EFFECTIVE PARTICIPATION OF RUTHENIANS IN SERBIA AND CROATIA

EFFECTIVE PARTICIPATION OF RUTHENIANS IN SERBIA AND CROATIA

Author(s): Jakub Stepaniuk / Language(s): English / Issue: 6/2022

Keywords: Ruthenians in Serbia and Croatia; effective participation; identity; assimilation

The project is based on the fieldwork conducted during first two weeks of June 2022 in Slavonia and Vojvodina and includes 13 interviews with local representatives of Ruthenian minority. It aims at exploring and evaluating respect and effectuation of the right to effective participation of Ruthenians in Serbia and Croatia in the light of the Article 15 of the Framework Convention for the Protection of National Minorities (FCNM). Interpretation of the effective participation is further elaborated in cultural, socio-economic and political spheres. The work is based on two hypotheses: (1) that the rights are not fully effectuated due to inadequate funding (2) that the rights are not fully effectuated due to excessive assimilation causing limited identity awareness, administrative/bureaucratic hurdles and shifted perception of discrimination. The work contributes to academic literature in plenty of ways. Firstly, it applies a bottom-up approach involving interdisciplinary ethnographic and highly empirical research philosophy towards legal analysis on participation of minorities currently dominated by systemic and design discourses. This rather technical way of legal researching is present in FCNM regular reports which mention about “minor issues” of Ruthenian community neglecting many details of the actual situation. Secondly, it contributes to the study on Ruthenian minority in itself as the existing literature lacks the perspective of legal analyses dwarfed by historical and linguistic focus. The work might eventually serve as the role model for small and prone to assimilation minorities across South and Eastern Europe.

The role of educational leaders in developing intercultural competences of teachers and students

The role of educational leaders in developing intercultural competences of teachers and students

Author(s): Roxana G. Reichman / Language(s): English / Issue: 1/2022

Keywords: intercultural communication competence; educational leaders; policy makers;

In a global world, educational leaders play a crucial role in developing intercultural communicative competences of teachers and students. The article discusses the notions of culture and intercultural communication competencies based on different definitions and models. Then, it stresses the role of educational leaders in developing such skills in teachers and students. Finally, it presents several successful attempts made in this direction at the level of policy makers, institutions of higher education and schools.

Training intercultural competence through education

Training intercultural competence through education

Author(s): Ioan Neacşu,Luiza-Nicoleta Moraru / Language(s): English / Issue: 1/2022

Keywords: cultural education; compliance; resilience; emphatic action and communication;

The present study examines three topics following the current debate on intercultural competence: key ideas from modern reflections on the tense relationship between innovative education and the effects of the globalization paradigm; breaking the dissonance between intercultural strategies and gentle responses to the challenges of the crisis- generating context for school actors; the efficiency of the educational environment in terms of the cultural formation of the youth personalities, transformations and resets. The critical attitude aims at the demotivating, unsustainable and non-harmonized effects, respectively constructive and capitalizing on the empathic communication and on the resilient intercultural practices, which have proved to be efficient and qualitative. The formation of the values of intercultural competence is supported by arguments, by the values added by the actors of institutional management education, complementary to the basic competencies - scientific, technological, volitional-emotional, character-wise, pragmatic-social, and spiritual. Interrogative messages are explicit, software arguments ensure compliant and resilient behavior of educational actors to meet the challenges posed by insecure, poorly formative-innovative scenarios. Alternatives to scientific, technological, artistic, therapeutic-spiritual and psychomotor knowledge are becoming emergent due to the continuing redefining of cultural-professional and personal lifestyles process. The formative balancing process, created by intercultural education, reduces the asymmetries, the dissonances and the conflicts between the classic cultural values normality and the risks of authoritarian tendencies, between resilient, compliant and sustainable cultures emerging intergenerational and questionable discourses promoting new redefinitions, bringing forth cultural and educational arguments.

Societal resilience

Societal resilience

Author(s): Adrian Lesenciuc,Daniela Nagy,Simona Lesenciuc / Language(s): English / Issue: 1/2022

Keywords: state resilience; societal resilience; military resilience; Ukraine; education;

On the one side, societal resilience is the central concept of the current National Defense Strategy. Originating in studies on appropriate disaster response, this concept has become crucial in relation to hybrid threats. Societal resilience underlies another concept, that of state resilience, which has become a reference concept in recent years in the NATO. Societal resilience is vital for the community to withstand violent and high-impact events and to quickly return to normality and functionality. On the other side, Ukraine proves to be, under the conditions of the Russian invasion, are silient state that has cultivated its societal resilience for the last eight years. This resilience has developed in response to the violent military challenges of recent years and has led to the implementation of guidelines for optimal response to the challenges (Korostelina, 2020). However, Ukraine is not an example of good practice in strengthening societal resilience. Through this article, we aimed to analyze the two possible forms of strengthening resilience: through education and through war. The latter case can be illustrated by the example of Ukraine or Israel. In the former case, the adequate projection of the Romanian security documents could illustrate the phenomenon, as long as the public education policies meant to consolidate the societal resilience would result from our national defense strategy. This article is based on another article presented at a previous edition of the conference Redefining Community in Intercultural Context (Lesenciuc et al., 2018), in which we approached, starting from the discrepancy between strategies and public policies, the need to strengthen the other effective response to hybrid threats: culture of security.

On the changes in the Korean educational system in the past 30 years

On the changes in the Korean educational system in the past 30 years

Author(s): Elena Buja,Jinhee Kim / Language(s): English / Issue: 1/2022

Keywords: changes; South Korea; education; questionnaire survey; statistical analysis;

The objective of our paper is to bring to light some changes that took place in the field of education in South Korea in the recent past, starting from the assumption that the rapid development of this country was triggered, among other factors, by an increased interest in education. To this aim, we have administered an online questionnaire containing some questions meant to offer us socio-demographic data concerning our respondents, followed by 10 scaled questions(or “opinionaires”, because “[t]hese are often used to elicit opinions rather than facts” - McDonough & McDonough,1997:176) focused on education. We obtained information from 322 respondents of various ages, levels of education, and professions. The data have been statistically analysed using the Statistical Package for Social Sciences (SPSS 23.0); we also conducted frequency and cross analysis, as well as a t-test considering the gender, age, as well as the level of education of the respondents. The general results indicate that the Korean subjects are aware of the changes concerning various aspects related to education, such as the equal treatment of children with different social backgrounds, the evaluation of teachers by students, to mention just a few, and that most of these changes have been for the better, but at the same time that there are also differences in their opinions depending especially on the respondent’s age.

Political interview and argumentative strategies

Political interview and argumentative strategies

Author(s): Liliana Alic / Language(s): English / Issue: 1/2022

Keywords: political interview; argumentative strategy; verbal exchange; irony; interrogation;

Among journalistic genres, political interview holds a special place, considering the multiple components that need to be analyzed. One of them is the targeted communication medium, and we specify that it is the television interview. As such, it has a certain amount of time, a fixed number of participants and a well-defined theme to bead dressed. The specialty literature has attempted to identify the milestones in the study of political interview. To begin with, it is considered by some linguists as a verbal exchange between two people, the interviewer and the interviewee, in order to communicate information of public interest to interested parties. This kind of communication can be analyzed from a linguistic point of view, taking into account the achievements of verbal exchanges, of argumentative strategies, such as argumentative scales, rhetorical argumentation and other possible argumentative strategies. Such an analysis would imply also a study of lexical and semantic means, such as recurrent lexemes and their connotation in the context. It would also imply a study concerning the notion of the ethos, which is vital in our casa of study for the interviewee. The present article deals with two interviews of two French politicians, both belonging to the Far Right wing. We try to identify the similarities and differences between the two interviewees as shown in their interviews.

A view of life, fiction and culture within The Balkan Trilogy

A view of life, fiction and culture within The Balkan Trilogy

Author(s): Ovidiu Constantin Cornilă / Language(s): English / Issue: 1/2022

Keywords: community; intercultural context; communication; autobiography; literature;

An author worth considering, Olivia Manning, is the creator of an exquisite and stunning writing style. This work begins with an overall view of Manning's masterpiece, The Balkan Trilogy, which targets her experience as a British journalist's wife refugee, her husband, and her friends' adventures in a hostile environment at the beginning of World War II in Romania and Greece. Focused on aspects of life, fiction, and culture, this piece of work will relate her vision of the war, reflected on the keen overview of the social situation of the Balkan space in those years, her couple's hardships to adapt to a new society and its different rules make her a keen observer of a polemic world which finds on the border of the Occident and Orient. This paper highlights the author's vision of narrating her drama as a fictional transposed autobiography in a foreign background and displays the importance of culture in the authorial vision as a refugee. The article will conclude with a hint on the autobiographical traits in the context of a culturalized writer.

A historical and psycho-socio-political analysis concerning the evolution of political correctness in North America between the 1960's and 1980's

A historical and psycho-socio-political analysis concerning the evolution of political correctness in North America between the 1960's and 1980's

Author(s): Emanuele Stochino / Language(s): English / Issue: 1/2022

Keywords: American Creed; Black Planters; Contact Theory; New Left; Political correctness;

This article focuses upon the evolution of political correctness between the 1960’s and 1980’s from a socio-psychological point of view. In time, the socio-psychological vision, through scientific experiments carried out both in the laboratory and on the field, has also dealt with themes inherent to inter-group relations and prejudice. In the article The field of socio-psychological study will be defined and various studies regarding groups, prejudice and the real possibility of their being applied on a large scale and not only to small groups in a laboratory will be illustrated briefly. Through the previously mentioned studies will analyze the emergence and evolution of political correctness. In the second part of article will concern focused regarding the North American racial integration policies which were introduced by advocates of political correctness in relation to those policies brought in by less extreme liberal groups. The latter, owing to the philosophy of their laws inherent to social policy followed the modus operandi suggested by social science. The conclusion will regard whether those social policies inherent to ethnic integration which were introduced according to the theory of political correctness have achieved better results than those proposed by less extreme liberal groups.

Mass media in post-1990 Romania's national minority languages: From means of communications to lever of influence

Mass media in post-1990 Romania's national minority languages: From means of communications to lever of influence

Author(s): Adina-Elena Bocai / Language(s): English / Issue: 1/2022

Keywords: ethnic communities; national minorities; mass media; Turks; Tatars;

A major right that national minorities in Romania acquired after the Revolution of 1989 was the freedom of speech. With the establishment of representative organizations of ethnic communities, the first publications in the native language appeared. Subsequently, most of them were transformed into bilingual publications, so that they were accessible to the majority population. The role of the media in the native language was initially to promote the languages of national minorities among the communities and to strengthen the community around this primary element of identity. However, there were also ethnic communities which, due to the very close relations with the country of origin, generated the appearance of satellite communities, formed by citizens of the respective countries established in Romania after 1990.They in turn organized themselves into non-governmental entities, with various objects of activity. However, they also paid special attention to the native language press, so that in turn they set up a series of mass media, the latter targeting only the language-speaking population of that language, which are written exclusively in native language. This articleexamines the publications set up by the representative organizations of ethnic Turks and Tatars in Romania, respectively the Turkish Democratic Union in Romania and the Democratic Union of Turkish-Muslim Tatars in Romania, in the mirror of the mass media set up and supported by Turkish citizens established after 1990 in Romania, aiming to identify the specific characteristics of each category of publications. Although apparently each of them has its own target audience, in reality the publications set up by Turkish citizens settled in Romania after 1990 address not only their own organizations and citizens, but also address issues related to the life and work of historical communities of Turks and Tatars. from our country. From a methodological point of view, the case study will be used to create the article, using the content analysis technique. The conclusions of the article will highlight the role of the two categories of publications in the daily life of communities, the influence of the messages sent, the importance given by the communities to each of the two categories of publications, the common elements and those that differentiate them.

ABUSE OF A DOMINANT MARKET POSITION EU ANTITRUST LAW

ABUSE OF A DOMINANT MARKET POSITION EU ANTITRUST LAW

Author(s): Siniša Varga / Language(s): English / Issue: 2-3/2006

Keywords: monopoly; dominant position; abuse of dominant position; relevant market; EU competition law

In the frames of the EU antitrust law, dominant position on the market is not forbidden, unlawful and punishable by its own. The EU competition law applies only if undertakings abuse dominant position they possess on the single market. Accordingly, it will be first explored what dominant position on the single market is i.e., how to establish existence of dominant market position and afterwards it will be researched when dominant position is considered to be abused pursuant the EU antitrust law.

ADVANTAGES AND DISADVANTAGES OF THE PRINCIPLES OF HARMONIZATION AND OF MUTUAL RECOGNITION AS A BASIS FOR PROGRESS IN CREATING A EUROPEAN JUDICIAL AREA

ADVANTAGES AND DISADVANTAGES OF THE PRINCIPLES OF HARMONIZATION AND OF MUTUAL RECOGNITION AS A BASIS FOR PROGRESS IN CREATING A EUROPEAN JUDICIAL AREA

Author(s): Milena Lazarević / Language(s): English / Issue: 2-3/2006

Keywords: European judicial area; principles in judicial cooperation; approximation and mutual recognition; approximation of both procedural and substantive national legislation

The central question in achieving the creation of a true European judicial area in the future is how to generate substantial progress in the efficiency of cross-border prosecutions while at the same time ensuring the execution of the most important safeguards for the citizens, above all fundamental rights. This future development very much depends on the appropriate application of the two core principles in judicial cooperation among European member states approximation and mutual recognition. The argument advanced by this paper is that a true European judicial area, which will be effective both in fighting cross-border crime and in guarantees of individual fundamental rights, can be created only if mutual recognition principle is supported by significant approximation of both procedural and substantive national legislation. The paper first provides background on the key concepts it is based on and submits the justification for the limitation of the paper to judicial cooperation in criminal matters. The analysis proceeds through examining firstly the possible advantages and disadvantages of approximation and mutual recognition in case each of them was applied isolated. Next, the deficits in the current state of play in the application of the two principles are analyzed. Finally, the concluding part offers an insight into the desirable way forward in the application of these two principles, if substantial progress in the creation of a truly European judicial area is to be made.

STRENGTHENING NATIONAL LEGAL SYSTEMS: ACTIONS AND MECHANISMS IN SUPPORTING NATIONAL LEGAL SYSTEMS

STRENGTHENING NATIONAL LEGAL SYSTEMS: ACTIONS AND MECHANISMS IN SUPPORTING NATIONAL LEGAL SYSTEMS

Author(s): Rainer Faupel / Language(s): English / Issue: 1/2006

THE EU LAW ON CONTROL OF CONCENTRATIONS

THE EU LAW ON CONTROL OF CONCENTRATIONS

Author(s): Siniša Varga / Language(s): English / Issue: 1/2006

Keywords: concentrations; EU; competition law; dominant position; merger; merger Regulation

Existence of a dominant, even monopolistic, position on a market is not forbidden in the EU competition law. But since a dominant market position may be abused it is necessary to put under control concentrations of capital and business i.e. acquisitions of dominant market position. This article deals with substantive EU law on control of concentrations especially regarding the concept of concentration with Community dimension.

HOW TO SECURE GLOBALIZATION PROCESS

HOW TO SECURE GLOBALIZATION PROCESS

Author(s): Slobodan Đorđić / Language(s): English / Issue: 7/2007

Keywords: Globalization; market fundamentalism; capital movement;

In this article it is firstly pointing out to the fast development of the world economy and even faster exchange rate of goods and services. After that the problem of economic differentiation between developed and underdeveloped countries are identified with its widening gap. The flows of globalization are interpreted by thanking to reducing customs barriers and and even freer movement of production factors, particularly capital. Here speculative flows of capital are remarked as factor that can jeopardize national sovereignty. As for international financial institutions they are supporting the mentioned trends. All these events threaten to undermine the whole process of globalization. The solution for these problems could theoretically be found in some kind of World government and its governing and managing many trends in the world including the process of globalization. Regretfully for the time being it looks like an illusion! At least the underdeveloped countries should be more involved in the process of defining economic policy relating to them.

THE STATUS AND PERSPECTIVES OF EGOVERNMENT IN BOSNIA AND HERZEGOVINA

THE STATUS AND PERSPECTIVES OF EGOVERNMENT IN BOSNIA AND HERZEGOVINA

Author(s): Lazo Roljić / Language(s): English / Issue: 6/2007

Keywords: Public Government; eGovernment; Information Communication Technology; Information Society;

E-Government or electronic administration is a form in which public service authorities and local self-government carry out business processes. It is based on the usage of contemporary information-communication technology and is directed towards end-users. Its purpose is to make the service quality more available and clearer for its users and also to achieve the better efficiency of the inner work. E-Government provides the participation of various public spheres and institutions in the processing of publicly or locally relevant issues, and working of state and public administration. In doing so, there have been versatile methods of work automatization, not only in the outer communication (such as service requests, work distribution, solution distribution, e-democracy), but also in the inner communication (connections of record files, self-initiative data processing). If we introduce the information-communication technologies into the all segments of administration, we will achieve the long-term synergetic effects in terms of clarity, rationalization and flexibility of work. The transformation of a government into an e-government is a crucial segment of the general process of information society development. This work summarizes some good solutions of e-government services in the developed European countries. After this, there are the directions for the e-government field and its spatial aspect from the Strategy of Information Society Development in Bosnia and Herzegovina. Furthermore, there is a brief description and analysis of the application level of the informationcommunication technology in Bosnia and Herzegovina administration.

