State Agency of Forest Resources of Ukraine Transcarpathian Regional Forest and Hunting Administration

Land structure and general information about TFHA State Agency of Forest Resources of Ukraine 71% Ministry of Agricultural Policy 12.3% Ministry of Environment 11.4% Reserve land 3.4% Ministry of Defense 1.4% Other 0.5%

By the tree species structure main forest аrea is made by forest stands with dominating beech, the leas part is covered with alder, poplar, willow.

TRANSCARPATHIAN REGIONAL FOREST AND HUNTING ADMINISTRATION 9 – STATE ENTERPRISES “FOREST ENTERPRISES” (FE) 2 – STATE ENTERPRISES “FOREST EXPERIMENTAL ENTERPRISES” (FEE) 5 – STATE ENTERPRISES “FOREST AND HUNTING ENTERPRISES” (FHE) 1 – NPP “ZACHAROVANYI KRAY”

Map of forest areas of Transcarpathian region with division by users

CUTS SYSTEM AND TIMBER HARVESTING In the region the system of final felling has been established, which includes clear cuts and selective ways of timber harvesting. In Carpathian Mountains, in forests subordinated to State Agency of Forest Resources of Ukraine almost half of harvested timber is done through clear cuts. Though there is a trend of increase of continuous and selective cuts share. Main normative document is “RULES OF FINAL FELLING IN MOUNTAIN FORESTS OF CARPATHIANS” (2008)

Timber harvesting technologies: - wheel tractors – 61,6 %, - aerial cable lines – 1,6%, - horses – 27,6 %

Dynamic of final felling carried out by Transcarpathian Regional Forest and Hunting Administration for

Formation and sanitation cuts at the area of Transcarpathian Regional Forest and Hunting Administration in years

Harvesting of round timber, technical raw material, fuelwood at the scope of Transcarpathian Regional Forest and Hunting Administration

Main activities: 1. Construction of forest roads 2. Forest regeneration by means of natural regeneration 3. Maintenance of FSC forest certification 4. Prevention of large-scale processes of forest die-back 5. Forest related education of school children

Headquarters of Transcarpathian RFHA

Construction of forest roads by Transcarpathian RFHA

Construction of forest roads by Transcarpathian RFHA for years

Recreational sites of Transcarpathian RFHA

Spruce dieback

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