Krajter Ostoić, Silvija and Pukall, Klaus and Rondeux, Jacques and Samara, Theano and Sarvasova, Zuzana and Scriban, Ramona Elena and Silingiene, Rita and Sinko, Milan and Stojanovska, Makedonka and Stojanovski, Vladimir and Stoyanov, Nickola and Teder, Meelis and Vennesland, Birger and Vilkriste, Lelde and Wilhelmsson, Erik and Wilkes-Allemann, Jerylee and Bouriaud, Laura",
year = "2018",
abstract = "Private forests are widespread in Europe providing a range of ecosystem services of significant value to society, and there are calls for novel policies to enhance their provision and to face the challenges of environmental changes. Such policies need to acknowledge the importance of private forests, and importantly they need to be based on a deep understanding of how property rights held by private forest owners vary across Europe. We collected and analysed data on the content of property rights based on formal legal requirements existing in 31 European jurisdictions. To allow a comparison across jurisdictions, we constructed an original Property Rights Index for Forestry encompassing five rights domains (access, withdrawal, management, exclusion and alienation). We documented substantial variation of the private forest owners' rights, and notably to i) make decisions in operational management and the formulation of management goals, ii) withdraw timber resources from their forest, and iii) exclude others from the use of forest resources. We identified broad relations between the scope for decision making of private forest owners and jurisdictions' former socio-political background and geographical distribution. The variation in the content of property rights has implications for the implementation of international environmental policies, and stresses the need for tailored policy instruments, when addressing European society's rural development, the bioeconomy, climate change mitigation measures and nature protection strategies.",
journal = "Land Use Policy",
title = "How private are Europe's private forests? A comparative property rights analysis",
pages = "552-535",
volume = "76",
doi = "10.1016/j.landusepol.2018.02.034",
url = "conv_1349"
}

Nichiforel, L., Keary, K., Deuffić, P., Weiss, G., Thorsen, B. J., Winkel, G., Avdibegović, M., Dobsinska, Z., Feliciano, D., Gatto, P., Mifsud, E. G., Hoogstra-Klein, M., Hrib, M., Hujala, T., Jager, L., Jarsky, V., Jodlowski, K., Lawrence, A., Lukmine, D., Pezdevsek Malovrh, S., Nedeljković, J., Nonić, D., Krajter Ostoić, S., Pukall, K., Rondeux, J., Samara, T., Sarvasova, Z., Scriban, R. E., Silingiene, R., Sinko, M., Stojanovska, M., Stojanovski, V., Stoyanov, N., Teder, M., Vennesland, B., Vilkriste, L., Wilhelmsson, E., Wilkes-Allemann, J.,& Bouriaud, L.. (2018). How private are Europe's private forests? A comparative property rights analysis. in Land Use Policy, 76, 535-552.
https://doi.org/10.1016/j.landusepol.2018.02.034
conv_1349

Nichiforel L, Keary K, Deuffić P, Weiss G, Thorsen BJ, Winkel G, Avdibegović M, Dobsinska Z, Feliciano D, Gatto P, Mifsud EG, Hoogstra-Klein M, Hrib M, Hujala T, Jager L, Jarsky V, Jodlowski K, Lawrence A, Lukmine D, Pezdevsek Malovrh S, Nedeljković J, Nonić D, Krajter Ostoić S, Pukall K, Rondeux J, Samara T, Sarvasova Z, Scriban RE, Silingiene R, Sinko M, Stojanovska M, Stojanovski V, Stoyanov N, Teder M, Vennesland B, Vilkriste L, Wilhelmsson E, Wilkes-Allemann J, Bouriaud L. How private are Europe's private forests? A comparative property rights analysis. in Land Use Policy. 2018;76:535-552.
doi:10.1016/j.landusepol.2018.02.034
conv_1349 .

Nichiforel, Liviu, Keary, Kevin, Deuffić, Philippe, Weiss, Gerhard, Thorsen, Bo Jellesmark, Winkel, Georg, Avdibegović, Mersudin, Dobsinska, Zuzana, Feliciano, Diana, Gatto, Paola, Mifsud, Elena Gorriz, Hoogstra-Klein, Marjanke, Hrib, Michal, Hujala, Teppo, Jager, Laszlo, Jarsky, Vilem, Jodlowski, Krzysztof, Lawrence, Anna, Lukmine, Diana, Pezdevsek Malovrh, Spela, Nedeljković, Jelena, Nonić, Dragan, Krajter Ostoić, Silvija, Pukall, Klaus, Rondeux, Jacques, Samara, Theano, Sarvasova, Zuzana, Scriban, Ramona Elena, Silingiene, Rita, Sinko, Milan, Stojanovska, Makedonka, Stojanovski, Vladimir, Stoyanov, Nickola, Teder, Meelis, Vennesland, Birger, Vilkriste, Lelde, Wilhelmsson, Erik, Wilkes-Allemann, Jerylee, Bouriaud, Laura, "How private are Europe's private forests? A comparative property rights analysis" in Land Use Policy, 76 (2018):535-552,
https://doi.org/10.1016/j.landusepol.2018.02.034 .,
conv_1349 .