In the next decade we want to increase use of renewable forest resources, while also achieving environmental and social objectives of forest management. In addition, forest management will be influenced by environmental change: environmental pollution, invasive organisms, changing land use and climate. In these difficult conditions silviculture has to improve tending strategies and thus significantly contribute to the success of multi-purpose forest management. The purpose of this contribution is to highlight the principal silvicultural problems in Slovenia and stimulate developmental thinking. In the first part we present the achievements and problems of silviculture in the past decade and the strategic directions for the future. The second part highlights most important research topics in the field of silviculture in Slovenia and Central Europe, and suggests policies to promote development-oriented silviculture.
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