Template-Type: ReDIF-Article 1.0 Author-Name: Diriba Abdeta Author-Workplace-Name: Department of Agricultural Economics, Ethiopian Environment and Forest Research Institute, Addis Ababa, Ethiopia Author-Workplace-Name: Department of Natural Resource Economics and Policy, Hawassa University, Hawassa, Ethiopia Title: Households' willingness to pay for forest conservation in Ethiopia: A review Abstract: Environmental valuation studies in the context of developing countries have become more frequent in recent years. However, literature which reviews and examines the environmental valuation studies is limited. Thus, this paper performed a literature review on forest contingent valuation studies conducted in the Ethiopian context in the past two decades (2000 to May 2022), focusing on two specific objectives: (i) to examine amounts of resources that households are willing to pay (WTP) for forest conservation, and (ii) to identify determinants of households' WTP. Results indicate the mean lower annual WTP of USD 0.41 (2.63 birr) and 7.04 man-days per household in money and labour time, respectively. Whereas the mean upper annual WTP of USD 53.52 per household in monetary payment and 94.34 man-days per household in labour time contribution are found for the management and conservation of forest in Ethiopia. The finding reveals that there is a limited proportion of the examined studies that included and estimated WTP in a non-monetary payment vehicle, implying a need for future researches on the topic. The result shows that demographic and socio-economic variables, physical assets ownership, institutional and infrastructural services and bid price variables were the main determinants of households' WTP. This suggests that the forest conservation intervention program involving public participation in the country needs to consider the identified determinants of WTP in design and implementation of the program. Moreover, the finding indicates the presence of mixed results on the effect and direction in which some determinants of WTP are affected. This recommends a pressing need for comprehensive future studies on the research theme. Keywords: contingent valuation method, determinants of willingness to pay, household, forest management, monetary payment, labour contribution Journal: Journal of Forest Science Pages: 437-451 Volume: 68 Issue: 11 Year: 2022 DOI: 10.17221/94/2022-JFS File-URL: http://jfs.agriculturejournals.cz/doi/10.17221/94/2022-JFS.html File-Format: text/html X-File-Ref: http://agriculturejournals.cz/RePEc/caa/references/jfs-202211-0001.txt Handle: RePEc:caa:jnljfs:v:68:y:2022:i:11:id:94-2022-JFS Template-Type: ReDIF-Article 1.0 Author-Name: Jan Cukor Author-Workplace-Name: Forestry and Game Management Research Institute, v.v.i., Jíloviště-Strnady, Czech Republic Author-Workplace-Name: Faculty of Forestry and Wood Sciences, Czech University of Life Sciences Prague, Prague, Czech Republic Author-Name: František Havránek Author-Workplace-Name: Forestry and Game Management Research Institute, v.v.i., Jíloviště-Strnady, Czech Republic Author-Name: Sergei Sokolov Author-Workplace-Name: Republican Union of Hunters and Fishers in Kazakhstan, Almaty, Kazakhstan Author-Name: Vlastimil Skoták Author-Workplace-Name: Forestry and Game Management Research Institute, v.v.i., Jíloviště-Strnady, Czech Republic Author-Workplace-Name: Faculty of Forestry and Wood Technology, Mendel University Brno, Brno, Czech Republic Author-Name: Lucie Hambálková Author-Workplace-Name: Forestry and Game Management Research Institute, v.v.i., Jíloviště-Strnady, Czech Republic Author-Name: Richard Ševčík Author-Workplace-Name: Forestry and Game Management Research Institute, v.v.i., Jíloviště-Strnady, Czech Republic Author-Name: Zdeněk Vacek Author-Workplace-Name: Faculty of Forestry and Wood Sciences, Czech University of Life Sciences Prague, Prague, Czech Republic Author-Name: Daniyar Nurseitov Author-Workplace-Name: KMG Engineering, Nur-Sultan, Kazakhstan Title: Estimation of ungulate population density in Kazakhstan: Case study from foothill ecosystems Abstract: Data on wildlife abundance is an important indicator both for the species concerned and the stability of entire ecosystems as well as for sustainable game management. Therefore, the abundance of ungulate game was verified in a foothill region of Kazakhstan. The methods of thermal imagery and faecal pellet group (FPG) census on transects were compared. The results obtained by the FPG counting method for moose (Alces alces, 0.34 individuals per 100 ha) and maral deer (Cervus elaphus sibiricus, 0.04 individuals per 100 ha) were relatively consistent with the data reported by the hunting ground tenants. Only one moose was detected by the thermal imaging transect count method. The results show that deer and moose abundance in Kazakhstan is significantly lower than in Central and Eastern Europe. Thus, for Kazakhstan, the method