Forest use in modern law
The classical forest use license no longer exists in the Forest Code of Georgia: the modern regime rests on contract and auction. The right of special forest use arises on the basis of a contract concluded taking into account the results of the relevant auction, in the manner established by the Code and by the regulation on the rules of forest use. So if you are looking for a "forest license," in reality you are dealing with a contract obtained by winning an auction — and this change is reflected in detail below on this page.
The system of forest categories is a cornerstone of this regime: protected, protective, resort-recreational, economic and protected-area forest are filled with different types of use. In a protective forest, for example, all types are admissible except the preparation of timber by economic felling and the extraction of subsoil, and only with defined exceptions; a similar restriction applies in resort and recreational forest. Therefore the very first step of a project is to inquire about the category of the specific plot — everything follows from it, from the auction conditions to the content of the contract.