The moratorium was initially introduced for six months and concerned the ban and restriction of logging in nine locations in the country. The ministry placed restrictions on 94,000. ha of forests located in 28 forest districts.
Before the deadline expired, the ministry extended the ban and announced consultations on the scope of areas covered by the moratorium. They were carried out by five regional directorates: in Białystok, Gdańsk, Krosno, Radom and Wrocław.
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According to the State Forests, the consultations met with great interest.
We can already see that tens of thousands of votes have been received. It is encouraging that Poles are so involved in this process. Now foresters count, catalog and analyze the submitted comments. This will be a very time-consuming process, said Witold Koss, director general of the State Forests.
According to the schedule, RDLPs have until August 25 to publish the submitted comments and respond to them.
According to the State Forests, in order to ensure the transparency of the process of analyzing the consulted comments, all quantitative and qualitative summaries regarding the consultation process will be made public after this date.
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