In the paper the main aspects regarding timber harvesting in our country in the current conditions of national forest land are presented. In this respect, the following issues are tackled: ownership structure, management conditions, technical endowment level of the timber harvesting economic...

There is over 60 years of experience within ICAS on torrent control structures design and, together with Faculty of Silviculture and Forest Engineering from Braşov, represent watershed management history within Romanian forestry. Based on this activity a series of instructions and normative has...

Since the National Forest Administration-ROMSILVA was established in 1990, its responsibilities were to protect the forest from erosion and other forms of degradation by the implementation of torrent correction projects. The National Forest Administration-ROMSILVA is involved in almost all...

Logging activities in the Danube flooded area are affected by the presence of various restrictive factors. The variation in the river’s high waters may cause flooding of the cutting areas or of the access routes to them, thus influencing the development of technological processes. The extreme...

Reducing the effects of natural hazards is an objective of prime necessity in the actions of the international cooperation within the European Union. The MONITOR II Project (in which Romsilva and ICAS are partners), have been identified hazards areas exposed to floods and landslides in the Basin...

In Romania, logging activities are considered as part of silviculture field since many years ago. Although many rules and regulations have emphasized the obligations of protecting the remaining standing trees, young regeneration layer as well as forest soil when logging, such undesired effects...