FOREST DEVASTATION AND ILLEGAL LOGGING – IMPEDIMENT TO DEVELOPMENT OF TOURISM

Neđo Danilović; Dragana Lazić

Neđo Danilović Professor at Union University – the Faculty of Law and Business Studies, Belgrade
Dragana Lazić Faculty of Social Sciences, Business Academy, Belgrade

Keywords: devastation, theft, forest, criminal offences, tourism

Abstract

The paper focuses on forest devastation and illegal logging, as well as their detriments to tourism development, especially in terms of their incidence on the territory of the Republic of Serbia between 2009 and 2018. Two research issues that the paper deals with are: terminology distinction between deforestation and timber theft, and the analysis of ten-year occurrence of the criminal offences of forest devastation and illegal logging in the territory of the Republic of Serbia, as well as their impact on the development of the mountain and other types of tourism in Serbia. The purpose of the research conducted in this paper is to confirm the hypothesis that forest devastation and timber theft not only impair the ecosystem, but also significantly deter the development of tourism. There are two main findings in the paper: forest devastation and illegal logging affect the ecosystem, especially the flora, fauna, public health and the environment; the incidence of criminal offences of forest devastation and illegal logging affect the tourism and require wider engagement of all institutions and associations, as well as more stringent punitive measures for such offences.

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