Examining Partisan Reporting of Critical Race Theory Using Meta’s CrowdTangle

Examining Partisan Reporting of Critical Race Theory Using Meta’s CrowdTangle

Author(s): Chrysalis L. Wright,Beatriz Coelho,Caitlyn Koerner,Cristina Ferrer,Caitlin Rechdan,Donna Larson / Language(s): English / Issue: 45/2023

Keywords: Partisan reporting; CrowdTangle; Critical Race Theory (CRT);

Mainstream news media outlets can influence the opinions and attitudes of their audience based on how they frame information. This framing can also lead to polarization. Presently there exists partisan controversies and state-level legislation in the United States regarding Critical Race Theory (CRT). We examined partisan reporting related to CRT using Meta’s metrics platform, CrowdTangle and tracked Facebook posts by news media outlets from January 30, 2020, to January 30, 2022. We were interested in how mainstream news media reported on CRT and wanted to examine significant differences in consumers interactions with posts and page following from right-leaning, left-leaning, and neutral news media outlets. We also examined the overperformance of posts. We identified social media accounts that played a vital role in sharing content related to CRT and determined the potential impact of posts. We found that right-leaning news media were more likely to post about CRT, compared to left-leaning and neutral news media outlets, with reporting beginning in June 2020. Neutral and left-leaning news media outlets began reporting on CRT months later. Our results demonstrated that right-leaning news media outlets had more followers and more post interactions. We also found variations in user interactions based on the partisan nature of the news media. Additionally, neutral news media had higher overperformance scores compared to other outlets. Our findings will be beneficial to those involved in policy making regarding social media, media distrust, and race relations within the United States. Mainstream news media outlets can influence the opinions and attitudes of their audience based on how they frame information. This framing can also lead to polarization. Presently there exists partisan controversies and state-level legislation in the United States regarding Critical Race Theory (CRT). We examined partisan reporting related to CRT using Meta’s metrics platform, CrowdTangle and tracked Facebook posts by news media outlets from January 30, 2020, to January 30, 2022. We were interested in how mainstream news media reported on CRT and wanted to examine significant differences in consumers interactions with posts and page following from right-leaning, left-leaning, and neutral news media outlets. We also examined the overperformance of posts. We identified social media accounts that played a vital role in sharing content related to CRT and determined the potential impact of posts. We found that right-leaning news media were more likely to post about CRT, compared to left-leaning and neutral news media outlets, with reporting beginning in June 2020. Neutral and left-leaning news media outlets began reporting on CRT months later. Our results demonstrated that right-leaning news media outlets had more followers and more post interactions. We also found variations in user interactions based on the partisan nature of the news media. Additionally, neutral news media had higher overperformance scores compared to other outlets. Our findings will be beneficial to those involved in policy making regarding social media, media distrust, and race relations within the United States.

The Construction of Legitimation in Romanian Public Authorities’ Discourses During the COVID-19 Pandemic

The Construction of Legitimation in Romanian Public Authorities’ Discourses During the COVID-19 Pandemic

Author(s): Camelia Cuşnir,Anamaria Nicola / Language(s): English / Issue: 45/2023

Keywords: COVID-19; Legitimation strategies; Government response; Crisis; Discourse; Fake news; Disinformation;

The global spread of COVID-19 in 2020 has created a wide range of responses from governments, like lockdowns, event prohibitions, social distancing rules, etc. Authorities tried to legitimize these restrictions (including limitations of individual rights) through different strategies in order to obtain people compliance. This paper aims to analyze the discourses of two most trusted Romanian public figures, according to IRES (April 2020), Klaus Iohannis, Romanian President, and Raed Arafat, Romanian State Secretary in the Ministry of Internal Affairs, both of whom played key roles in the communication around the COVID-19 health emergency state in our country in March-April 2020. Our goal is to identify how they legitimize their actions by exploring the power relationships between these two Romanian authorities, citizens and other social actors as reflected in their discourses. Our analysis combines van Leuween’s (2007) legitimation strategies with Brown’s (2020) risk features to understand how Romanian authorities managed to respond to COVID-19crisis. Research showed the two public figures legitimize their actions by using personal authority and that warnings are the most addressed constructions in their discourses. Differences also showed that Arafat was more focused on battling fake news and its effects, while Iohannis was often using good hero’s narratives to explain the decisions implemented to combat the pandemic.

