Aspects Regarding Forest Pollution with Dust Provoked By Timber Road Transportation

Abstract

Dust pollution resulted from road transport affects the forest vegetation; its noxious effects limiting problem is actual and opportune. In this paper, the filtering capacity of forest species for this type of emissions is emphasized, including the necessity to avoid their overloading. In the paper, quantitative aspects of dust pollution effect in case of timber road transportation are presented, by highlighting the dust quantity encountered on beech leafs after a certain transport duration, as well as its variation in accordance with the tree position (distance) from the road.