KEFAG

KEFAG Zrt. manages 59,967 hectares of the state-owned forests of Bács-Kiskun county, 4,549 or 8% of which are nature reserves. 4,354 hectares of the reserves are classified Natura 2000 with an additional 7,022 hectares of non-nature reserve forests bearing the same classification. Hence, a total of 11,571 hectares or 19.3% enjoy some sort of legal protection. Tree farms created characteristically on areas with low groundwater levels and of low agricultural potential, along with natural forests partially exposed to flooding along the rivers Danube and Tisza are dispersed in a mozaic pattern. 46% of all tree stock is Scots and black pines, with 22% being acacias and 4% poplars, while the remainig 28% is claimed by indigenous species such as oaks and white poplars. Most of the harvested wood is of low quality, with 75% being non-processable, soft, mass-harvested poplar and pine of low market price. Domestic sales are further hindered by a shortage of processing capacities present in the..

Also known as: KEFAG Rt., KEFAG Zrt.

Primary location: Bugac Hungary