Most of the forests in Ukraine (7175 thousand hectares or about 70%) are managed by the Ukrainian State Committee of Forestry (USCF) that is part of the Ukrainian Ministry of Ecology and Natural Resources.

For the management purposes, federal forests are divided into 2 groups.

1. Forestland area in the first group is 3412.6 thousand hectares including 2850.2 thousand hectares of forest covered land. The first group of forests includes green belts around cities and industrial centers (37.6%), riparian areas (11.4%), soil erosion control forests and windbreaks (30.4%), forest belts along roads and railroads (6.9%), resort forests, nature preserves and other forests.

2. Limited timber harvest is allowed in the forests of the second forest group. They cover the area of 3692.2 thousand hectares including 3301.2 thousand hectares with forest cover. (from Gensiruk, 1992).