Slovakia

Record damages in Slovakia

Article by Gerd Ebner, translated by Susanne Höfler | 10.07.2019 - 13:02
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3.8 million sm³ of the total volume were the result of bark-beetle damages on softwood 3.4 million sm³ of which were caused by the spruce bark beetle. 

The most affected province was Brezno with a total of 518,000 sm³ followed by Čadca (391,000 sm³), Poprad (300,000 sm³), Turčianske Teplice (275,000 sm³), Liptovský Mikuláš (262,000 sm³), Tvrdošín (262,000 sm³), Žilina (239,000 sm³) as well as Rožňava (212,000 sm³). 

These data were published in the "Green Report" for 2018 on the website of the Ministry of Justice.