o:9494 Wildfires in Serbia – chance or frequent phenomenon Šumski požari u Srbiji – slučajnost ili redovna pojava en Abstract: The forest ecosystem is one of the most complex ecosystems on the planet. The various influences cause the destabilization of it, and fire -uncontrolled wildfire is one of the main factors. The wildfires which in the blink of an eye turn the beautiful forests in the fire-ravaged places, bare lifeless areas, and cause damages worth millions to the forest-based economy and disturbances in business, pose a serious, global, social and economic problem which is always relevant. Realizing the gravity of the situation, Directorate of Forests within the Ministry of Agriculture, Forestry and Water Management initiated and entrusted the Institute of Forestry in Belgrade with the task of making the project “Wildfires in Period 2003-2007“in 2007, and some results of it is presented in this paper. In the period 2003-2007 in the forest ecosystems of Serbia 579 wildfires in the area of 9872,80 ha were reported. They were caused mostly by humans, occurred mainly in the parts of the year which are critical for their occurrence, and initiated in the part of the day when it is hardest to extinguish them. The results presented in this paper give the opportunity to the lower organizational units and forest owners to take the appropriate measures of readiness and organization of the wildfire protection on time in the forthcoming years. Izvod: Šumski ekosistem je jedan od najsloženijih na planeti. Razni uticaji izazivaju njegovu destabilizaciju, a vatra-nekontrolisani šumski požar je jedan od glavnih faktora. Požari koji za tren oka divne šume pretvaraju u zgarišta, gole bezživotne površine, a šumskoj privredi donesu milionske štete i poremećaje u poslovanju, predstavljaju ozbiljan i uvek aktuelan globalni društveni i privredni problem. Sagledavajući ozbiljnost situacije, Uprava za šume Ministarstva poljoprivrede, šumarstva i vodoprivrede je 2007. godine inicirala, i Institutu za šumarstvo u Beogradu poverila, izradu projekta "Šumski požari u periodu 2003-2007. godine", a deo rezultata je prezentovan u ovom radu. U periodu 2003-2007. godina, u šumskim ekosistemima Srbije zabeleženo je ukupno 579 požara na površini od 9872,80 ha. Većinom ih je izazvao čovek, dešavali su se uglavnom u kritičnim periodima godine za njihovu pojavu, a inicirani su u delu dana kada je gašenje najteže. Rezultati, navedeni u ovom radu pružaju mogućnosti da se u narednim godinama, na nivou nižih organizacionih jedinica korisnika šuma, sprovedu pravovremeno odgovarajuće mere pripravnosti i organizacije protivpožarne zaštite. Key words: wildfires, period 2003-2007, Serbia, analysis Ključne reči: šumski požari, period 2003-2007. godina, Srbija, analiza 1552101 1821-1046 2026-05-04T09:27:37.943Z 44 yes 46 Mara Tabaković-Tošić 0000-0003-4436-3236 46 Miroslava Marković 0000-0002-8349-061x 46 Snežana Rajković 46 Milorad Veselinović 0000-0002-2134-7631 application/pdf 782184 https://unilib.phaidrabg.rs/o:9494 no yes 1 70 92000001 71A07 Sustainable forestry 59-60 97 128 Beograd: Institut za šumarstvo 2009