Numerous political, economical, and social changes inevitably influence a way in which human society perceivs forest as natural phenomenon and forestry as specific human activity. A lack of understanding of changing demands of society towards forests, make impossible their integration into planning documents as well as creating a consistent forest policy. The consequences are serious and usually result in public dissatisfaction on how forest resources are managed. The issue is particularly pronounced in urban areas where population's visits to forests and nature are linked with relatively simple and cheap ”consumption” of different social and ecological services that significantly decrease negative effects of day-to-day urban lifestyle. Research on demands of Canton Sarajevo population towards forests offers valuable data about behavioural pattern related to forest areas visits, the attitudes, reasons of stay and the interests of the population towards forests. The importance of different forest functions offered to society, negative impacts during stay in forests as well as necessary corrective activities to eliminate these impacts are also identified. The results of this research can be used as guidelines for the reorganisation of forests companies and designing consistent forest policy in Canton Sarajevo which will be oriented to diagnose and satisfy demands of Canton Sarajevo population towards forests, taking into consideration a variability of social, political, demographical and economical factors.

UDK 630*6/.8(497.6) U ovom radu je izvršena analiza prihoda koji se ostvaruju u šumarstvu Federacije BiH po šumarskim preduzećima, te analiza strukture troškova koji se javljaju u poslovanju preduzeća. S obzirom da se prihodi preduzeća uglavnom baziraju na realizovanim drvnim sortimentima, odlučujuću ulogu u njihovom formiranju ima, pored cijena šumskih drvnih sortimenata i kvalitetna struktura etata. Cilj ove analize jeste da se ukaže na različite mogućnosti sticanja prihoda kao posljedice različitih uslova privređivanja preduzeća. Pored toga, struktura troškova je različita po pojedinim preduzećima zbog različite zastupljenosti materijalno-tehničkih i ljudskih resursa. Struktura cijene proizvodnje proizvoda šumarstva izrazito varira između preduzeća, što se neminovno odražava na njihovu rentabilnost, a takođe i na njihovu akumulativnu i reproduktivnu sposobnost. Iz toga proizilazi i ekonomska mogućnost realizacije potrebnih investicionih ulaganja, a prije svega bioloških investicija. Ranije analize pokazuje da se obim bioloških investicija usklađuje sa raspoloživim finansijskim mogućnostima preduzeća, a ne prema realnim potrebama u konkretnim situacijama (DELIĆ, 2008). To bi moglo dovesti do narušavanja principa održivosti, kao osnovnog principa gospodarenja šumskim resursima.