Main national documents
Main national documents
that serve as the basis for forest treatment and management in Slovenia are:
· The Act on Forests of the Republic of Slovenia (1993)
which regulates protection, silviculture, exploitation and use of forests on the basis of forest management plans;
· The Forest Development Programme of the Republic of Slovenia (1996), adopted by the National Assembly, which defines the national policy on close-to-nature forest management, guidelines for the preservation and development of forests and conditions for their exploitation or multipurpose use.
Besides, there are acts regulating the sphere of nature protection, environmental protection, space management, protection of plants, hunting and wildlife, building and construction, information of public interest and media.