Zdravstveno stanje šuma na području Spomenika prirode 'Skakavac'

Protected areas are ecosystems of indisputable importance for the wealth and biodiversity of each country. Therefore, the forestry profession is faced with the priority task of preserving the health of forests, which includes monitoring, forecasting and planning measures to combat factors that may adversely affect the health and stability of forests. Assessment of the health status of a protected area implies the collection of data that serves to assess the current health status as well as defining and proposing appropriate measures to preserve natural diversity. Since natural monuments are not a physically limited part of nature, plant diseases, pests and other harmful biotic and abiotic factors in the ecosystems surrounding this protected area can spread beyond their borders. Therefore, monitoring and implementing environmentally friendly protection measures must be imperative in our protected areas. Weakened and older trees of all species that have reduced resistance to pest attack are primarily exposed to the attack. Due to the reduced felling in protected areas, there are more and more such trees, which will surely be a significant problem in the near future.