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P. Kovácsová, M. Antalová: PRECISION FORESTRY – DEFINITION AND TECHNOLOGIES Šumarski list br. 11–12, CXXXIV (2010), 603-611
compaction of soil and water supply as sedimentation,
ditchwater. New information and knowledge have significant
function in protecting rare ecosystem, parts of
county as aquatic and wildlife habitats.


After perusing certain number of scientific material
from conferences about precision forestry there was an
explanatory diagram made showing the processes of
precision forestry.


3. CONCLUSION – Zaključak
The term Precision Forestry is very debatable
among researchers and variable definitions of Precision
forestry depend on individual interpretation and understanding.
The specific definition of the term precision
forestry does not exist, while individual experts explain
this term differently, but the principle of term remains
essentially the same. In our opinion, the concept of
“precision forestry” is that the use of modern tools and
techniques to get as much real information as it is possible
to improve decision making process and to ensure
that current targets of forest management are met.


Precision forestry tools will help to make future
operation more economically viable and to satisfy public
and environment demands. This is important for
sustainable management of forest and renewable resources.
By idea of precision forestry we are able to
improve productivity of forest, long-term planning,
global and crop inventory, planning of road network
(hauling road, skid trail), sustainable utilization of renewable
resources and reducing negative environmental
consequences.


Integration of precision forestry into Slovak forest
management will have important meaning in the future.
Quick progress of precision forestry aims to make
technologies and accurate data accessible both to forest
enterprise and to public. Additionally, every deficiency
of forest management can be reduced or completely removed.
This new direction of “Precision forestry” will
bring modernization into not only Slovak silviculture.


In Technical University in Zvolen in Slovakia there
were created Decision support system for Forest Fire
Risk Assessment and for Optimal Harvesting Technology
Selection (used EMDS) and Growth simulator
SYBILA.


This work was supported by the Scientific Grand
Agency of the Ministry of Education of the Slovak republic
and the Academy of Sciences under the contract
No. VEGA 1/0764/10 and by the Agency of Education
for EU Structural Funds of the Ministry Education of
the Slovak republic.


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