Farmland afforestations: new goals and guidelines for Poland

Autorzy

• Jacek Zajączkowski Department of Silviculture, Warsaw Agricultural University
  Nowoursynowska 159/34, 02-776 Warsaw, Poland
  tel.: 4822 5938010, fax: 4822 5938008
  e-mail: jacek_zajaczkowski@sggw.pl
• Kazimierz Zajączkowski Department of Forest Genetics and Tree Physiology, Forest Research Institute, Sękocin, Poland

Abstract

Farmland afforestations (FAs), i. e. groups of trees and shrubs scattered in agricultural landscape, were for long considered mostly as supplementary timber resource and wind mitigation tool. The contemporary shift to other, environment- and social-related functions of FAs is discussed in the paper and example guidelines for the establishment of new FAs proposed. The concept of „farmland afforestations’ needs” is presented as atool to incorporate FA issues in land- use planning.

Keywords

• farmland afforestation
• shelterbelt
• agricultural environment
• land-use planning