The forest area of Greece has a considerable potential both for wood production and environmental services. Excessive grazing and extensive forest fires as well as the centralized and state-dominated organization of the sector impede and delay the development of productive, profitable and ecologically healthy forests.
Forest area:
6.5 million hectares = 50.7%
Since 1926, the forest owner association of Greece represents the small private forestry sector in Greece. Major fields of activity include the defence of forest property rights, the orientation of production to the market, the promotion of domestic tree species and the encouragement of traditional cultivation methods, with due regard to sustainability.
President: Theodorus N. Ikonomou
Mail contact: forecon.gr@gmail.com
Address:
Yiannitson 59
GR-54 627 Thessaloniki,
Greece
Tel number: +30 23 10 517 428
Fax: +30 23 10 526 421