1. FOREST OWNERS ASSOCIATION OF LITHUANIA
Private forest resources,
trends and challenges
in Lithuania
Assoc. prof. dr. Marius Kavaliauskas
The 2nd Baltic private forestry expert level meeting
25th-26th September 2018, Sagadi Manor, Estonia

2. State forests Private forests Year 1938 1988 1998 2001 2006 2013 2017
Private forestry – 15 % territory in country (almost half of the forests in nearest future), managing 10 % inhabitants ( owners) of the country
State forests
Private forests
Year
1938
1988
1998
2001
2006
2013
2017
1000ha
173 -
219
458
717
853
883 %
18.6
11.1
22.7
33.8
39.2
40.3

3. Structure

4. mil. m³
Total accumulated volume - 70,2 mil. m3 in mature stands
Overmatured - 19 proc. out of total

5. Official data collecting
Country
Social indicators according occupation, profession and PFO typology
Ddemographic
indicators
Eeconomic
Timber resources according ownership
Private forest characteristics according holding size
forest characteristics according private forest ownership categories
Lithuania
Austria
Latvia
Finland
Ireland
France
Germany
Slovenia
Data is not collected
Partly collected
Data is collected

6. Forest owner typology

7. Since 2015 5 % compulsory tax from roundwood and standing forest

8. Private and public ownership structure, %
Invectives to regulate private forest holding size !
Lithuania

9. Wood mobilization (still no invectives for cooperation)
Other actual recent topics:
Wood mobilization (still no invectives for cooperation)
Hunting rights in private forests
Increasing environmental consideration in private forests (radical green movements)