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Baring in mind that forests are natural resources of common interest and woods management is an activity of general interest, with article17 of The Law on forests, basic activities are confirmed as: growing, protection and use of forests. With their implementation the enterprise should provide constant preserving and increasing of forest value, as well as permanent increase of their growth and their generally useful functions.

Despite its basic activities the enterprise deals with other activities and contributes for better use of enterprise capacities. Such activities are: hunting, breeding of animals, production and sale of lumber, fish production, agriculture, cattle breeding, retail and wholesale trade with main and collateral forest products and building materials, mountain tourism and etc.

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Wood and wood types

Forests are natural resources of common interest and forest management is an activity of general interest. Therefore with article17 of the law basic activities are confirmed to be: growing, protection and use of forests. With their implementation the enterprise should provide constant preserving and increasing of forest value, as well as permanent increase of their growth and their generally useful functions.

The public enterprise Makedonski sumi manages with:

• Public forests --------------------- 859.427 he (89%)
• Planning of the needs and production of planting material in RM
• Private forests -------------------- 106.223 he (11%) The enterprise has seven sawmills available at total capacity of 40.000 m3. The planned production in 2003 reached 15.364 m3 of lumber. 15.682,95 m3 logs are whipped of which 7.905,852 m3 lumber and 2.044.697m2 beech parquet is produced.

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Hunting and hunting tourism

Hunting Price List

The public enterprise "Makjedonski shumi" acts on the whole territory of the Republic of Macedonia and the work is performed in 30 subsidiaries, with approximately 2500 permanent employees. Republic of Macedonia occupies the central area of the Balkan Peninsula, which is mixed with river valleys, ravines and high mountains reaching 2800m altitude above sea level and all that provides conditions for development and promotion of the hunting and the hunting tourism as a profitable economic activity, there is a special position and interest in the public enterprise "Makjedonski shumi" for its improvement and rational use for achieving greater financial effects.

The public enterprise "Makjedonski shumi" operates with 8 hunting grounds, with a total area of 101,758 ha where in optimal conditions, an ordinary deer, an fallow deer, an roe deer, mouflons, chamois, wild boars are raised, bred, and protected and descending in the lowland parts, along the rivers, there are various kinds of a feathered game (partridges, turtledoves, quails, pheasants) and many rabbits. The terrains have different relief forms, rich with running water and different types of forests. They are connected with access roads and equipped with hunting and technical facilities and some hunting grounds and hunting houses offer a boarding house. You can use multiple types of services in the hunting grounds, such as: terrain vehicle, horse, guide service, game driving, dog, weapons and ammunition rental or to look the hunting ground from hunting ambushes and to shoot with a camera.

The hunting ground "Dushegubica"- Kichevo

The hunting ground "Dushegubica"- Kichevo covers an area of 9,800 ha, and the terrain configuration allows a survival and a development of several game species, mostly: roe deer, chamois, wild boar etc.

Public hunting area "Polaki"-Kocani

The public hunting area "Polaki" is located 150 km south of Skopje at the southern slopes of mountain Osogovo, at total surface of 15.250he. The diversity of configuration forms and the significant difference in height (500-2.084m side elevation), the range of various types of trees and abundance of running water during the year enable the regional spreading and survival of many sorts of big games as common deer, fallow deer, roe deer, wild sheep and wild boar. The hunting area has a fenced area of about 1.000 he where game birds are kept for shooting. The accessibility of roads and hunting equipment enable quick and safe hunting in the fenced part of the hunting area throughout the year. Hunters' Lodge "Pashadjikovo" is located here occupying area of 200m2 and with capacity for 10 people. Besides the Hunters lodge, hunters can also stay in the tourist center "Ponikva" which is situated near the hunting area.

Hunting area "Kadina reka-Skopje

The hunting area "Kadina Reka" is located on the mountain massifs of Karadjica, part of Jakupica, Dautioca, and Aliagica, at total surface of 21.100he, only 25km from Skopje. The configuration of the mountain massifs in the hunting area is characterized by special heterogeneity and important height difference of 2.240м, which enables zone spreading of game. The vegetation and climate conditions at the hunting area, abundance of beech and beech-fir woods provide beautiful conditions for living and growth of common deer. The diversity and richness of plants which may be found here enables growing of high grade and high trophy cattle. Besides common deer in the hunting area other sorts of big games may be found such as: roe deer, wild goat, wild boar and bear. Near the hunting area there is a hunter's lodge with capacity for eight people offering comfortable stay. Due to the vicinity of the Hunting area hunters can also find lodgings in some of the hotels in Skopje.

