ROMANIAN FORESTRY SCIENCE IN AN EUROPEAN CONTEXT

In the opening part, the paperstates that science knows no country, but each country needs a national science, which is confirmed in the case of forestry science. In the evolution of the Romanian forestry science, several stages have been highlighted:- stage of borrowings from other countries (France, Germany), which lasted until the fourth decade of the 20th century;- stage of the first national scientific substantiations, which started with the establishment of the Forest Research Institute (in 1933);- stage of maximal scientific creativity (1960-1980), when Romanian forestry science has promoted itself on the European level;- stage of decline, still lasting in the period of transition towards a market economy. Then the paper presents the forest vocation of the Romanian youth and the high scientific potential of the Romanian forests, which, used properly, will promote Romanian forestry science in Europe. The main actions for integrating Romanian forestry science with one of the European Union countries are mentioned. Romanian forest research will be able to substantially contribute to the development of he European forestry sci-ence, as it happened in the period 1960-1980