Budapest, February 18 2016 - Change the law on forest management is expected later this year - to be submitted to the National Assembly - in the spring, or the summer session.

Be born in the new legislation governing forest management in Hungary - said state secretary responsible for land to the Ministry of Agriculture (FM) on Thursday press conference in Budapest.
The law concept of public debate when you start a conference was held on the topic and Örs Marton Bitay spoke after the planned amendment to the 2009 legislation. The Secretary of State said that the approach must be eliminated so that the forest must be protected from foresters. As foresters who manage forests can adapt to, and natural forests can be ensured for people - or installed.
    He added that the Hungarian forests in maintaining the most actively involved in the Hungarian forester society. The rate needs to be found to balance the public welfare forest, defense and economic function - stressed the Secretary of State.
    Örs Marton Bitay recalled going renewal of the entire sector: the situation is ripe for the 2009 Forest Act redefine. Late last year, the National Assembly adopted a new wildlife management law, and now the law on forest management is on the agenda.
    Lately, a lot has changed, which affects the Hungarian forest management. It gave the example of climate change impacts, and talked of the spread of invasive species that now everyone can see the forest. It is necessary to adapt the law to change the natural effect.

    In addition, it changed ownership structure of forests. Strengthened public welfare functions of forests - mainly in the case of state forests - but not adapted to the economic function.
    He stressed: Today 170 hectares of private forest is not cared for. You do not know if so much is lost timber, and the number of jobs, thereby missing. Not sufficiently regulated by the difference between the natural forest and plantation forest. You can not apply the same rules in a lowland forest of acacia like an oak woods, in the Mount Bakony. New rules will apply as for energy purposes poplar plantations, the latter is essentially the same can not be treated as forest - said the secretary of state.