Ice-Storm Aftermath: Forest Service Boss Says Surplus of Wood Biggest Problem

Ljubljana, 9 February - Enormous amounts of wood that will hit the Slovenian market after the damage of the devastating ice storm has been repaired, will be impossible for the battered domestic wood industry to process, acting director of the National Forest Service Damjan Oražem has told an interview with the STA.

The region of Notranjsko, south of Ljubljana
Trees around the country hit hardest by the recent ice-storm.
Photo: Nebojša Tejić/STA

Borovnica
Trees around the country hit hardest by the recent ice-storm.
Photo: Nebojša Tejić/STA

Around the town of Pivka
Trees around the country hit hardest by the recent ice-storm.
Photo: Tamino Petelinšek/STA

Pivka
Fire fighters cleaning roads.
Photo: Tamino Petelinšek/STA

Ljubljana
Damjan Oražem of the National Forest Service says the surplus of wood on the market after the ice-storm will be a problem.
Photo: Tamino Petelinšek/STA

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