Every forest must be restored after it has been logged, sawed and felled (clear-felled), as stipulated by the Forest Law and the Cabinet Regulations on Reforestation, Afforestation and Plantation Forests. Natural regeneration is possible, or regeneration is carried out by planting/seeding.

A forest is defined as a tree-dominated ecosystem covering an area of at least 0.1 hectares, with a potential tree height of at least 5 metres. Forest land includes not only forest stands, but also clearings and young stands,

As the State Forest Service (SFS) kindly reminds everyone - and we remind our clients - every forest owner who has carried out any forest management activities in their forest in the previous calendar year is obliged to report them to the SFS. For example,

Coppicing is one of the most important forest management activities for ensuring a high quality and stable stand. During coppicing, competing, damaged or undesirable species are removed from the stand to leave the strongest and most promising trees to grow.