Dragan Nonic

Jelena Milovanovic

Jelena Nedeljkovic

Marina Nonic

Mirjana Sijacic-Nikolic

Vedrana Lalovic

Genetika

Despite the large number of scientific papers dealing with conservation of
   forest genetic resources, research about the attitudes and evaluation of
   representatives of key stakeholders in the forestry and nature protection
   sectors, towards this issue, have not been sufficiently represented so far in
   Serbia. The aim of this paper was to study the attitudes of representatives
   of key public institutions (administrative and professional), enterprises,
   educational and research organizations in the forestry and nature protection
   sectors, towards the factors that threaten biodiversity, conservation
   methods, state of seed sources in Serbia and proposals of measures to improve
   forest genetic resources. The methodology used in the paper is an approach to
   the research on conservation of forest genetic resources which is used in the
   social sciences. The survey included a total number of 32 respondents in the
   territory of the Republic of Serbia. According to the key stakeholders?
   opinion, urbanization and infrastructure construction (average score 4.1)
   have the greatest negative impact on biodiversity; conservation of forest
   genetic resources in natural populations through designation of seed stands
   is rated as the most important in situ method (average score 4.60), while
   establishment of seed orchards and provenance trials are rated as the most
   important ex situ conservation methods (average score 4.19). From the
   analysis of respondents' attitudes, it can be concluded that the conservation
   of forest genetic resources through designation of seed stands (72%) and
   conservation in protected areas (63%) are methods that gave the best results
   in Serbia. However, the majority of respondents (about 60%) stated that seed
   sources in Serbia do not have an appropriate structure and spatial coverage.
   In addition to the professional activities and support from the institutions,
   the majority of respondents believe that it is necessary to intensify
   activities to promote conservation of forest genetic resources.</jats:p

Conservation of forest genetic resources: Key stakeholders' attitudes in forestry and nature protection

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