State forestry company SiDG inaugurated

Kočevje, 1 July - SiDG, a wholly state-owned company managing forests in state ownership, was formally launched on Friday to change the way in which the 22% of Slovenian forests which are not in private or local community ownership are managed. Slovenian State Forests (SiDG) will be based in the town of Kočevje in the south-east.

Kočevje
Slovenian State Forests (SiDG), the new Slovenian state forest corporation, presented to the press.
Photo: Tamino Petelinšek/STA

Pivka
Pivka, in southwestern Slovenia, is encased in ice as the ice storm that brought freezing rain and sleet persists for the fifth day.
Photo: Daniel Novakovič/STA

Maribor
Over half of Slovenia's territory is covered in forests.
Photo: Daniel Novakovič/STA
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