On the base of analysis of the existing management system of the forestry sector symptoms of deepening crisis in forestry management, forests and forest industry in the years after 1997 are identified. They are systemized and directions of their removal are suggested. The main conclusion, which...

The paper presents results of a survey in the wood processing and furniture sector. It is identified that there is no system for obtaining professional qualifications; inadequate qualifications of middle and upper management; the strong protection of the employees by labour legislation hinders...

The objective of the paper is to contribute to a better understanding of the problems of economic integration of urban consumers’ demand and rural forestry production and possible solutions of forest-based entrepreneurship in small-scale forestry, wood processing and non-wood forest products...

The paper discusses the contribution, role and innovation activity of SME for the economy of the country in a particular business sector – wood processing and furniture industry, with focus on the furniture sector. The authors use official statistical information of NSI concerning the...

Decarbonisation of existing infrastructure systems requires a dynamic roll-out of technology at an unprecedented scale. The potential disruption in supply of critical materials could endanger such a transition to low-carbon infrastructure and, by extension, compromise energy security more...

Assessment of urban energy use may proceed by a number of methods. Here we derive an energy account from local statistics, and compare them with an input output (IO) analysis as applied to Melbourne, Australia. These approaches highlight different aspects of urban energy use and comparable...

Human use of materials is a major driver of global environmental change. The links between materials use and economic development are central to the challenge of decoupling of materials use and economic growth (dematerialization). This article presents a new global material flow dataset compiled...

This study presents fossil-fuel related CO2 emissions in Austria and Czechoslovakia (current Czech Republic and Slovakia) for 1830-2000. The drivers of CO2 emissions are discussed by investigating the variables of the standard Kaya identity for 1920-2000 and conducting a comparative Index...

We investigate the relationship between human needs, energy consumption and carbon emissions for several indicators of human development: life expectancy, literacy, income and the Human Development Index. We find that high human development can be achieved at moderate energy and carbon levels;...