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1 The role of private forestry in Lithuania: sharing of experiences that works Presentation by: Dr. A. Gaižutis Chairman Forest Owners Association of Lithuania January 2006, Estonia

2 General characteristics of Lithuanian forests (January 1, 2005) Forest land area, 1000 ha Gross annual increment, mill. m 3 o.b. Annual current increment, m 3 /ha Forest coverage, % 2091 Productive forest area (stands), 1000 ha 1988 Total growing stock volume, mill. m 3 Mean volume per ha, m Total volume of mature stands, mill. m ,5 Mean volume of mature stands per ha, m ,8 6,4 Forest area per capita, ha 0,61 Growing stock per capita, m

3 Forest Ownership Categories in Lithuania Private Forests 33.4% (of total forest area) State Forests 49.8 % Other -could be privatised 16.8 % Private forest area 685 thous. ha 33.4% 16.8% 49.8% (expected to be over 850 thous. ha- when Restitution will be completed) No of private forest owners ~239.9 thous. No of private forest holdings thous. Average area of private forest holding 4.6 ha Source: FOAL, Ministry of Environment of Lithuania, 2005

4 Forestry administration in Lithuania, 2005 Ministry of Environment Department of Forests General Directorate of State Forests State Forest Enterprises (42) Subordination Supervision Regional Environment Protection Departments (8) Private forest owners ( ) State Environmental Inspection State Service of Protected Areas National parks (4) State Strict Nature Reserves (4) State Service of Forest Genetic Resources, Seed and Plants State Forest Survey Service Service of Sanitary Forest Protection Institute of Forest Management Planning

5 Privaèiø miško valdø pasiskirstymas pagal plot¹ Distribution of private forest holdings by size ( ) <1 ha 1-5 ha 5-10 ha ha ha >50 ha Source: Ministry of Environment of Lithuania, 2003

6 Input of Forest sector to GNP (%) % 6.0% 5.0% 4.0% 3.0% 2.0% Estonia Latvia Nordic countries Lithuania E.Europe and CIS EU % 0.0% (FAO)

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8 7 6 5 ROUNDWOOD SUPPLY IN LITHUANIA (mln. m 3 ) IMPORT Issued permits for felling in private forests Stumpage sales in state forest State forest enterprises' fellings in state forest (F) 2006(F)

9 Roundwood flow in the market (2004 m.) SUPLY - STATE FOREST (3,5 mln.m3) - PRIVATE FOREST (2,5 mln.m3) - IMPORT (0,1 mln.m3) 6,1 mln.m3 ~3,2 ~ 1,4 ~1,5 CONSUMPTION - Domestic industry - Export - Households (fire wood) 6,1 mln.m3 Source: INFOMEDIS 2004

10 LITHUANIA: ROUNDWOOD SUPPLY 6 mln.m 3 sales ~ 500 mln.lt FOAL group Co-operatives/ companies 7% 42 state forest enterprises: accounts 1-2% of market share each one >232 thousand forest owners 31% Hundreds of contractors 7% 55% ~80 mln.lt Hundreds of transport companies and entrepreneurs, railway 5 large forest industries (groups of companies) Source: INFOMEDIS 2004

11 FOA of LITHUANIA organisational structure Private forest owners FOAL local branches FOC & companies Administration PEFC Lietuva FOAL Chairman FOAL Board Audit commission Wood marketing centre Ekomediena Extension centre PMPC

12 FOA of LITHUANIA (LMSA) 25 co-operatives & companies of forest owners providing full range of services Over 130 specialists employed m3 wood trade in 2001, m3 in m3 in 2003 ~ m3 in 2004 Network expanding rapidly: consultations for forest owners, consultancy visits to 8000 forest estates PFEC extension services (1637 private forest owners trained in courses) INFOMEDIS Market information system (monthly roundwood sale prices in private forest), November 2001 EKOMEDIENA: centralized roundwood sales from private forests in Lithuania, marketing company, operations from October 2002 PEFC LITHUANIA national governing body for PEFC certification

13 Co-operation and networking: since 1993 Cooperation started with Skovdyrkerforeningen & Danish Forest Extension - DFE, Denmark Objectives: To gain experience how to develop Family Forestry and to find resources needed

14 Co-operation and networking: Since 1995 Baltic and Nordic Forest Owners organizations round table : Sweden -The Federation of Farmers Forestry Division LRF Skogsägarna Finland - The Central Union of Agricultural Producers and Forest Owners - MTK, Denmark - Danish Forest Association - Dansk Skovforening Norway- The Norwegian Forest Owner s Federation - NFOF Lithuania- Lietuvos miško savininkø asociacija - LMSA Latvia - Latvijas meža ipašnieku asociãcija Estonia - EESTI ERAMETSALIIT

15 Co-operation and networking : Europe : since 1997: associated members and then- members of CEPF since 2002: associated members and thenmembers of ELO Globe: since 2003 members of the International Family Forestry Alliance IFFA Forest certification members of the PEFCC

16 FOAL umbrella companies roundwood sales (1000 m3) source: INFOMEDIS

17 0,45 mln.m3 means: 7% wood supply total 1,3% Baltic countries % wood supply from private forests (INFOMEDIS)

18 MARKET INTELLIGENCE (1) STATE SECTOR Since 1993, well developed and functioning market information system exists Statistical Yearbook of forestry published annually by the State forest survey service, in Lithuanian and English, ( PRIVATE SECTOR New MIS launched in 2001 ( Currently 15 cooperatives & companies supply data about their roundwood sales Data coverage is rapidly growing: 30,000 m3 in ,000 m3 in ,000 m3 in 2003 ~850,000 m3 in 2004

19 MARKET INTELLIGENCE (2)

20 Specialty (non-wood) Forest Products & services- opportunities for Forest Owners Mushrooms and wild berries gathering In Lithuania about species of mushrooms are used. The annual potential yield of mushrooms is about thous. tons. (~30% is used) HUNTING The total hunting area: 4,178,362 ha (1,931,651 ha of the forest and 2,246,711 ha of the fields, shrubs, waters. The 897 hunting clubs, more than 30 thousand hunters. RECREATION, COUNTRY SIDE TOURISM (demand increasing ) OTHER (herbs, bees, etc)

21 Extention services 2004 : Training courses for forest owners 26 Forest days 38 Total number of participants 1637

22 EU support for afforestation FOAL specialists prepared 84 afforestation projects and planted 290 ha forest in agriculture land in 2004

23 PERSPCTIVES: development of STRATEGIC COOPERATION and NETWORKS for political and business activities among the Land & Forest Owners Organisations in EU SUCESS FACTORS: PROFESIONAL and COMPETENT SPECIALISTS SOLIDARITY, ONE VOICE IN EU FINANCES and BUSINESS COOPERATION WITH EU & NATIONAL GOVERNMENT INSTITUTIONS

24 Thank you! This presentation has been prepared by: Algis Gaizutis, Chairman of FOAL Ph.: mob. Forest Owners Association of Lithuania Administration office: Kalvariju str , LT Vilnius, Lithuania Ph.: Fax.: info@forest.lt, Website: More about private forests in Lithuania: