Abstract
UDK 630*6:630*43(497.6 Prozor-Rama)
 630*43:630*6(497.6 Prozor-Rama
 Despite of the significant activities on the forest fires prevention, number of forest fires is constantly growing worldwide causing tremendous direct and indirect damages. Direct damages are referring to the losses on timber and other forest products, fire fighting and remediation costs as well as costs of fire sites restoration. Indirect damages are referring to the negative impacts of forest fires on various ecosystem services and overall conditions of environment. Despite of the fact that indirect damages could be far greater than direct ones, in most of the cases in Bosnia- Herzegovina, they are not included in the assessment of the damages and methodology for their calculation is not developed yet.
 The goal of this paper is to conduct the economic valorisation of direct and indirect damages from forest fires at the territory of Prozor-Rama municipality in 10-years period in which the scope and frequency of the forest fires were determined. The methodology that is used in this paper is developed by European experts on assessment of socio-economic damages from forest fires in Europe (PETTENELLA et al, 2008). Formula for calculation of damages of some functions and values of forests are partially modified due to the specific conditions of forest management practice and characteristics of forest stands, while some of them were excluded from assessment since they required additional research for their valuation. Calculated values of the damages are 11 times greater than those that are presented in the Register of the damages from forest fires of the Public Forest Enterprise „Šume Herceg-Bosne“. Modified method could be a sound basis for development of methodology for assessment of the damages from forest fires and total economic valuation of forest ecosystems in Bosnia-Herzegovina.
Highlights
Despite of the significant activities on the forest fires prevention, number of forest fires is constantly growing worldwide causing tremendous direct and indirect damages
Assessment of the socio-economic damages from forest fires is of great importance, but at the same time it is difficult to conduct due to the multifunctional character of the forest resources and losses of different types of forest products and services, non-market ones (MAVSAR, 2011)
Like in the other Mediterranean countries, there are two maximums of the forest fires appearance - spring when 41% of the forest fires occur and summer when the temperatures are on its peak, droughts could last for
Summary
Analysis of the forest fires at the territory of Prozor - Rama municipality in the period 2002 - 2011 - Analiza požara na području općine Prozor - Rama u periodu 2002 - 2011. godine. In the analysed period at the territory of Prozor-Rama municipality, 61 forest fires were recorded. 93,5% of all forest fires are caused by human activities such as springtime cleaning of the meadows, intentional burnings, reckless activities of tourists and vacationers etc. The biggest percentage (65%) of all forest fires are caused by springtime cleaning of the meadows. Annual fluctuations (number of the forest fires and size of the fire sites) at the territory of Prozor-Rama municipality are presented at the Figure 1. From this Figure can be concluded that the size of the fire sites is not directly dependent on the number of the forest fires. It is due to the fact that a few stronger forest fires could destroy bigger forest areas than great number of forest fires with lower intensity
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