It should be Noted that in the Republic of Belarus forests are one of the main renewable natural resources and the most important national resources. Forests and forest resources are of great importance for the sustainable socio-economic development of the country, ensuring its economic, energy, environmental and food security. Belarus is among the top ten forest States in Europe in terms of a number of key indicators that characterize the forest Fund (forest area, forest area and growing wood stock per inhabitant).

The Ministry of forestry is now carried out purposeful work on reproduction of forests and the short term plantations. As a result, over the past decades, a positive trend in the forest Fund has been achieved.

last year alone, organizations of the Ministry of forestry carried out reforestation and afforestation on a total area of 38.0 thousand hectares (118.7% of the annual plan), including through planting and planting forests laid 32.29 thousand hectares of new forests (119.0%).

Recall that in our country has developed and is implementing a state program "Belarusian forest" for 2016-2020. Its main objective is to achieve sustainable, cost-effective, environmentally responsible and socially oriented forest management, forest management, hunting and hunting. Under the Program, by 2021, the forest cover of the country is expected to increase to 40.1 per cent. Currently, the forest cover of the territory of Belarus is 39.8 per cent.

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