The relationships between forestry sector standardization, market evolution and sustainability approaches in the communist and post-communist economies: the case of Romania

Authors

  • Aureliu-Florin HĂLĂLIȘAN Transilvania University of Brasov, Faculty of Silviculture and Forest Engineering, 1 Sirul Beethoven, Brasov (RO)
  • Adelin-Ionuț NICORESCU Transilvania University of Brasov, Faculty of Silviculture and Forest Engineering, 1 Sirul Beethoven, Brasov (RO)
  • Bogdan POPA Transilvania University of Brasov, Faculty of Silviculture and Forest Engineering, 1 Sirul Beethoven, Brasov (RO)
  • Nikolay NEYKOV University of Forestry, Faculty of Business Management, 10 Kliment Ohridsky Blvd., Sofia (BG)
  • Viorel MARINESCU Transilvania University of Brasov, Faculty of Silviculture and Forest Engineering, 1 Sirul Beethoven, Brasov (RO)
  • Ioan Vasile ABRUDAN Transilvania University of Brasov, Faculty of Silviculture and Forest Engineering, 1 Sirul Beethoven, Brasov (RO) https://orcid.org/0000-0003-4842-6062

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.15835/nbha48312007

Keywords:

economic evolution; Romanian forestry; standardization; sustainability

Abstract

This paper analyses how forestry standardization process interrelates with the national and sectoral economic characteristics and the evolution of sustainable forest management implementation in communist and post-communist Romania. The study used the database of Romanian Standardization Association for selecting forestry specific standards, which have been issued since 1949. The selected standards were grouped according to their scope, issuing period and international recognition, and the obtained distributions were analysed in the context of sectoral economic evolution. In the communist period, the long-term sectoral strategy, which was centred on sustainable forest management, added value products and export was accompanied by a sustained effort in standardizing the design and quality of forest products, as well as the needed processes. Based on standardization, the efficient and integrated forest industry acted in the framework of a prescriptively regulated sustainable forest management. Mandatory national standards from the communist period have been mostly replaced by post-communist consensual international standards. The opportunities of a market economy and EU trade supported a private forest industry that is increasingly efficient, productive and innovative. However, considering the high forestry sector environmental and social sustainability requirements, the state authorities must carefully address their mission of balancing different interests, for which standardization may provide very useful tools.

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2020-08-27

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HĂLĂLIȘAN, A.-F., NICORESCU, A.-I., POPA, B. ., NEYKOV, N. ., MARINESCU, V. ., & ABRUDAN, I. V. . (2020). The relationships between forestry sector standardization, market evolution and sustainability approaches in the communist and post-communist economies: the case of Romania. Notulae Botanicae Horti Agrobotanici Cluj-Napoca, 48(3), 1683–1698. https://doi.org/10.15835/nbha48312007

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