---
title: "Forestry Permits"
url: "https://legal.ge/en/service/licensing-and-regulatory-permits-en/forestry-permits-en"
field: "Licensing & Regulatory Permits"
description: "Forestry permits: types of use, the auction-based contract and the bases for felling under the Forest Code. Legal.ge."
reviewed: "2026-07-09"
updated: "2026-10-14"
publisher: "legal.ge"
---

# Forestry Permits

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## 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.

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### Does a forest license exist in the classical form?

No. Under the modern regime, the right of special forest use arises under a contract concluded taking into account the results of an auction. Use without a document is prohibited.

### How does a natural person obtain firewood?

On the basis of a timber preparation ticket issued by the forest management body. During urgent emergency-restoration works, use without a document is admissible, but an application must be filed within 1 month of starting.

### What is the legal basis for economic felling?

An individual administrative-legal act of the management body; for a private forest, a written document of the owner or the body indicating the work and volume. The auction winner has both bases together and pays the natural resource fee.

### To what extent may use be carried out?

Only the use defined in the document, at the indicated places, within the periods and to the volume indicated. Resources obtained for plantation farming may be disposed of fully.