of FPG counting is well applicable for both routine and control counts. Detailed data on game populations can be obtained using the camera trap counting method, which has not been verified in Kazakhstan as yet. Keywords: Alces alces, Cervus elaphus sibiricus, counting methods, wildlife management Journal: Journal of Forest Science Pages: 452-458 Volume: 68 Issue: 11 Year: 2022 DOI: 10.17221/98/2022-JFS File-URL: http://jfs.agriculturejournals.cz/doi/10.17221/98/2022-JFS.html File-Format: text/html X-File-Ref: http://agriculturejournals.cz/RePEc/caa/references/jfs-202211-0002.txt Handle: RePEc:caa:jnljfs:v:68:y:2022:i:11:id:98-2022-JFS Template-Type: ReDIF-Article 1.0 Author-Name: Bayartaa Nyamjav Title: Adaptability responses to drought stress in the oak species Quercus petraea growing on dry sites Abstract: We studied sessile oak (Quercus petraea) growing on six dry sites to understand adaptability responses to drought stress. Pedunculate oak (Quercus robur) on a moderately dry site was tested in parallel. We analyzed accessions from mostly dry sites that were less sensitive to soil drought and found that the growth performance ranking was not the same before and after treatment. We used phenological plasticity approaches to study seed development and plant development before and after drought: the treatments included stem length, root length, and collar diameter, as well as dry above- and below-ground biomass performance. Additionally, after drought treatment, osmolytes and root surface were tested in Q. petraea. According to the analyses and results, the ranked sites did not maintain their ranking status, with Q. petraea exhibiting different rates of growth during each developmental stage from seed development until the end of the treatment of plant material. The smallest seeds came from the driest site, which may indicate more adaptability to drought stress. After drought treatment, large differences were found between the dry biomass performance, stem length, root length, and collar diameter of oaks grown on different sites. The osmolality of Q. petraea on most of the dry sites was higher under the reduced treatment than under the optimal treatment, but not significantly. After drought treatment, all accessions - and especially those from the driest site - showed large differences in growth performance between the treatments. The relationship between seed weight and seedling development before and after drought treatment differed according to the developmental stage. Keywords: aboveground biomass, belowground biomass, phenotypical plasticity, Quercus, water availability Journal: Journal of Forest Science Pages: 459-472 Volume: 68 Issue: 11 Year: 2022 DOI: 10.17221/123/2022-JFS File-URL: http://jfs.agriculturejournals.cz/doi/10.17221/123/2022-JFS.html File-Format: text/html X-File-Ref: http://agriculturejournals.cz/RePEc/caa/references/jfs-202211-0003.txt Handle: RePEc:caa:jnljfs:v:68:y:2022:i:11:id:123-2022-JFS Template-Type: ReDIF-Article 1.0 Author-Name: Karel Matějka Author-Workplace-Name: IDS, Prague, Czech Republic Author-Name: Václav Krpeš Author-Workplace-Name: Faculty of Science, University of Ostrava, Ostrava, Czech Republic Title: Norway spruce phenotype variability determined by needle anatomy in Bohemian Forest compared to other regions of the Czech Republic Abstract: Young trees (saplings) of the Norway spruce (Picea abies [L.] Karst.) regenerating populations were analysed on 7 plots in the Šumava Mts. (Bohemian Forest), on 5 plots in the Jeseníky Mts. (Eastern Sudetes), and 1 plot in the Krkonoše (Giant Mts.). All 13 plots were located at the forest altitudinal (vegetation) zones of natural Picea abies stands. Each selected tree was characterized by microscopic features of the first-year needles. The free-hand needle cross-sections were prepared from three needles of each tree and measured by digital microphotos. The following needle characteristics were measured: width, thickness, and vascular bundle diameter. Each population was described by variability of these parameters. Populations were classified based on the data set. Two artificially planted populations were most different. Populations resulting in natural stands have different phenotype variability, possibly as a result of the parent stand history: two extreme examples are Eustaška locality (Jeseníky Mts.) with no known disturbance, and Trojmezí locality (Šumava Mts.), where wind and bark beetle disturbances were repeatedly recorded. Keywords: microscopy, needle size, Picea abies, populations, quantitative anatomy, regeneration Journal: Journal of Forest Science Pages: 473-483 Volume: 68 Issue: 11 Year: 2022 DOI: 10.17221/137/2022-JFS File-URL: http://jfs.agriculturejournals.cz/doi/10.17221/137/2022-JFS.html File-Format: text/html X-File-Ref: http://agriculturejournals.cz/RePEc/caa/references/jfs-202211-0004.txt Handle: RePEc:caa:jnljfs:v:68:y:2022:i:11:id:137-2022-JFS