FSC is an international non-profit organisation established in 1993, the goal of which is to support environmentally correct, socially beneficial and profitable management in forestry worldwide. It was formed at the initiative of environmental groups such as World Wide Fund for Nature, Friends of the Earth, and others...
The reason for its establishment was ongoing over exploitation of tropical forests, as well as governments' in ability to adopt rules for their rescue.
The assumption is that forest certification will mitigate adversetendencies in the relationship between LH and the wood processing industry, as it is in their mutual interest to be ableengage in competition. The future belongs to the companies focusing on customer values and developing loyalty of the customer to thecompany and of the company to the customer.
Mestské lesy Košice a.s. aims for a sustainable method of forest management, emphasizing functions of general public interest and the production of high-quality wood.
We welcomed an initiative of the Gemer Regional Non-State Forest Owners Association (Gemerské Regionálne Združenie Vlastníkov Neštátnych Lesov/GRZVNL) headquartered at Rožňava, Šafárikova 71, which prepared a Group Scheme of Forest Certification (SSCL/Skupinová Schema Certifikácie Lesa) for their members. We havetaken an active role in a workgroup and have taken part in the harmonisation of FSC principles with our laws in order to succeed in the 2004 external final audit and obtaina FSC certificate.The goal of the certification carried out by Mestské lesy Košice a.s. is to demonstrate that our forests are managed in accordance with the internationally recognised principles of Forest Stewardship Council (FSC). More about certification
Mestské lesy Košice a.s. held the SW-FM/COC – 1346/A certificate from 28 October, 2004 to 31 December 2008.
As of 13 January 2009, Mestské lesy Košice a.s. has been given a SGS-FM/COC – 005692/A certificate.
Mestské lesy Košice a.s. Južnátrieda 11, 04001 Košice
Mestské lesy Košice a.s. here by declares that it undertakes to observe the principles and criteria defined by the FSC certification scheme on the forest property of Košice.
Ing. Tibor Róth
Chairman of the Board of Directors
The following data have been provided in accordance with the principle of public availability and awareness related to Košice’s forest property and its economic use:
| ha | m3 | |
| Forest stand area | 18 920,64 | x |
| Total inventory | x | 5 194 000 |
| Total logging | x | 910 826 |
| - regeneration cut | 1 734,94 | 747 336 |
| - improvement cut in max. 50 year-old stands | 2 143,22 | 40 742 |
| - improvement cut in more than 50 year-old stands | 4 032,73 | 122 750 |
| Pruning | 3 373,34 | x |
| Restoration of forests | 1 723,59 | x |
| -of that expected rejuvenation | 1 456,77 | x |
Special-purpose forests
Protected forests
Click HERE and HERE to see 2007 monitoring results.
Click HERE and HERE to see 2008 monitoring results.
Click HERE to see 2009 monitoringr esults.
Click HERE and HERE to see 2010 monitoring results.
The history of Košice has been closely linked tothe extensive forests around it. The oldest references to the ownership of forest lands around the city date from the 13th century. For many years the economic use of these forests was connected with mining and metallurgy, practiced in the region of Košice. Košice's forest lands became the largest piece of city property in the Hungarian Kingdom. With its area of 19,432 ha, it is currently the second largest piece of forest property in Central Europe.
