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Kosovo, located in the heart of the Balkans, was formerly a part of Yugoslavia. The breakup of Yugoslavia led not only to the creation of new countries and borders; it also had a huge impact on the transportation and availability of raw materials and goods. Kosovo's forest products industry has been greatly affected by the country's current political and legal environment. The creation of new boundaries, combined with trade constraints between Kosovo and some neighboring countries, has changed the amount and type of available wood raw material. Although the forest products industry is a very important part of Kosovo's economy, this change in distribution has had a negative impact on the sawmill structure of the country. To better understand the current state of Kosovo's forest products sector, data was collected through a survey of all sawmills in Kosovo and through information gathered from the Ministry of Agriculture, Forestry and Rural Development of Kosovo. In this paper, the forest resources and sawmill structure of Kosovo are analyzed and the availability of different species of wood in different regions of the country is presented. Based on these fi ndings, recommendations are provided for further development of the forest and sawmill industry. ; This research was supported by the Agency of European Integration and Economic Development. ; 4 ; 323-327 pp ; 65 (4) ; DE/NEM ; Drvna Industrija

The dispersal flights of West Indian drywood termite, Cryptotermes brevis (Walker) (Isoptera: Kalotermitidae) were surveyed in the major cities of Azores. The sampling device used to estimate termite density consisted of a yellow adhesive trap (size 45 by 24 cm), placed with an artificial or natural light source in a dark attic environment. In addition, data from two other projects were used to improve the knowledge about the geographical distribution of the species. The level of infestation in the two main Azorean towns differed, with high levels in the houses of Angra do Heroı´smo, whereas in Ponta Delgada, there are fewer houses with high levels of infestation. The infestation in Ponta Delgada shows a pattern of spreading from the center outward to the city's periphery, whereas in Angra do Heroı´smo, there was a pattern of spreading outward from several foci. The heavy infestation observed in Angra do Heroı´smo and the clear increase of infestation levels observed from 2010 to 2011 is a reason for concern and calls for an urgent application of an Integrated Pest Management (IPM) control strategy. ; 7pp ; We are indebted to all house owners for their availability to contribute to this study and Enésima Mendonça for Auto-Montage Syncroscopy Software termite images. This study was supported by grants M221-I 002-2009 TERMODISP (Direcção Regional da Ciência e Tecnologia (DRCT), Azores, Portugal), PTDC/CCI/72381/2006 África Annes (Fundação para a Ciência e Tecnologia (FCT), Portugal), and contracts with the Mayors of the main Azorean towns (Angra do Heroísmo, Ponta Delgada, Horta and Vila do Porto under the project Risk Communication Program—"United we stand divided we fall." O.G., F.F., A.B., and N.B. were supported by grants from Azorean Government. M.T.F. was supported by the Ph.D. grant SFRH/BD/29840/2006 (FCT, Portugal). L.N. was supported by the FCT research project PTDC/ECM/099121/2008. ; vol 14 ; DE/NCE ; Journal of Insect Science