Forest owners or their representatives must submit to the Environmental Board forest notifications about any cuttings planned (other than cleaning), as well as about significant damage to the forest.
Forest owners may cut up to 20 cubic metres of wood per immovable property per year without submitting a forest notification.
The forest notification can be submitted:
- electronically via the forest portal (in order to use the service, the individual must log in by using their ID-card, Mobile-ID, or Smart-ID);
- in the forest register in the form of an XML file;
- as a digitally signed document by email to the Environmental Board: [email protected]. A forest notification form which can be filled in is available on the website of the Environmental Board;
- by post to the office of the Environmental Board in whose area the immovable property is located;
- by delivering it personally to an office of the Environmental Board.
The Environmental Board checks the compliance of the forest notification and the compliance of the planned cutting with the requirements laid down by legislation within 15 working days. If making a decision on the planned cutting calls for coordination or a forest protection expert assessment pursuant to subsection 29 (12) of the Forest Act, the Environmental Board may take up to 30 working days to check the forest notification.
Cuttings which are compliant with legislation and significant damage to the forest are registered in the forest register. If the forest notification is submitted on paper or by email in a digitally signed format, the Environmental Board will send an extract from the register to the person who submitted the forest notification on the registration of the cutting.
Further information about the submission of forest notifications is available on the website of the Environmental Board.
If you have any questions, please call the customer support of the Environmental Board (662 5999, Mon.–Thur. 9 a.m. – 4 p.m., Fri 9 a.m. – 2.30 p.m.) or send an email to [email protected].
Viewing forest inventory data
Forest owners can get acquainted with the inventory data of the forests on their immovable properties and download the data via the forest portal (the user will have to log in to the portal with their ID-card or Mobile-ID to use the service).