State forests play an important role in providing wood assortments and other forest ecosystem services. In the thesis, we analyzed and compared the regulation of state forest management in the Republic of Slovenia (RSlo), the Republic of Croatia (RHr), and Bosnia and Herzegovina (Federation and Republic of Serbia). Based on the legislation, state forest management companies were established in the studied countries, which pay annual compensation fees to the state for the management of state forests, which differ between the studied countries. The highest compensation payments for the management of state forests are in RSlo (20,0 %), followed by RHr and Republika Srpska (RS) with 10,0 %; the cantons in FBIH have the lowest compensation payments, the amount of which varies between 5,0 and 9,0 %. The studied countries also differ in terms of the basis for calculating compensation fee. RSlo has as a base the revenue from the sale of wood assortments, in FBIH the base is determined on the basis of stumpage according to the price list and the revenue from the sale of non-wood forest products, in RS the base is the revenue from the sale of wood determined on the basis of the stumpage according to the price list, in RHr the basis is the sale price of the stumpage. All the countries studied have in common that they pay compensation fees for the management of state forests to different entities (state, cantons and local self-government units). The funds paid from the title of compensation fees for the management of state forests are used by the beneficiaries purposefully and non-purposefully and for various purposes (the most common use of funds is for investments in forests), yet, there are large differences among the analyzed countries. In addition to compensation fees for the management of state forests, the state receives other compensations fees, which are paid by various entities. Most other compensation fees are received by the state from ownership of forests in FBiH (6 compensation fees), followed by RSlo (5 compensation fees), RHr (3 compensation fees), and RS (2 compensation fees). Based on the research, we can conclude that in RSlo the state behaves most rationally or economically, as the highest compensation fee is provided for the management of state forests, while the basis for calculating the compensation (revenue from the sale of wood) is based on the market scale and takes into account the actual quality structure of the felled assortments.
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