130 years of forestry society of Croatia and Slavonia, presentday association of forestry and woodworking industry engineers and technicians of Croatia and 100th anniversary of >>Šumarski list<< (forestry magazine))

130 years have passed since Forestry Society of Croatia and Slavonia was established and 100 years since Forestry Magazine (in Zagreb) was published for the first time. The anniversaries were celebrated by different ceremonies. First written documents of forest management in Croatia are regulations about woods contained in city statutes on the Kras territory (Nin, 1103; Korčula, 1214; Split, 1240). First sawmill was built at Crikvenica in 1428, and in 1874 at Lokve a steam sawmill with annual capacity of 20000 m 3 was built. A little earlier (1846) owing to the efforts of some ambitious foresters Forestry Section was organized as part of Agriculture Society of Croatia and Slavonia later on developing into Forestry Society far Croatia and Slavonia. The efforts taken open the way to a fast forestry development in Croatia as early as 1860. On April 12, 1860 Agriculture and Forestry School was founded at Križevci, developing into Forestry College in 1897 and by the decree of July 31, 1919 into Forestry Department ,of Agriculture and Forestry Faculty which since 1960 exists as Forestry Faculty of Zagreb University. The Forestry Magazine played an important role in forestry growth and since 1876 it has been printed in 51000 pages being at the same time the oldest professional and technical magazine in the Slavic south. The Forestry and Woodworking Industry Engineers and Technicians Society of Croatia and Forestry Magazine have been reflecting until today the professional growth solving by its activities the vita/ and crucial problems, applying modern cultivation methods in forestry, arranging and protecting the forests, introducing mechanization of forest exploitation constructing communications and managing and improving woodworking industry.