Public hunting area "Leshnica"-Tetovo

The public hunting area "Leshnica" is located at the east and northeast slopes of the mountain Shara, at surface of 11.930 he and side elevation of 978m to 2.748 m, only 55 km from Skopje,. It distinguishes by big inclinations of the terrain, steep and heavy passable slopes, developed and rich hydrographic network and several glacier lakes. The structure and composition of wood and other vegetation and the abundance of running water are good conditions for survival and development of many sorts of games such as: fallow deer, wild boar, bear, lynx, and etc. There are arranged hunting area lanes which lead through heavy accessible terrains. Wild goat, which is the special attraction and challenge for hunters, can be found at the upper forest border and on the mountainous pastures with rocky surfaces. Besides wild goats, lovers of good and unusual photography have rare possibility to enjoy and take excellent photographs of this breathtaking scenery.

Hunting area "Chestovo"-Valandovo

The hunting area "Chestovo" is located at surface of 7.000 he of plain and ill compositional forms only 150 km from Skopje,. The side elevation in the hunting area is from 58-322 m. The macro climate in the hunting area which is influenced by the Mediterranean and continental climate enables range of more plant sorts of trees, bushes, grass, and crops of corn plants-corn, wheat, barley, rye and everything else which provides healthy and natural food for the game. The abundance of food, as well as the pure running water of river Anska provide ideal conditions for growth of wild rabbit, partridge, field partridge and hunting pheasant. Three- sectioned cage adapted for pheasant chickens is built within this hunting area on 2he in order to increase the interest and the offer for feathery game hunting.

Hunting area "Milisin" - Gevgelia

At the south west part of the Republic of Macedonia, in the region of Gevgelia, near the border with the Republic of Greece at surface of 9.280 the hunting area "Milisin" is located. The hunting area is with developed configuration, various expositions of ground and side elevation of 430-2.165 m. The influence of the Mediterranean climate, and a lot of water currents, wood of beech, enable ideal conditions for the wild boar and roe deer. In the hunting areas there are also fenced areas of 313 he for breeding of wild boar. The fenced area is equipped with hunting equipment and technical structures such being the three-part cage built for breeding trophy wild boars. Hunting within the fenced area is permitted during the whole year, and besides wild boar, the roe deer can also be hunted. There is also a Hunter's Lodge of 100m2 build on the grounds of this hunting area with capacity for four people.

Besides the given hunting grounds, the public enterprise "Makjedonski shumi" operates also with the hunting ground "Rozhden" – Kavadarci, with a total area of 14.758 ha and with the hunting ground "Koprishnica" – Negotino, with a total area of 13.370 ha. Main commercial game species in these hunting grounds are the roe deer and the wild boar.

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Nursery plants

The intensive forest managing creates a need for renewal of used woods. Because of that the public enterprise Makedonski sumi in his structure has special organized areas for nursery plants in which high quality planting material of broadleaf and evergreen forests is produced. The nursery plants which are within the public enterprise Makedonski sumi are in conformity with the natural macro and micro conditions, orographic, climate pedologic, hydrologic and other conditions. The production process is performed by highly skilled and specialized full time and seasonal workers.

Annually 8.000.000 planting material with seed of separated seed material is produced in nursery plants of the public enterprise Makedonski sumi. The planting material production is performed in two ways, classic and container method. At container method seed is sown in containers (crates) filled with peat substrate, which afterwards is placed in stacks where special conditions are provided so that it can achieve higher percentage of growing of seed and can obtain more homogeneous planting material. This method produces planting material at age of one year (1+0) and taking into consideration that they are planted with substrate; the percentage of germination is greater than at the planting material produced by classic method. The classic production, when planting material is with bare root, is produced in nursery plant beds. The production is performed with seeds sowing in beds. The planting material created with this method is at age of two years (2+0) at evergreen forests and one year (1+0) at deciduous forests. When they achieve the demanded age they are extracted without clump of earth, they’re packed and distributed at forest grounds where foresting is performed.

