The Slovenia Forest Service is a public institution, established by the Republic of Slovenia (The Act on Forests, 1993), which performs public forestry service in all Slovenian forests, irrespective of ownership.
At state level it is organized with its central unit in Ljubljana, at regional level in 14 regional units, and at local level it has 93 local units and 408 forest districts. The Slovenia Forest Service also comprises 10 hunting reserves with a special purpose whose task is sustainable management of wild animals, protection of rare and endangered animal species and they also perform activities of hunting tourism.
The organs of the Slovenia Forest Service are its council, director, and experts council.
The Slovenia Forest Service employs 813 staff, of which 688 are forestry experts.
The public forestry service is nearly entirely funded from the budget of the Republic of Slovenia whereas hunting reserves with a special purpose are mostly self-financed.
It does not itself perform any felling, extraction, transport and selling of wood, nor forest trade.
Forest management and forest use in Slovenia are directed by The Ministry of Agriculture, Forestry and Food as the supreme state institution in the field of forestry and by the Slovenia Forest Service as a public forestry service.