https://unilib.phaidrabg.rs/o:9489 ISSN: 1821-1046 Abstract: The disappearance of the forests at the global level points to the seriousness of the problem and requires the urgent application of the measures aimed at ending of the degradation and devastation of the current forest ecosystems. The concept of the ecocentric (or biocentric) use of the resources implies that the ecosystem is the complexity of the living organisms and is valuable in itself because it treats in other way the needs of humans and their attitude towards nature. This paper is based on the Concept of the sustainable development and focused on the smaller territorial units (areas). The common aspen and birch forests in Pester plateau (Southwestern Serbia) were researched. These researches are aimed at the definition of the condition of the natural resources of forests and forest ecosystems and their use based on the principles of the sustainable development. Abstract: Nestajanje šuma u svetskim razmerama ukazuje na ozbiljnost problema i zahteva hitno preduzimanje mera na zaustavljanju degradacije i devastacije postojećih šumskih ekosistema. U konceptu ekocentičnog (ili biocentričnog) korišćenja resursa ekosistem predstavlja kompleksnost živih organizama i ima svoju vrednost sam po sebi zato što razmatra na drugi način potrebe ljudi i njihov odnos prema prirodi. Rad bazira na Konceptu održivog razvoja i usredsređen je na manje teritorijalne celine (područja). Istraživanje je obavljeno u šumi jasike i breze na Pešterskoj visoravni (jugozapadna Srbija). Cilj ovih istraživanja je da se definiše stanje prirodnih resursa šuma i šumskih ekosistema i njihovo korišćenje na principima održivog razvoja. Ratknić, Mihailo Popović, Vladan Bilibajkić, Svetlana Braunović, Sonja Veselinović, Milorad Rakonjac, Ljubinko info:eu-repo/semantics/article Common aspen and birch forests in Pester Plateau Šume jasike i breze na Pešterskoj visoravni 2009 All rights reserved Sustainable forestry volume: 59-60 startpage: 45 endpage: 62 Key words: common aspen and birch forests, G1.95, sustainable use, natural Resources Ključne reči: šume jasike i breze, G1.95, održivo korišćenje, prirodni resursi application/pdf 676686 bytes eng Beograd: Institut za šumarstvo