Container production is performed at the nursery plants in Sveti Nikole, Kumanovo, Strumica and Resen;
• Classic production is performed at the following nursery plants in Berovo, Delchevo, Kavadarci, Radovish, Kichevo, Ohrid, Prilep, Skopje and Resen.

Wood types which are produced are autochthon and alohton wooden types of special importance for forestry, and a smaller quantity of decorative wood types and bushes which find their use in landscape architecture are also produced. The decorative planting material is produced in nursery plants in Kavadarci, Strumica and Sveti Nikole, and are of evergreen and broadleaf wood types grown by their own production of raw materials (planting material, reaping).

Some of the type structure of forest planting material are the following: black pine tree, white pine tree, coast pine tree, spruce, fir, duglasia, Arizona cypress, Arizona arish, ash tee, maple, oak, acacia etc.

. Nursery plants within the public enterprise Makedonski sumi have the following subsidiaries:

Ord.n...	Planting material producer	location	Surface he	Side elevation
1	WE Bor” - Kavadarci	“Marena” - “Krusha”	10,0 he	210 m.s.e.
2	WE  “Kumanovo” - Kumanovo	Rezanov vrbe	4,0 he	370 m.s.e. .
3	WE “Belasica” - Strumica	Prosenikovo	3,9 he	250 m.s.e.
4	WE “Forestry” – Sveti Nikole	Mavrovica	12,0 he	260 m.s.e.
5	WE “Prespadrvo” - Resen		2,4 he	890 m.s.e
6	WE “Maleshevo”” - Berovo	Brdoslavica	2,2 he	830 m.s.e.
7	WE “Golak” - Delchevo	Delcjevo (in the city)	1,2-1,5 he	600 m.s.e.
8	WE “Plackovica” - Radovish	Podaresh, Plachkovica	8,0 he	350 m.s.e.
9	WE “Karadjica” - Skopje	Vrteshka-Kitka	0,6-0,8 he	900 m.s.e.
10	WE “Lopushnik” - Kichevo	Kushino	0,58 he	790 .m.s.e.
11	WE “Galichica” - Ohrid	Karaorman	0,5 he	1000 m.s.e.
12	WE“Crn Bor” - Prilep	Prilep (in the city)	2,0 he	642  m.s.e.

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Other products of wood

One of the most perspective activities of the public enterprise Makedonski sumi is use of other forest products such as production and collection of medical and aromatic plants. Up to now the necessary attention has not been paid to this activity of essential importance. With the undergoing of the project on managing with other forest products the public enterprise is more serious and more studious in solving this problem in the current 2009. This project development will continue in the following year, too. The first step to project realization is the obtained Agreement, number. 09-6795/2 from July.29.2009 issued by the Ministry of agriculture, forestry and water management for issuing agreement to the public enterprise for utilization referring to giving permission for collection of other forest products in the forest to other legal subjects and individuals, made on the basis of article 72 paragraph 3 of forestry law (Official register of RM number 64/09).

For that reason according to article 14 of the Rule Book of the Law for utilization of collecting other wood products (Official register of RM number 54/00 ), and regarding article 2 of the same role book, other legal subjects and individuals can also get permission to collect other wood products such as fruits, and medicinal plants or their parts, flower, mushrooms, lichen, moss, seed ,resin and other forest fruits. The public enterprise Makedonski sumi, will give the permission, by means of concluded agreements for collection of other forest products to all legal subjects and individuals, who would like to collect forest products.

That will lead to full realization of the Agreement, number 09-6795/2 from July.29.2009 on permitting collection of other wood products by the Ministry of agriculture, forestry and water, thus increasing the income that comes from other forest products.

At the meeting of the managing board on September.28.2009 the decision for approval of new proposal price list for defining of recompense for giving permits for collection of other forest products is accepted. Companies which submitted requests to the public enterprise Makedonski sumi for issuing permit for collection of other forest products make proper agreements for dealing with these activities.

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