Forestry in 2023
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As of 31 December 2023, forest land area comprised 9495.7 thousand ha, with forest area amounting to 9294.9 thousand ha, which was 29.6% of the area of the country. In 2023, forest renewals covered 63.1 thousand ha and afforestation – 0.7 thousand ha. In 2023, in comparison with the previous year, a recorded decrease in total removals (by 6.7%) amounted to 41662.2 thousand m3 and timber removals, a drop by 6.7%, equalled 39846.0 thousand m3.
At the end of 2023, forest land comprised 9495.7 thousand ha. According to the standard used in international valuation that uses the category of land under forest management, the share of forest land in the land area of the country equalled 31.0%. Forests covered 9294.9 thousand ha, i.e. 29.6% of the area of Poland. Over many years forest area has been gradually increasing. At the end of the analysed year, forest area grew by 20.1 thousand ha in comparison with the data for the preceding year.
