Only 2.61 per cent of sample plots were in the 0-10 per cent gradient category most suitable for forest management practices and a further 35.24 per cent in the 11-40 per cent category where the management of forests, including harvesting, can still be economically sustainable. As much as 49.75 per cent of plots were in the 41-70 per cent slope gradient category, which is not suitable for sustainable forestry management and which, due to the high exposure of such slopes to the erosion of the very thin layer of fertile organic strata of mountain top soils could be further intensified as a result of any forestry operations. Finally, 12.4 per cent of forest plots were in extremely steep mountain areas where the slope gradient exceeds 70 per cent, indeed scarcely accessible areas, no longer suitable for any kind of management.