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The author first presents some data on the small amount of planned forest management measures in the last decade. Plans are made with the view of implementing multipurpose forest management. The small extent of planned measures is mainly due to numerous framework conditions, such as the organization of forestry, legal basis, social and economic changes, market conditions, etc., which all affect forest management. The consequences of the poor realization of the drafted measures are short-term and long-term, i.e. the long-term influence on the composition, structure and quality of forest stands, an increase in sanitary felling, economic damage, larger funds spent on forest protection, etc.; all the consequences cannot even be predicted, due to the complex nature of forest ecosystems. The changing conditions demand constant modernization of forest management planning, in the sense of adapting the planning process to the actual circumstances, increasing the efficiency, usefulness and value of the plans, all while retaining reasonable costs. The author accentuates the need for a greater differentiation of the plans, for concisely defined plan contents on various planning levels and their inter-relations, for a smaller scope of plans, introduction of a participatory approach, ranking of the planned works, etc. An analysis of the implementation of the plans is an essential part of assessing the efficiency of forest management. The problem needs to be solved not only in the field of planning, but in various spheres, the kez one being forest policy