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CZECH STATE FORESTS

Tomáš Pospíšil interim head of Lesy ČR

Article by Robert Spannlang, translated by Susanne Höfler | 23.05.2018 - 12:13
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In addition to the precarious condition of Czech forests following windthrow and beetle calamities, now also political uncertainties and their impact affect the State Forests. © Lesy

Just before his resignation, Jiří Milek, the Czech minister of agriculture, appointed the former director for forestry and water management to become the new general director of the state forest holding "Lesy České republiky" (LCR). Pospíšil is to fill the position until the top job is reassigned in the course of a selection procedure by the new Czech government.

LCR is managing over 90% of Czech state forests. Apart from that, the Czech Repulic has special state forest holdings for the military forests supervised by the Ministry of Defense and for the national park forsts managed by the Ministry of Environment.