Genetika 2017 Volume 49, Issue 3, Pages: 875-890
https://doi.org/10.2298/GENSR1703875S
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Conservation of forest genetic resources: Key stakeholders' attitudes in forestry and nature protection
Šijačić-Nikolić Mirjana (Faculty of Forestry, Belgrade)
Nonić Marina (Faculty of Forestry, Belgrade)
Lalović Vedrana (Ministry of agriculture, forestry and water management, Forest Directorate, Belgrade)
Milovanović Jelena (University Singidunum, Faculty of Applied Ecology “Futura”, Belgrade)
Nedeljković Jelena (Faculty of Forestry, Belgrade)
Nonić Dragan (Faculty of Forestry, Belgrade)
Despite the large number of scientific papers dealing with conservation of
forest genetic resources, research about the attitudes and evaluation of
representatives of key stakeholders in the forestry and nature protection
sectors, towards this issue, have not been sufficiently represented so far in
Serbia. The aim of this paper was to study the attitudes of representatives
of key public institutions (administrative and professional), enterprises,
educational and research organizations in the forestry and nature protection
sectors, towards the factors that threaten biodiversity, conservation
methods, state of seed sources in Serbia and proposals of measures to improve
forest genetic resources. The methodology used in the paper is an approach to
the research on conservation of forest genetic resources which is used in the
social sciences. The survey included a total number of 32 respondents in the
territory of the Republic of Serbia. According to the key stakeholders’
opinion, urbanization and infrastructure construction (average score 4.1)
have the greatest negative impact on biodiversity; conservation of forest
genetic resources in natural populations through designation of seed stands
is rated as the most important in situ method (average score 4.60), while
establishment of seed orchards and provenance trials are rated as the most
important ex situ conservation methods (average score 4.19). From the
analysis of respondents' attitudes, it can be concluded that the conservation
of forest genetic resources through designation of seed stands (72%) and
conservation in protected areas (63%) are methods that gave the best results
in Serbia. However, the majority of respondents (about 60%) stated that seed
sources in Serbia do not have an appropriate structure and spatial coverage.
In addition to the professional activities and support from the institutions,
the majority of respondents believe that it is necessary to intensify
activities to promote conservation of forest genetic resources.
Keywords: biodiversity, conservation methods, ex situ, in situ, survey
Project of
the Serbian Ministry of Education, Science and Technological Development,
Grant no. ТR 31041: Establishment of forest plantations to increase the
afforested areas in Serbia