Forestry and green economy SMALL WATER RETENTION Project’s costs: 100 million € On lowlands: In mountains: 178 forest districts involved 55 forest districts involved SMALL WATER RETENTION By the end of April 2014 Planned Completed No. of hydro 6800 6220 facilities Retentioned water 32,3 30,3 (million m3) TIMBER TRADE SYSTEM The State Forests deliver 90% of timber used in Poland In the last 25 years we have increased supply of timber by 100% without any harm to the environment We sell annually more than 37 million m3 of timber of which over 30 million m3 are assigned for industry Timber sales in The State Forests of Poland (million m3) *planned 17 25,8 33,7 37,1 37,4* 1990: 17 2000: 25,7 1990 2000 2010 2013 2014 Ca. 16% of timber is dedicated to retail sale for individual customers. These are, among other, assortments not for industrial use and often purchased for furnace fuel. It can be purchased directly in forest districts TIMBER TRADEwhich set the price SYSTEM A little more than 1% of timber is used SYSTEM BASED ON INTERNET by The State Forests for their own purposes, mainly for construction of BIDDINGS infrastructure crucial for multifunctional A small amount of unique forest management quality is sold on auctions and submissions of valuable wood. They are organized like classic auctions (i.e. those of art ) The State Forests are harvesting over 37 million m³ timber A part of the timber sold on yearly The major part of it goes to the sale PL‐D is reserved for More than 80% system of limited tenders in the online companies investing in Forest‐Wood Portal (PL‐D). It is of our supply is available to entrepreneurs who had increase of their production dedicated for sale earlier been customers of The State capacity. It is a step to to companies in Forests. This procedure guarantees support the development of the timber, paper, them purchase of up to 70% of the present and new customers furniture sector average amount of timber acquired in of The State Forests previous 3 years The remaining amount of timber goes to Internet auctions in the online application e‐Drewno, accessible for all entrepreneurs –present and new ones. This is also the place where the timber which was not sold in PL‐D is is transferred for sale on a free market rules Forestry as a creator of workplaces 25 000 – employes of State Forest 50 000 – private contractors 300 000 – workers in wood industry .