scholarly journals Financial and socio-economic impacts of nature conservation on forestry in Slovakia

2012 ◽  
Vol 58 (No. 10) ◽  
pp. 425-435 ◽  
Author(s):  
M. Kovalčík ◽  
Z. Sarvašová ◽  
M. Schwarz ◽  
M. Moravčík ◽  
M. Oravec ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Nature Conservation ◽  
Economic Impacts ◽  
State Budget ◽  
Processing Industry ◽  
Wood Processing ◽  
Forest Enterprises ◽  
Financial Impacts ◽  
Landscape Protection

The article deals with financial and socio-economic impacts of nature conservation in forest and wood industries of Slovakia. The paper presents costs and losses of state budget, forest enterprises and wood-processing companies caused by restrictions related to Act No. 543/2002 on Nature and Landscape Protection. Total financial impacts were calculated at 26.98 mil. EUR and total socio-economic impacts based on revenues of the wood-processing industry at 167.81 mil. EUR, which means a loss of 2,268 jobs. These financial and socio-economic impacts were partially compensated, the sum of compensations reached 2.79 mil. EUR.  

Waldpolitik des Bundes – Ein neuer Prozess ist gestartet | Federal forest policy – the start of a new process

2001 ◽  
Vol 152 (12) ◽  
pp. 531-533
Author(s):  
Werner Schärer
Keyword(s):  
Nature Conservation ◽  
Regional Policy ◽  
Forest Policy ◽  
Economic Policies ◽  
Forest Owners ◽  
Protection Policy ◽  
Joint Task ◽  
New Process ◽  
Clean Air ◽  
Landscape Protection

Modern forest policy must take the following two conditions into account:1. Forest policy is an intersectoral policy involving elements of regional policy, nature conservation and landscape protection policy, as well as agricultural, clean-air, climate and economic policies.2. It is the joint task of the federal authorities, cantons, municipalities,relevant organisations and forest owners. Over the next few years, Buwal will develop a forestry programme for Switzerland together with all the relevant actors,which will fulfil both current and forthcoming forest policy requirements at both national and international levels.

scholarly journals DIFFERENTIATION OF DEVELOPMENT OF SUB-SECTOR OF PROCESSING INDUSTRY OF AGRICULTURAL SECTOR OF VINNITSA REGION

2020 ◽  
pp. 7-23
Author(s):  
Grygorii KALETNIK ◽  
HONTARUK Yaroslav
Keyword(s):  
Agricultural Sector ◽  
Raw Materials ◽  
Industrial Complex ◽  
State Budget ◽  
Processing Industry ◽  
Industrial Processing ◽  
Promising Area ◽  
Energy Independence ◽  
Labor Resources ◽  
Regional Product

The article analyzes the approaches to the interpretation of the concept of differentiation. The own interpretation of the concept of differentiation of development of branches as process of development of the enterprises on indicators of efficiency of use of actives, own capital, labor resources, efficiency of manufacture and possibility of creation of new kinds of production is offered. The components of the processing industry of the agro-industrial complex of Vinnytsia region are studied and the main ones are determined. The main factors influencing the development of differentiation of enterprises of the processing industry of the agricultural sector are analyzed. The analysis on the basic financial indicators of activity of the processing enterprises of agrarian sector of Vinnytsia region depending on the size of the organizations is carried out. Prospects for the privatization of distilleries in Ukraine are highlighted. The possibility of product differentiation at the enterprises of agro-industrial complex processing with orientation on creation of new productions is substantiated. The low level of management of distilleries was confirmed and the prospects of privatization of these organizations in accordance with the current legislation were outlined. It is determined that the main promising area of sectoral differentiation of the processing industry of the agro-industrial complex is the formation of sugar, meat processing, agricultural and alcohol industries on the basis of raw materials - production of biofuels (biogas, bioethanol). These studies show that the developed areas of differentiation of processing enterprises will avoid the practice of concealing profits at enterprises, increase revenues to the state budget from the alcohol industry; achieve growth in foreign investment. Improving the management of enterprises in the agro-industrial processing industry will contribute to the growth of the gross regional product and the profitability of production in the processing sectors of the agricultural sector. This will increase the energy independence of the region, reduce energy costs of distilleries, improve the environmental condition of water resources in the region, reduce greenhouse gas emissions and provide the livestock industry with protein feed.

scholarly journals Determinants preventing the implementation of green growth and sustainable development in enterprises in the Slovak wood-processing industry

2021 ◽  
Vol 129 ◽  
pp. 05007
Author(s):  
Miroslava Melichová ◽  
Natália Poláková ◽  
Mária Moresová ◽  
Anna Kocianová
Keyword(s):  
Sustainable Development ◽  
Value Added ◽  
Not Given ◽  
Research Issue ◽  
The European Union ◽  
Green Growth ◽  
Processing Industry ◽  
Empirical Survey ◽  
Wood Processing ◽  
Comprehensive Survey

