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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: * Enactment of the Law on Forests in the year 1852, and its strict application six years later; * Founding of the

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(today the College of Agriculture) in

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in 1860;Husinec, Renata, and Dejan Marenčić. n.d. "Križevci College of Agriculture."
Accessed: April 13, 2013. * Publishing of the first scientific forestry-specialized publication in southeast Europe, '' Šumarski list'' ("Journal of Forestry"), beginning on January 1, 1877, which has since been continuously published to this day; * Preparation and participation in the Budapest Millennium Exhibition in 1896, where the Kingdom of Croatia-Slavonia had its showroom, and forestry and

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its own special pavilion; * Construction of the Croatian Forestry House (in today's Ivan Mažuranić Square, Zagreb) in 1898, home to the Forestry Academy (''Šumarska akademija'') beginning on 20 October. The Forestry Academy was the fourth institution of higher education at the

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. 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

*Forests of Croatia, Faculty of Forestry & Croatian Forests, Zagreb 1992, p. 291 *

External links

* {{Authority control Forestry societies Environmental organizations based in Croatia Organizations established in 1846 Donji grad, Zagreb Forestry in Croatia 1846 establishments in the Austrian Empire