Published in Scientific Papers. Series E. Land Reclamation, Earth Observation & Surveying, Environmental Engineering, Vol. XI
Written by Elena MIHĂILĂ, DORINA DRĂGAN, CRISTIANA MARCU, CORNEL COSTĂCHESCU, FLORIN DĂNESCU, FLORIN DORIAN COJOACĂ
Forest shelterbelts are the most widespread and efficient type of agroforestry system in Romania used for the crops protection. Following the contracts signed with the Ministry of Agriculture between 2005-2006, substantiation studies for the establishment of forest shelterbelts were carried out for seven counties from Romanian Plain and Dobrogea. At different stages of the Nucleus Program, funded by the Ministry of Research, in the period 2011-2021 studies were conducted to substantiate the need of realisation of forest shelterbelts to protect the field in other nine counties located in the mentioned area. The aim of these studies was to establish: the land areas occupied by the forest shelterbelts; the network of forest shelterbelts using GIS techniques, current rectified aerial images and detailed pedological maps; the afforestation compositions; the number of forest seedlings and to estimate the costs necessary for their installation and maintenance, until the canopy is close. For practical reasons, it was established that the width of the curtains should be 10 m, thus resulting in a percentage of occupation of the agricultural land with forest vegetation of approximately 2%.
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