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Croatian Forestry Society

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Croatian Forestry House in Zagreb

The Croatian Forestry Society (Croatian: Hrvatsko šumarsko društvo) has its origins in the Croatian-Slavonian Agricultural Society, founded at the initiative of foresters in Zagreb in 1841. The Society's forestry section was created on the December 26, 1846, in Prečec near Zagreb; this marks the beginning of the Croatian Forestry Society.

The Forestry Society is responsible for many of the accomplishments of forestry practice, education and science in Croatia, including:

The Forestry Society now numbers around 2700 members and its proud of the continuity of its existence and activity, regardless of changes of government, state, technology and living conditions.

References

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  • Šume u Hrvatskoj (Forests of Croatia), (in Croatian). Zagreb: Šumarski fakultet Sveučilišta u Zagrebu (Faculty of Forestry & Croatian Forests). 1992. p. 291. OCLC 34478451.
  • "Značajniji događaji iz povijesti šumarstva u Hrvatskoj" [Important events in the history of forestry in Croatia] (PDF). Šumarski list (in Croatian). 136 (3–4). April 2012. Retrieved 16 March 2017.
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