Reforestation of clear-cut areas has been considered one of the most critical topics of forest management in Estonia during the last 15 years. Experts have given alarming assessments especially about the situation in private forests. In the paper the use of different tools, implemented by forest...

The article deals with the economic impact of increasing strictly protected forest areas from the current 8.2% level up to 10% from the total forest area in Estonia. Whereas there is no concrete selection of areas added in the group of strictly protected forests, the impact on annual lost income...

Sweden and Finland as two neighbouring forestry countries are compared. Despite the widely similar features of forestry sectors, some interesting differences are found. In Finland, the economic dependence on and the people's involvement in the forestry sector are wider than in Sweden. For...