The organization of forests and citizens has made available a special map. We can see the areas of Poland on it, where, among others planned Looping of trees in 2025 [link do mapy]. Let us remind you that the ruling coalition promised to protect 20 percent forests before felling. However, this year, additional protection (thanks to the moratorium and other ministerial orders) is covered by a total of 3.7 percent forests “In the most optimistic scenario” – lists the NGO. Among them there is no so -called social forests.
“It is not known who has a decisive voice: Ministry of Climate or State Forests”
– We have had a new power for over a year, and the process of forest management reform is very much opaque and sometimes surprising For the social, but also economic side, including for Forestry Services and companies transport – said in an interview with Next.gazeta.pl Dr. Maciej Grodzicki, an employee of the Jagiellonian University, a trade union activist of an employee initiative and a member of the board of the Polish network of economics. – If we are to consistently increase the role of protected areas or modify forest management, enterprises should have time to adapt their business strategies. On the other hand, the Ministry of the Climate and the Environment, as you can see, does not draw conclusions from errors that it made a year ago during the announcement of a moratorium – he added.
Our interlocutor also expressed concern that the division of competences and hierarchy was not established. – The State Forests have a specific status: This is not a state -owned company, a government agency or a ministry, but the forests are part of the public sector and are subject to government. It can also be seen that, for example, with decisions regarding the Old Time, the Ministry of the Climate announces its own, and then the State Forests make their decisions on specific activities and plans of the forest equipment – he emphasized.
The State Forests is a strong institution that implements state policy in forest areas, but this policy should be more subordinated to public purposes, and instead conflicts arise, which show that apparently it is not known who is subject to whom and who has a decisive voice here: the Ministry of the Climate or state forests
– said Dr. Maciej Grodzicki.
Social forests suspended. “We feel cheated”
According to the command of the Ministry of the Climate from the beginning of 2026, at least 1 percent The area of forests in Poland in the areas of the State Forests is to be protected as old -age, and from 2027 it is to be at least 2 percent. However, according to the calculations of the Forest and Citizens Foundation, this year was designated 28 thousand ha valuable old -ageor “as many as 6 percent of all forests identified as Old Polish.” In total, 2.3 million cubic meters of wood will be obtained in Starolasy. In addition, there are no specific information in the case Protection of social forests.
Anna Kolińska from the Alarm for the climate Foundation pointed out that tenders were decided in the social forests of the forest inspectorate, The clippings have startedand the social side has no effect on their shape. – We feel cheatedour fears work that social forests are only another at the moment empty slogan she added. In turn, Renata Lejawka, on the initiative of the forest around cities 150-year-old, healthy Beskidzkie Buki“.
How do the State Forests and the Ministry of the Climate explain? Read more On this subject in the text of Patryk Strzałkowski: “This map is already loud. 150-year-old Beskidzkie Buki will go under the ax“.
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