local agenda 21 local plan for sustainable development of bistriþa ...

From a fito-climate point of view, the forests in U.B. I
Bistrita are in the durmast, beech and durmast-beech
sector.
The U.B. limits are natural (peaks and waters) and
artificial – the Forestry Department in Valea Sieului to
the north, south and west; U.B. II Orchards to the
north; Cusma Common Ownership to the east. The
forest reserve is divided into 28 lots. The functions of
these forests were established according to social,
economic and ecological objectives. As a
consequence, the trees were included in groups, subgroups
and functional categories, as follows:
Group I
1.1.A. – Forest situated in the area protected for
drinking water springs: 2.3 ha
1.2.A – Forest situated on rocks, on detritus, on
deeply eroded land, on land with inclination higher
than 35 degrees: 76.4 ha
1.2.H – Forest situated on sliding land: 0.7 ha
1.4.B – Forest around Bistrita municipality: 1,358.3 ha
1.4.J – Forest with high hunting interest, established
by the Ministry of Agriculture, Forests and Rural
Development: 371 ha
1.4.K – Forest that protects special objectives,
established by the Ministry of Agriculture, Forests and
Rural Development: 17.9 ha
1.5.H – Forests used as reservations for producing
forest seeds in line with the seed reservations
catalogue and for preserving the geno-forest reserve:
127.8 ha
Group II
2.1.B – Forests meant mainly to produce thick trees of
superior quality for timber: 1,008.9 ha
2.1.C – forests meant mainly to produce average and
thin trees for cellulose, rural constructions and other
uses: 141.6 ha
TOTAL U.B.: 3,104.9 ha
Following classifications, 4 soil classes were identified
with 9 types and sub-types of soil. The most common
types are:
- Brown soil pseudogleizat: 26%
- Brown soil eumezobazic: 25%
- Brown soil luvic typical: 23%
- Brown soil argiloiluvial typical: 13%
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MUNICIPALITY
Ten types of resorts and 17 types of forests were
identified. From a point of view, 32% of the surface
contains resorts of superior land 60% of the surface
has resorts of average bonity.
Forest by category of use:
Total forest - 3,136.6 ha
Surfaces covered with forest - 3,104.9 ha
Land used for forest production - 7.7 ha
Land serving the needs of the
forest administration - 19.3 ha
Unproductive land - 4.6 ha
Litigations - 0.1 ha
The index of forest use is 99.0%, 0.9% representing
land used for the forest management and 0.1% as
unproductive fields.
The main characteristics of the forest reserve in U.B. I
Bistrita:
Composition: 43% GO, 20% CA, 13% FA, 6% MO;
4%ST; 2%DT; 3%DM; 1%DR
Production class: 3.0
Consistency: 0.78
Current growth: 5.0 (m 3 /year/ha)
Average volume: 232 (m 3 /ha)
Total volume (m 3 ): 720,425
The structure of the forest resources (main products,
preservation, secondary products, hygiene cuttings):
- Main products .................8,500 m 3 /year
- Conservation cutting.............96 m 3 /year
- Secondary products.........1,446 m 3 /year
- Hygiene cuttings..................100 m 3 / year
Total volume per basic Unit – ....10,142 m 3 / year
The Basic Unit I Bistrita is part of the hunting reserves
210 Dumitra, 22 Poieni, 23 Cusma and 24 Simionesti.
The main game is wild boar and deer, the secondary
game is the Carpathian stag. Wolf, marten, fox, wild
cat can also be hunted here. The fauna includes the
grouse. The hunting reserves are included in the 2nd
bonity category for the mentioned species.
Transport infrastructure has a length of 41.5km, of
which public roads account for 29.2km and forest
roads 12.3 km. These ensure 100% accessibility to
the forest reserve.
The programme to renovate the forest reserve
belonging to Bistrita municipality over the next 10
years aims to create 3 recreational areas for the
citizens of the municipality and the localities therein