The collected data and information have been analysed in the annual Nature Chronicles, which are not published. Still, the collected and processed information, even if it is based on scientific methods, does not meet the demands of fully fledged, comprehensive forest monitoring, and does not provide an in-depth analysis of the state of forests and prospects for their development. Updating of the cartographic material related to forest management would be very helpful and is sorely needed. The forest maps currently in use are based on the 1988-1989 forest inventory data and expert estimates based on this out-of-date data and information.