Research background: Despite the fact, that green growth is one of the main goals of the European Union, a sufficient attention is still not given to it in conditions of Slovakia. The green growth represents compliance of the need to protect environment with economic development of society. So far, a comprehensive survey has not been carried out in Slovakia, which would focus on the issue of green growth and sustainable development in enterprises in the Slovak wood-processing industry. Purpose of the article: The aim of the presented paper is to identify key external and internal determinants preventing the implementation of green growth and sustainable development in enterprises in the Slovak wood-processing industry. Methods: Current information on the research issue was obtained through an empirical survey in the form of a questionnaire. Subsequently, the results were processed descriptively and graphically. Findings & Value added: The achieved results show that the key internal determinant preventing the implementation of green growth and sustainable development in enterprises in the Slovak wood processing industry is the orientation of production to the end of the production process in the context of environmental pollution. The enterprises consider insufficient state support to be the main external determinant.

scholarly journals Carbon footprint estimate in the primary wood processing industry in El Salto, Durango

2020 ◽  
Vol 27 (1) ◽  
pp. 127-142
Author(s):  
Pedro Meza-López ◽  
◽  
Mayra K. Trujillo-Delgado ◽  
Alan U. Burciaga-Álvarez ◽  
Ricardo de la Cruz-Carrera ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Carbon Footprint ◽  
Ghg Emissions ◽  
Electricity Consumption ◽  
Wilcoxon Test ◽  
Organizational Boundaries ◽  
Activity Data ◽  
Processing Industry ◽  
Wood Processing ◽  
The Difference ◽  
L1 And L2

Introduction: The primary wood processing industry releases greenhouse gases (GHGs); their mitigation involves measuring the carbon footprint.Objective: To estimate the carbon footprint of two forestry companies dedicated to the primary transformation of wood.Materials and methods: Companies established as organizational boundaries L1 and L2 have two (Q1 and Q2) and one (D) sawmill, respectively. The operational limits were A1 (direct emissions from fossil fuel consumption), A2 (indirect emissions from electricity consumption) and A3 (emission sources not owned by L1 and L2). GHG emissions were calculated in two annuities with the method of using documented activity data and emission factors level 1. The annuities were compared with the Student’ t-test and Wilcoxon test, and the sawmills with the Kruskal-Wallis test.Results and discussion: The estimated carbon footprint for L1 was 480.06 tCO2e·year-1, where A1, A2 and A3 represented 29.32 %, 14.59 % and 56.09 %, respectively. L2 had a footprint of 230.56 tCO2e·year-1 of which 9.39 %, 11.78 % and 78.83 % corresponded to the categories A1, A2 and A3, respectively. The cumulative uncertainty was within a fair range of accuracy (±25 %). Only the direct GHG emissions between L1 annuities were statistically different (P < 0.05). Mechanical technology made the difference in GHG emissions among sawmills (P < 0.05).Conclusions: The carbon footprint is inherent to the energy used; energy management ensures the mitigation of GHG emissions.

scholarly journals Shaping competitiveness in the Chilean wood-processing industry

CEPAL Review ◽  
1993 ◽  
Vol 1993 (49) ◽  
pp. 117-137 ◽  
Author(s):  
Dirk Messner
Keyword(s):  
Processing Industry ◽  
Wood Processing

scholarly journals The Significance of IoT Technology in Improving Logistical Processes and Enhancing Competitiveness: A Case Study on the World’s and Slovakia’s Wood-Processing Enterprises

2020 ◽  
Vol 12 (18) ◽  
pp. 7804
Author(s):  
Dominika Šulyová ◽  
Gabriel Koman
Keyword(s):  
Case Studies ◽  
Best Practice ◽  
New Technologies ◽  
Secondary Analysis ◽  
Added Value ◽  
Production Volume ◽  
Time Data ◽  
Processing Industry ◽  
Wood Processing ◽  
Research Activities

The wood-processing industry currently does not sufficiently use modern technologies, unlike the automotive sector. The primary motive for writing this article was in cooperation with a Slovak wood processing company, which wanted to improve its logistics processes and increase competitiveness in the wood processing sector through the implementation of new technologies. The aim of this article was to identify the positives and limitations of the implementation of Internet of Things (IoT) technology into the wood processing industry, based on a secondary analysis of case studies and the best practice of American wood processing companies such as West Fraser Timber in Canada, and Weyerhaeuser in the USA. The selection of case studies was conditional on criteria of time relevance, size of the sawmills, and production volume in m3. These conditional criteria reflected the conditions for the introduction of similar concepts for wood-processing enterprises in Slovakia. The implementation of the IoT can reduce operating costs by up to 20%, increase added value for customers, and collect real-time data that can serve as the basis for support of management and decision-making at the operational, tactical, and strategic levels. In addition to the secondary analysis, methods of comparison of global wood processing companies, synthesis of knowledge, and summarization of positives and limitations of IoT implementation or deduction were used to reach our conclusions. The results were used as the basis for the design of a general model for the implementation of IoT technology for Slovak wood processing enterprises. This model may represent best practice for the selected locality and industry. The implications and verification of the designed model in practice will form part of other research activities, already underway in the form of a primary survey.

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