Organizationally, the Minsk GPLHO is subordinate to the Ministry of Forestry of the Republic of Belarus and manages 20 state forestry institutions, ensuring the implementation of a unified forest policy.
In addition to the forestry enterprises of the Minsk GPLHO, forestry in the territory of the region is conducted by: the Office of the President of the Republic of Belarus, the Ministry of Education of the Republic of Belarus, the National Academy of Sciences of Belarus, the Minsk and Soligorsk executive and administrative bodies.
The forest management of the Minsk GPLHO is carried out on the basis of a forest and forest resources management system based on the principles of constancy, uniformity, sustainability and complexity, ensuring cost-effective, environmentally responsible and socially oriented forestry and forest management, conservation of biological and landscape diversity, and the performance of multifaceted functions by forests.
The use, protection, protection and reproduction of forests is carried out in compliance with the principles of rational use of forest resources, conservation and strengthening of environmental, water protection, protective, sanitary, hygienic, recreational and other functions of forests, conservation of biological diversity, natural ecological systems, typical and rare natural landscapes and biotopes, priority of forest reproduction over forest management.
