The State Forestry Agency, together with relevant ministries, is preparing measures to increase timber harvesting in 2026 and transition to new management methods in 2027, the agency’s head Viktor Smal told the Interfax-Ukraine news agency.
“With reasonable deregulation, revision of standards, and expansion of the use of self-forested areas, we will be able to increase stable harvesting while remaining within the limits of annual growth,” he concluded.
The State Forestry Agency of Ukraine is the central executive body that coordinates the management, protection, restoration, and rational use of the country’s forest resources. The agency oversees more than 70 state-owned enterprises, including the State Enterprise “Forests of Ukraine,” as well as scientific, environmental, and inventory institutions.