The distribution according to age class shows that 7 per cent of the forest is young, 48 per cent mid-age, 15 per cent mature, and 30 per cent mature and older. Such an unequal distribution may have been determined by insufficient forest management over the past three decades, and indicates the necessity of carrying out complex measures for sanitation and rejuvenation. Also, Georgian forests have undergone a reduction of canopy cover - of more than 20 per cent between 2000 and 2010 within the forest canopy cover range of 30-80 per cent, as detected by remote sensing.