Even after the amendment of the decree on the regulation of logging, experts from the forestry, nature conservation authority and national parks will control all logging in the same way as before - the Secretary of State for Forests and Land Affairs of the Ministry of Agriculture spoke about this in Kossuth radio's Sunday newspaper program.
Péter Zambó said that before every logging plan submitted, experts conduct a site visit and either allow the forest manager to log or not.
"What we have now opened up in the legislation foresees emergency measures should the country need a large amount of wood relatively quickly"
he said. The state secretary emphasized that according to the annual plans, the state forest managers will harvest 1.3 million cubic meters of firewood for the rest of the year, and they also count on firewood harvested by private forest managers.
According to him, there is currently a legal possibility to harvest 3.8 million cubic meters of acacia trees in unprotected and non-natural areas. If necessary, these areas will be taken forward.
Péter Zambó, the Secretary of State responsible for forests and land affairs of the Ministry of Agriculture, will give a speech at the opening of the national academic year of agricultural vocational training institutions at the Ferenc Liszt Conference and Cultural Center in Sopron on August 30, 2021. Source: MTI/Csaba Krizsán MTI/Csaba Krizsán
Hungary has approximately 400 million cubic meters of living wood stock, which increases by an average of 13 million cubic meters per year.
From this 13 million cubic meters, state and private forest farmers produce an average of 8-8.5 million cubic meters per year, of which 3-4 million cubic meters are firewood, he explained. So there are nearly 4-4.5 million cubic meters in reserve in the system, he added.
He indicated that the fact that the start of the harvest season was brought forward by two weeks will not cause any problems either, the process can be started now in August without harming the soil and the birdlife. With this advanced production, 100,000-150,000 cubic meters of wood can be harvested, so in 90 days this amount can already be on the market as dry firewood, he said.
The state secretary indicated that the logging processes of private forest farmers are also carried out according to the legal regulations, and they are also checked by the forestry authority.
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