The paper examines the development and changes in forestry in Slovakia with an emphasis on the non-state sector over the last 50 years. The task and mission of forestry in rural development in close cooperation with agriculture are analysed. The paper presents activities implemented by forestry in the countryside area in the past, as well as possibilities for their continuation and revival. There economic performance of forestry based on aggregate indicators of the Total Forestry Economic Account for the state and non-state sectors are reported. Paper presents examples for enhancing financial sources and effectiveness of multifunctional activities of non-state forestry subjects on the basis of selected products from non-wood forest functions, forest fruits and mushrooms. The examples are based also on partial public-beneficial climate forest function and carbon sink by forest ecosystems.
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