Opracowanie jest próbą oceny działalności ekonomiczno-finansowej PGL Lasy Państwowe. Analiza obejmuje działalność nadleśnictw administrowanych przez Regionalną Dyrekcję Lasów Państwowych w Krakowie. Wyniki badań przedstawione zostały na tle wielkości i mierników produiccyjno-ekonomicznych dla kraju.
After 1989forests in Poland have been undergoing restructuringprocess aimed at making morę efficient their organizational structure and improvement of economic and financial system of the forestry districts. Economic actmty offorest estates is connected with production, ecological and social function of forests. The results of basie actmty influence the realization of the above mentioned functions. Due to their character, natural and economic conditions, forests in Małopolska fulfill very important ecological and social functions. Their realization will reąuire growing outlays which will be conditioned by productive and economic results produced by State Forests Districts administered by State Forests.