Forest area in 2013 decreased compared to 2012 by 1,093 hectares to 1,183,433 ha. Forest thus covers 58.4% of Slovenia.
In 2013 the growing stock in Slovenian forest increased by 1.4% to about 342 million cubic metres. The annual increment increased by 0.9% to about 8.5 million cubic metres.
In Slovenian forest 3.9 million cubic metres of gross wood weight of removals was recorded in 2013, which is 0.3% more than in 2012; 2.2 million cubic metres of this was conifers and 1.7 million cubic metres non-conifers. The recorded cut represented 65% of the allowable cut under forest management plans.
