Tuyển tập các báo cáo nghiên cứu về sinh học được đăng trên tạp chí lâm nghiệp đề tài: Forest visitors’ opinions on the importance of forest operations, forest functions and sources of their financing. | JOURNAL OF FOREST SCIENCE 57 2011 6 266-270 Forest visitors opinions on the importance of forest operations forest functions and sources of their financing L. SlSAK Faculty of Forestry and Wood Sciences Czech University of Life Sciences Prague Prague Czech Republic ABSTRACT The survey was conducted in three selected areas of the Czech Republic in 2008 with the results processed in 2009. Forests visitors received inquiry forms face to face interviews random sample . The total number of visitors on 8 survey days was 7 369. The total number of filled-in questionnaires in the three areas was 1 122. Tree planting and tree protection are considered as the most important forest operations followed by road and stream bank maintenance. On the contrary timber transport and harvesting are considered as the least important activities. The nature-protecting function is considered as the most important forest function followed by soil-conservation climatic hydrological and health recreational functions. Timber production and non-timber production are the least important functions according to the respondents. 20 of respondents claimed that increased costs needed to improve non-market forest functions used by the visitors should be partially or fully financed from the timber sales revenues while only of respondents say the costs should be partially or fully financed from payments by the users of forest functions. Keywords Czech Republic forest functions forest operations importance sources of finance An objective survey of what forest visitors know about the issues in question is a very important informative source for forest policy and forestry public relations plans and activities. Many inhabitants of the Czech Republic CR are keen forest visitors and are obviously influenced by all kinds of information media family and school education. It is rather complicated to inquire about visitors opinions on forest functions on the importance of forest operations and on sources of .
