The advisory activity carried out by The Slovenia Forest Service (ZGS) for private forest owners is legally defined in Article 50 of the 1993 Forest Act. In the thesis, private forest owners and district foresters as well as the head of the Regional Unit Slovenj Gradec were interviewed in order to determine the current satisfaction of private forest owners with the content and technique of the advisory activity from The Slovenia Forest Service (ZGS). The respondents were interviewed to obtain the views of the district foresters and the head of the Regional Unit Slovenj Gradec in conducting advisory activities for private forest owners. Among the interviewed private forest owners, 81.3% were male, on average 53 years old, and the average size of their forest holdings was 14.0 ha. The interviewed private forest owners are generally satisfied with the implementation of the advisory activity of the Regional Unit Slovenj Gradec, they expressed less satisfaction with the forest roads construction, candidacy for tenders and financing and co-financing of investments in forests. As far as salvage logging after the attacks of bark beetles, safe work after natural disasters and silviculture works, the interviewed private forest owners expressed dissatisfaction and were of the opinion that they do not obtain suitable advice. The interviewed employees of the Regional Unit Slovenj Gradec most often select trees for cutting from private forest owners and advise them on the tree cutting areas. The employees of the Regional Unit Slovenj Gradec are of the opinion that they have sufficient knowledge and are successful in advising private forest owners. However, the lack of knowledge is currently observed in the areas of the business and interest integration of private forest owners, the procurement of wood harvesting machines and other forestry equipment and the efficient use of wood for energy. For the optimal development of forests in the future, it will be necessary to take into account the needs of private forest owners in various areas when conducting the advisory activity, while simultaneously educating the professional staff of The Slovenia Forest Service (ZGS) in the areas that they believe still lack knowledge.
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