Family Forestry in Lithuania 2005 Private forestry in

Family Forestry in Lithuania 2005 Private forestry in the context of rural development in Lithuania: current practice and innovative use Presentation by: Dr. A. Gaižutis Chairman Forest Owners Association of Lithuania 8 -9 December 2005, Vilnius, Lithuania Forest Owners Association of Lithuania 2005

Family Forestry in Lithuania 2005 General characteristics of Lithuanian forests (January 1, 2005) Forest land area, 1000 ha Productive forest area (stands), 1000 ha Total growing stock volume, mill. m 3 Mean volume per ha, m 3 2091 1988 393 198 Total volume of mature stands, mill. m 3 Mean volume of mature stands per ha, m 3 Gross annual increment, mill. m 3 o. b. Annual current increment, m 3/ha 81, 5 Forest coverage, % Forest area per capita, ha Growing stock per capita, m 3 Forest Owners Association of Lithuania 2005 250 12, 8 6, 4 32 0, 61 115

Family Forestry in Lithuania 2005 Forest Ownership Categories in Lithuania 01. 07. 2005 Private Forests 33. 4% (of total forest area) State Forests 49. 8 % Other -could be privatised 16. 8 % Private forest area 685 thous. ha (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 150. 8 thous. Average area of private forest holding 4. 6 ha Source: FOAL, Ministry of Environment of Lithuania, 2005 Forest Owners Association of Lithuania 2005

Family Forestry in Lithuania 2005 Forestry administration in Lithuania, 2005 Ministry of Environment Department of Forests General Directorate of State Forests Regional Environment Protection Departments (8) State Forest Enterprises (42) Subordination Supervision Forest Owners Association of Lithuania 2005 State Service of Forest Genetic Resources, Seed and Plants State Environmental Inspection Private forest owners (450 000) State Service of Protected Areas National parks (4) State Strict Nature Reserves (4) State Forest Survey Service of Sanitary Forest Protection Institute of Forest Management Planning

Family Forestry in Lithuania 2005 Privačių miško valdų pasiskirstymas pagal plotą Distribution of private forest holdings by size (2003 01 01) Source: Ministry of Environment of Lithuania, 2003 Forest Owners Association of Lithuania 2005

Family Forestry in Lithuania 2005 Input of Forest sector to GNP (%) 1990 – 2004 (FAO) Forest Owners Association of Lithuania 2005

Family Forestry in Lithuania 2005 Forest Owners Association of Lithuania 2005

Family Forestry in Lithuania 2005 ROUNDWOOD SUPPLY IN LITHUANIA 1970 – 2005 (mln. m 3) Forest Owners Association of Lithuania 2005

Family Forestry in Lithuania 2005 Roundwood flow in the market (2004 m. ) SUPLY - STATE FOREST ~3, 2 - (3, 5 mln. m 3) - PRIVATE FOREST (2, 5 mln. m 3) - IMPORT (0, 1 mln. m 3) 6, 1 mln. m 3 CONSUMPTION ~ 1, 4 ~1, 5 Domestic industry - Export - Households (fire wood) 6, 1 mln. m 3 Source: INFOMEDIS 2004 Forest Owners Association of Lithuania 2005

Family Forestry in Lithuania 2005 LITHUANIA: ROUNDWOOD SUPPLY 6 mln. m 3 sales ~ 500 mln. Lt 42 state forest enterprises: accounts 12% of market share each one FOAL group Co-operatives/ companies ~80 mln. Lt Hundreds of contractors >232 thousand forest owners Hundreds of transport companies and entrepreneurs, railway 5 large forest industries (groups of companies) Source: INFOMEDIS 2004 Forest Owners Association of Lithuania 2005

Family Forestry in Lithuania 2005 FOA of LITHUANIA organisational structure Private forest owners FOAL local branches FOC & companies FOAL Chairman Administration PEFC Lietuva Forest Owners Association of Lithuania 2005 FOAL Board Audit commission Wood marketing centre “Ekomediena” Extension centre “PMPC”

Family Forestry in Lithuania 2005 • FOA of LITHUANIA (LMSA) 25 co-operatives & companies of forest owners • • providing full range of services Over 130 specialists employed 40 000 m 3 wood trade in 2001, 100 000 m 3 –in 2002 250 000 m 3 –in 2003 ~450 000 m 3 –in 2004 Network expanding rapidly: consultations for 20 000 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 Forest Owners Association of Lithuania 2005

Family Forestry in Lithuania 2005 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 Forest Owners Association of Lithuania 2005

Family Forestry in Lithuania 2005 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 savininkų asociacija - LMSA • Latvia - Latvijas meža ipašnieku asociãcija • Estonia - EESTI ERAMETSALIIT Forest Owners Association of Lithuania 2005

Family Forestry in Lithuania 2005 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 Forest Owners Association of Lithuania 2005

Family Forestry in Lithuania 2005 FOAL umbrella companies’ roundwood sales (1000 m 3) Forest Owners Association of Lithuania 2005

Family Forestry in Lithuania 2005 0, 45 mln. m 3 means: 17% wood supply from private forests 7% wood 1, 3% 2001 supply total Baltic countries 2005 (INFOMEDIS) Forest Owners Association of Lithuania 2005

Family Forestry in Lithuania 2005 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, (http: //www. lvmi. lt/vmt) • PRIVATE SECTOR • • • New MIS launched in 2001 (http: //www. forest. lt, ) Currently 15 cooperatives & companies supply data about their roundwood sales Data coverage is rapidly growing: • 30, 000 m 3 in 2001 • 80, 000 m 3 in 2002 • 500, 000 m 3 in 2003 • ~850, 000 m 3 in 2004 Forest Owners Association of Lithuania 2005

Family Forestry in Lithuania 2005 MARKET INTELLIGENCE (2) Forest Owners Association of Lithuania 2005

Family Forestry in Lithuania 2005 Specialty (non-wood) Forest Products & services- opportunities for Forest Owners • Mushrooms and wild berries gathering In Lithuania about 20 -30 species of mushrooms are used. The annual potential yield of mushrooms is about 21 -29 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) Forest Owners Association of Lithuania 2005

Family Forestry in Lithuania 2005 Extention services 2004 : Training courses forest owners • Forest days • Total number of participants Forest Owners Association of Lithuania 2005 26 38 1637

Family Forestry in Lithuania 2005 EU support for afforestation FOAL specialists prepared 84 afforestation projects and planted 290 ha forest in agriculture land in 2004 Forest Owners Association of Lithuania 2005

Family Forestry in Lithuania 2005 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 Forest Owners Association of Lithuania 2005

Family Forestry in Lithuania 2005 Thank you ! This presentation has been prepared by: Algis Gaizutis, Chairman of the Board, FOAL E-mail: algis@forest. lt, Ph. : +370 -687 -95113 mob. Forest Owners Association of Lithuania Administration office: Kalvariju str. 131 -314, LT-08221 Vilnius, Lithuania Ph. : +370 5 2767590 Fax. : +370 5 2767590 E-mail info@forest. lt, Website: www. forest. lt Forest Owners Association of Lithuania 2005 More about private forests in Lithuania: www. forest. lt