Examining the Effect of Incorporating Social Media Literacy into Moroccan Schools

Examining the Effect of Incorporating Social Media Literacy into Moroccan Schools

Author(s): Yassine Benhadj / Language(s): English / Issue: 45/2023

Keywords: Social media literacy (SML); Integration; Online empowerment; Experimental design;

Access to the internet is easier and faster than ever, forcing most people around the globe to adopt a web-based lifestyle. This generates tons of online footprint data, which feeds digital systems and leads to massive information abundance. To address this issue, people, especially teens, who are the most social media users, need to develop certain skills to use these platforms constructively. According to recent evidence, social media literacy (SML) is a golden choice to attain this goal. Considering this, the goal of this study was to implement an online SML course in a Moroccan educational setting and assess how well it could prepare millennials to use social media. The research population covered Moroccan baccalaureate students. The researcher used an experimental design, hallmarking the participation of a control and an experimental group. The mean scores’ differences of the pre-test and the post-test suggested that the course was significantly impactful in improving the SML level of the treatment group. It is hoped that this research will contribute to the online empowerment of Moroccan students, urge policymakers to officially recognize SML in the Moroccan educational system, and help syllabus designers and educators create SML programs that meet the needs of this generation.

Marketing and Communication in Romania’s Next Sports Decade: Identifying Key Success Factors in the National Strategy for Sport 2023

Marketing and Communication in Romania’s Next Sports Decade: Identifying Key Success Factors in the National Strategy for Sport 2023

Author(s): Brîndușa Maria Cergă / Language(s): English / Issue: 45/2023

Keywords: Sports; National strategy; Key success factors; 5C protocol; Success measurement;

Sports in Romania is experiencing a surge of popularity and desire to improve in all areas, after years of decline in which the statics have raised concerns. Enabling this industry with a clear plan and raising the standards is paramount for the future development of the sports scene. In this context, the present paper aims to explore the National Sports Strategy of Romania (NSS23), with the objective of identifying key success factors related to marketing and communication and determining whether they can be measured against future success. A content analysis of the NNS23was conducted. Compliant items include clear objectives and methods, a statement of ownership and responsibility, and the beneficiaries. The analysis revealed that the document is missing some data, such as limitations, terms of quality and resources, which must be included to measure the success of the strategy. Additionally, it was found that in its current form, the NSS23 cannot be accurately measured against future success due to the lack of financial and capacity resources related to marketing and communication. Suggested amendments can help to ensure that the strategy is complete and can be properly assessed against future success. Future research directions are proposed to explore the NSS23.

Changes in the Natural Environment around the Wallachian Villages on the Northern Slopes of the Carpathians in the 15th and 16th centuries

Changes in the Natural Environment around the Wallachian Villages on the Northern Slopes of the Carpathians in the 15th and 16th centuries

Author(s): Grzegorz Jawor / Language(s): English / Issue: 1/2022

Keywords: changes in the forestation status; natural environment; Wallachian villages; pastoralism; agriculture

The problem of the impact of colonization on the natural environment in the 15th and 16th centuries has so far not been addressed by historians. Many publications were limited to only mentioning various symptoms of this phenomenon, without making efforts to analyse this phenomenon in more detail. This article aims at supplementing these inadequacies at least partially. There was a sudden demographic growth of the local population in the 16th century, manifested by the mass founding of new villages and the population growth in the older settlements. One of the consequences of this phenomenon was the limiting of pastoralism in favour of tillage. This activity resulted not only from the gradually shrinking grazing areas and their impoverishing, but also from the efforts of great landowners supporting the agriculture which was offering more profit. The aim of the article is to present in what way these processes influenced the local natural environment. Various historical sources from the 15th and 16th centuries (the nobility’s inventories and surveys, location charters, entries in court documents) were used in order to present the changes in the forestation status, to indicate diverse factors influencing its reduction, and to address the problem of species’ impoverishment of forest vegetation, wild game and degradation of natural mountain meadows. The efforts to limit the presence of some of these unfavourable phenomena were made, and the assessment of their application was made.