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Die Forstbetriebe im Kanton Aargau; von traditionellen Besitzstrukturen und dynamischen Forstbetrieben | Forest enterprises in the canton of Argovia:traditional owner structures and dynamic forest management

2003; Swiss Forestry Society; Volume: 154; Issue: 7 Linguagem: Inglês

10.3188/szf.2003.0249

2235-1469

Robert Häfner,

Forest Management and Policy

Approximately 250 publicly owned forest districts in the canton of Argovia manage 80 per cent of the total forest of the canton divided between 91 forest enterprises. All excepting 8 of the latter have joined forces with one or more partners and independently regulated the size, form and legal structure of their co-operation. The small size of the owner structures in the canton of Argovia led to overlapping co-operation and mergers of enterprises very early on. Nevertheless, over the past ten years structural changes have accelerated; the number of enterprises with between 400 and 800 ha of forest and annual wood yields of between 4500 and 9000 m3 has more than doubled from 16 to 35 enterprises. In most cases cooperation is regulated by communal contracts but the socalled«interest alliances» (Zweckverbände) are possible as independent bodies under existing law. Using two examples we also present and discuss entrepreneurial, private sector solutions.