The research revealed that the state was not sufficiently fulfilling its constitutional obligations to protect forests, and that public administrations and other entities responsible for the condition of forests were not protecting them according to the principle of sustainable development. It was assumed that the model form of forests should be sustainable and multifunctional forest ecosystems occupying about one third of the country’s area, characterised by biodiversity that shapes the natural balance, favourable environmental conditions and high landscape attractiveness, as well as a high resilience to various threats, while meeting the demand for timber and other forest products. The appropriate direction towards achieving such a model should be a gradual transition from a production model to multifunctional forests, also by reducing the harvesting of natural resources in forests (mainly wood and undergrowth) to the bare minimum. Measures in this direction have been taken in the last decade or so, primarily with regard to public forests. Studies have also shown that the interests of bodies responsible for the condition of forest especially forests holders and other users of the forest environment, do not coincide and in many cases are even contradictory. Mitigation of the negative effects of such contradictions should be achieved through forestry education of the public, based on reliable information on the condition of forests, clear terms of use for the various functions of forests, and above all on legal regulations concerning the responsibilities of the state in forest protection and the tasks and duties of the entities responsible for the condition of forests.