Silviculture and Cinegetics Review - Societatea Progresul Silvic

FORESTRY BELTS SILVICULTURE AND CINEGETICS REVIEW XVII/30/2012
taking into consideration the fact that the width
established for the shelterbelts is of 10 m, the area
covered with forest shelterbelts was determined within
the two land use categories. Thanks to the GIS work
technique being applied, within the two geographical
units the area corresponding to each land use category
was divided by solution types, counties and
administrative-territorial units, the results being
presented in tables.
It must be reminded the fact that during this stage the
land with sands and sandy soils also the alluvial soils
(generally sandy) within the two geographical units
were not analyzed because they required a different
approach. Based on punctual field investigations
carried out, it resulted that the surface of terrains with
sands and sandy soils which in the actual records
represent approximately 135000 ha, is in reality much
higher – approximately 255000 ha – resulting an
extension of 47%, that imposes the necessity to
establish more precise (by modern methods applied in
the field) the areas occupied by those. Regarding the
alluvial soils, they cover an area of 640000 ha in the
Danube Plain while in the Dobrogea the covered area
is 92000 ha, totalizing an area of 732000 ha.
Danube Plain
In the Danube Plain resulted a total area of forest
shelterbelts network of 70226 ha (2.5 %), which
protects a total area of agricultural land of 2806989
ha. The network that protects the arable land has
67366 ha (2.5 % of the total of 2693655 ha), while the
network that protects the permanent pastures has 2860
ha (2.52 % of the total of 113334 ha).
The surface covered by the network, its percentage
and the total area protected within the permanent
pasture land use category, on the five solution types,
is the following (Table 1):
Table 1. Permanent pastures – area covered by the network of forest shelterbelts on solution types
Solution type Network area - ha Total area - ha %
IV 1.071,1481 42.630,8877 2,51
V 643,1144 25.639,6133 2,51
VI 133,7481 5.097,3864 2,62
VII 893,6654 35.127,8903 2,54
VIII 118,3502 4.838,1973 2,45
The area covered by the network, its percentage and
the total protected area within the arable land use
category, on the five solution types, is the following
(Table 2):
Table 2. Arable terrain – area covered by the network of forest shelterbelts on solution types
Solution type Network area - ha Total area - ha %
4. 20.947,7488 835.797,4286 2,51
5. 22.846,0206 915.369,083 2,50
6. 6.027,2343 240.411,6749 2,51
7. 14.281,5658 571.079,6509 2,50
8. 3.263,1243 130.996,7334 2,49
Within the permanent pasture land use category the
distribution of the area of shelterbelts network at the
county level reflects a variation ranging from under 50
ha (Vrancea) up to over 240 ha (Galaţi).
Within the arable land use category the distribution of
the area of shelterbelts network at the county level
reflects a variation ranging from under 1300 ha
(Vrancea) up to over 8000 ha (Călăraşi).
Dobrogea
In Dobrogea resulted a total area of forest shelterbelts
network having 16986 ha (2.5 %), that protects a total
area of agriculture land of 679958 ha. The network
that protects the arable land has 14998 ha (2.5 % of
the total of 600109 ha), while the network that
protects the permanent pastures has 1988 ha (2.49 %
of the total of 79849 ha).
The area covered by the network, its percentage and
the total protected area under the permanent pastures
land use category, on the three solution types, is the
following (Table 3):
Table 3. Permanent pastures – area covered by the network of forest shelterbelts, on solution types
Solution type Network area - ha Total area - ha %
I 488,3249 19.754,4540 2,47
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