Beech (Fagus sylvatica) Newsgroup

Location: SERBIA AND MONTENEGRO, KOTOR RISAN

Beech forest in Montenegro.
The forest covers the area of 6.368.373 m2. The area under the trees is about 550 hectares, exclusively beech forest. The age of trees is from 20-50 years. It is mostly technical wood. According to estimates of a forestry engineer one hectare of the forest contains from 160 m3 to 200 m3 of wood material. For cutting down the trees there must exist a project and plan which have to be approved by the Forestry Department of Montenegro with the main office in the city of Pljevlja and local branches in the cities of Niksic and Kotor. Exploitation of beech forest is not limited. Tax paid to the Forestry Department amounts to 9 EUR/m3 for technical wood and 2 EUR/m3 for firewood. From Risan, an international sea-port, runs asphalt road about 10 km long, and macadam road 8 km long. Registration of the company that would deal with exploitation of wood is quite simple and can be finished in 5-6 days with the authorized court and is usually registered as D.O.O. (LTD). The nearest village is at distance of about 2 km and it has electric power. In the course of the year 2007, a modern highway with two lanes, leading from Risan is going to be finished and the forest will be only 6-7 km far from it, which makes it the nearest and the most convenient location for exploitation owing to extremely small transportation costs as the port of Risan is in the immediate vicinity.