Forest Owners Associations in the Central and Eastern European Region

• Published in: Small-scale forestry Vol. 14; no. 2; pp. 217 - 232
• Main Authors: Sarvašová, Zuzana, Zivojinovic, Ivana, Weiss, Gerhard, Dobšinská, Zuzana, Drăgoi, Marian, Gál, János, Jarský, Vilém, Mizaraite, Diana, Põllumäe, Priit, Šálka, Jaroslav, Schiberna, Endré, Šišák, Luděk, Wolfslehner, Bernhard, Zalite, Zinta, Zalitis, Toms
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Dordrecht Springer Netherlands 01.06.2015; Springer Nature B.V
• Subjects: Agricultural Economics; Agriculture; Biomedical and Life Sciences; Common Agricultural Policy; Communism; Environmental Economics; Environmental Management; Forest management; Forestry; Forestry Management; Forests; Information services; Interest groups; Life Sciences; Lobbying; Market economies; Ownership; Political systems; Privatization; Property rights; Representations; Research Paper; Restitution; Rural development; Timber; Czech Republic; Latvia; Romania; Hungary; Poland; CEE countries; Slovakia; Lithuania; Estonia; Restitution; Post-communism; Forest policy; Interest groups; Cooperation

The restitution and privatization in Central and Eastern European countries in the early 1990s predisposed a heterogeneous ownership structure, a large number of forest owners and a variety of types of property ownership modes. Furthermore, development of governance in these countries posited a new...