| Abstract |
From an economic point of view, Czech forestry and related wood-processing industry play a rather insignificant role in the national economy of the Czech Republic. The long-term problem is the high export of raw wood, the low share of products with a higher added value, the small share of wood structures and, in recent years, also the impacts of the bark beetle calamity. The negative effects caused by the bark beetle calamity were on the predominant spruce monoculture stands, the degradation of which has caused the domestic market to be oversaturated with spruce wood. Subsequently, this led to problems in the wood-processing chain due, among other things, to the lack of a long-term standard structure of raw wood assortments introduced to the market before the onset of the calamity. The paper focuses on the potential and perspectives of the use of wood in the bioeconomy regarding the cascading principle of wood use. Cascading principles are in line with the bioeconomy and circular economy concepts, and, at the same time, circular economy helps in fulfilling the goals related to climate neutrality. The contribution considers the trends of the cascade use of wood at the European level and places them in the context of national conditions in the Czech Republic. The contribution evaluates the content side of the measures that are listed in the related strategic materials of the Czech Republic. The importance of the issue is enhanced by its interdisciplinarity and the fact that the circularity and bioeconomy in the Czech Republic belongs under the responsibility of several ministries. |