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IZVORNI ZNANSTVENI ČLANCI – ORIGINAL SCIENTIFIC PAPERS Šumarski list br. 11–12, CXXXV (2011), 557-566 UDK 630* 923 + 946 (001) PRIVATE FOREST OWNER EXPECTATIONS OF INTERESTASSOCIATIONS: COMPARATIVE ANALYSIS BETWEEN SLOVENIAAND BOSNIA-HERZEGOVINA OČEKIVANJAPRIVATNIH ŠUMOPOSJEDNIKAOD INTERESNIH UDRUŽENJA: KOMPARATIVNAANALIZAIZMEĐU SLOVENIJE I BOSNE I HERCEGOVINE Špela PEZDEVŠEK MALOVRH1, Donald G. HODGES2, 33 Bruno MARIĆ, Mersudin AVDIBEGOVIĆ ABSTRACT: Private forests in Slovenia and Bosnia-Herzegovina are important resources for national economic development. Based on differences in the proportion of private forests, the countries differ substantially with regard to the role of private forest owners, as well as the conditions of owner interest associations in the forest policy processes. Since private forest owners are so diverse, there is a need to better understand their expectation for interest associations. Surveys were conducted in 2008 on random samples of private forest owners in Slovenia and Bosnia-Herzegovina to examine the factors affecting their expectations. The study examined seven categories of expectations: silvicultural advice, harvesting advice, information about timber markets, information about legal regulations, information about strengthening entrepreneurship, support of forest road construction/maintenance and forest management training. Seven models were developed to examine the factors affecting each category of expectations. The results reveal that socio-demographic characteristics of private forest owners, ownership structure, and property conditions were associated with expectations. Three models (silvicultural advice, strengthening entrepreneurship and support of forest road construction/maintenance) were statistically significant in both countries. The strongest factor that influences the expectations for Slovenian private forest owners was education while in Bosnia-Herzegovina it was property size. Gender did not influence expectations of private forest owners in either country. Understanding the underlying factors influencing private forest owner expectations could aid in developing appropriate forest policy instruments to support owner cooperation within interest associations and improve private forest management. Key words:private forests, interest associations, private forest owner expectations, Slovenia, Bosnia-Herzegovina INTRODUCTION – Uvod Global processes such as transitioning to a market sectors in South-East European countries during the past economy and democratization have affected the forestry few decades. These countries faced an unprecedented scale of socio-political changes in a relatively short pe 1 Asist. dr. Špela Pezdevšek Malovrh, Biotechnical Faculty, De- riod. Some, such as Slovenia, passed through the transipartment of Forestry, Večna pot 83, 1000 Ljubljana, Slovenia, tion with relative ease and already have consolidated spela.pezdevsek.malovrh@bf.uni-lj.si their positions within the EU. Conversely, countries like 2 Prof. dr. Donald G. Hodges, University of Tennessee, 274 Ellington Plant Sciences Bldg, USA, dhodges2@utk.edu Bosnia-Herzegovina are still struggling to overcome the 3 Bruno Marić, B. Sc., Faculty of Forestry, Zagrebačka 20, challenges associated with the new social, economical, 71000 Sarajevo, BIH, bruno.m.maric@gmail.com and political realities.All countries endeavouring to be 3 Prof. dr. Mersudin Avdibegović, Faculty of Forestry, Zagrebačka 20, 71000 Sarajevo, BIH, mavdibegovic@gmail.com come members of the EU must adapt their institutions |