Organization of Forestry
Slovenian Forest Service is divided into 14 regional units. Forest management and forest exploitation are under the responsibility of the Ministry of Agriculture and Environment (the supreme state forest institution) and of the Slovenian Forest Service (public forest service).
The main legal texts for forest management are:
– The Forest Act of the Republic of Slovenia (1993), which regulates protection, silviculture, exploitation and forest uses according to forest management plans;
– The National Forest Programme of the Republic of Slovenia (1996), adopted by theNational Assembly, which defines the national forest policy on close-to-nature forest management, the guidelines for forest conservation and development, forest exploitation and multipurpose uses.
Moreover, there are acts which regulate the framework of nature protection, environmental protection, spatial planning, plant conservation, game management and wildlife, building and construction, public awareness.
Forest management plans include:
– regional forest management plans and plans of forest management units,
– silvicultural plans,
– regional game management plans.
Fundamental principles of forest treatment and management are:
– sustainability
– close-to-nature management
– multi-purpose management
Slovenian forests are managed by forest owners who are:
– private owners (natural and legal persons),
– local communities,
– state.
The main legal texts for forest management are:
– The Forest Act of the Republic of Slovenia (1993), which regulates protection, silviculture, exploitation and forest uses according to forest management plans;
– The National Forest Programme of the Republic of Slovenia (1996), adopted by theNational Assembly, which defines the national forest policy on close-to-nature forest management, the guidelines for forest conservation and development, forest exploitation and multipurpose uses.
Moreover, there are acts which regulate the framework of nature protection, environmental protection, spatial planning, plant conservation, game management and wildlife, building and construction, public awareness.
Forest management plans include:
– regional forest management plans and plans of forest management units,
– silvicultural plans,
– regional game management plans.
Fundamental principles of forest treatment and management are:
– sustainability
– close-to-nature management
– multi-purpose management
Slovenian forests are managed by forest owners who are:
– private owners (natural and legal persons),
– local communities,
– state.