Slovenia has a rich and long tradition of planned forest management. The first forest-management plan was prepared as early as 1724. We have managed to considerably improve our forests in the past fifty years with an important contribution of the forestry branch and forest owners. The surface of Slovene forests has thus increased by fair 32% and the current forest stand amounts to approximately 58%, according to some sources even 63%. In Europe, we are only second to Finland according to this index. 

In Europe, we are only second to Finland according to this index.

The growing stock in the past years did not increase only on the account of the surface of the forest, but also on the account of the accumulation of the growing stock. The growing stock per hectare has increased by more than 110%. This parameter ranks Slovenia to the very European top with a growing stock of more than 250 m³/ha.