Land use - Outlook 2020 (Serbia)

The main objective for the further development of land use planning in Serbia, provided in the Spatial Development Strategy of the Republic of Serbia (draft version, 2009), is the rational use of land — to stop further degradation, to suppress unplanned construction and to protect endangered areas. Strategic planning priorities for land use by 2020 do not foresee an increase in construction land, keeping its existing share of total reserves at 9.5 %. The level of Serbian territory planted as forests should reach 41 % compared to the current 29.1 %; in other words, Serbia will gain 90 000 ha of forest. Agricultural land will cover 45.2 %, while other land uses will cover 4.3 % of the territory of Serbia.