Fundamental principles of forest treatment and management are:
Fundamental principles of forest treatment and management are:
· sustainability (sustained preservation of forests, sustained use of their goods and non-material functions),
· close-to-nature management (exploitation of forests to such a degree and in such a way as to ensure the preservation of all their natural constituents),
· multi-purpose management (a balanced significance of ecological, productional, and social roles of forests).
In accordance with professional foundations provided by the Slovenia Forest Service,
forests are managed by forest owners , who are:
· private owners (natural and legal persons),
· local communities,
· state.
Approximately three quarters of Slovenian forests are private property.