Vasilije Matić (12 June 1906 – 20 August 1981) was a

forestry Forestry is the science and craft of creating, managing, planting, using, conserving and repairing forests and woodlands for associated resources for human and Natural environment, environmental benefits. Forestry is practiced in plantations and ...

expert from

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. Matić was born in

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. He graduated from the Faculty of Agroforestry at the

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in 1930. He worked at Sušak,

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and

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forestry office (1932–38), and Jasenak forestry office (1939–41). During the occupation of

World War II World War II or the Second World War (1 September 1939 – 2 September 1945) was a World war, global conflict between two coalitions: the Allies of World War II, Allies and the Axis powers. World War II by country, Nearly all of the wo ...

, he was imprisoned (1941–45). From 1945 to 1949, he worked in the Ministry of Forests, and the Ministry of

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Industry of the

People's Republic of Bosnia and Herzegovina The Socialist Republic of Bosnia and Herzegovina ( sh-Latn-Cyrl, separator=" / ", Socijalistička Republika Bosna i Hercegovina, Социјалистичка Pепублика Босна и Херцеговина), commonly referred to as Socia ...

. He then became an Associate Professor and, in 1960, a full Professor on the Forestry faculty in Sarajevo in the subject of planning in forestry. He was an expert and science worker in forestry planning, particularly in the field of study of growth of trees. He was an organiser of the first forest inventory on large areas in Yugoslavia for the PR Bosnia and Herzegovina.

References

Vasilije Matić's obituary

Matić, Vasilije
1906 births 1981 deaths Forestry academics Croatian foresters Faculty of Agriculture, University of Zagreb alumni Academic staff of the University of Sarajevo {{forestry-researcher-stub