# Lasy Państwowe (Polish State Forests)

> Poland's state forest holding, renewing around 60,000 hectares of forest a year across 429 forest districts

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## Facts

- Type: Government program
- Scope: National
- Headquarters: Warsaw, Masovian Voivodeship, Poland
- Founded: 1924
- Website: https://www.lasy.gov.pl
- Events calendar: https://www.lasy.gov.pl/pl/informacje/aktualnosci/szosta-edycja-akcji-sadzimy-posadz-drzewo-z-lesnikami
- Countries where they plant: Poland
- Activity types: Reforestation (primary), Afforestation, Tree adoption & giveaways, Nurseries & seedlings
- Trees on record: 1,000,000 (larger of latest cumulative figure and sum of annual figures; trees planted or distributed)

## About

Państwowe Gospodarstwo Leśne Lasy Państwowe (PGL LP), founded in 1924 and headquartered in Warsaw, manages about 7.6 million hectares of state-owned land, roughly three quarters of Poland's forests, through 17 regional directorates and 429 forest districts (nadleśnictwa). It funds itself mainly from timber sales and carries out the bulk of Poland's forest renewal: in 2024 it renewed or afforested 59,426 hectares (62,675 hectares including the filling of stand gaps), about one fifth of it by natural regeneration, with seedlings raised in its own nurseries. Since 2020 it has run the annual #sadziMY campaign, giving away about one million native seedlings free of charge at every forest district each spring, and it also supports the EU pledge to plant three billion additional trees by 2030.

## Programs

- **Odnowienia i zalesienia (forest renewal and afforestation)** — Reforestation (1924–present): Statutory replanting and natural regeneration of harvested or damaged stands on State Forests land, plus afforestation of non-forest land, carried out by the 429 forest districts. https://www.lasy.gov.pl/pl/nasze-lasy/polskie-lasy
- **#sadziMY seedling giveaway** — Tree adoption & giveaways (2020–present): Annual spring campaign (first edition September 2020, run with the Presidential Office) in which foresters hand out about one million native seedlings free of charge at every forest district and in some city centres. https://www.lasy.gov.pl/pl/informacje/aktualnosci/szosta-edycja-akcji-sadzimy-posadz-drzewo-z-lesnikami

## Metrics

> Note: Figures are in hectares rather than trees because Lasy Państwowe reports renewal by area. Two 2024 area figures are shown from the same GUS yearbook: 59,426 ha (renewals plus afforestation on State Forests land, standard definition) and 62,675 ha (the State Forests' own series, which also includes filling of gaps in stands); Lasy Państwowe's press figure of 62,672.3 ha matches the latter. The 700 million seedlings per year figure is a rounded oral statement by the Director General in January 2026; the GUS yearbook does not publish a seedling count. The Raport o stanie lasów w Polsce 2024 PDF on bdl.lasy.gov.pl returned 404 when opened in November 2026.

| Metric | Year | Value | Cumulative | Program | Confidence | Source |
|---|---|---:|---|---|---|---|
| Seedlings produced | 2025 | 700,000,000 | no (that year) | organization-wide | Self-reported | [source](https://api.sejm.gov.pl/sejm/term10/committees/OSZ/sittings/105/html) Director General Adam Wasiak to the Sejm environment committee (sitting 105, Jan 2026, presenting the Raport o stanie lasów 2024): 'Produkujemy prawie 700 mln sadzonek w skali kraju' (nearly 700 million seedlings a year). Rounded statement, not an audited count; press reports usually say about 500 million trees planted a year. |
| Hectares restored | 2023 | 64,621 | no (that year) | Odnowienia i zalesienia (forest renewal and afforestation) | Independently verified | [source](https://stat.gov.pl/download/gfx/portalinformacyjny/pl/defaultaktualnosci/5515/13/8/1/rocznik_statystyczny_lesnictwa_2025.pdf) GUS Rocznik Statystyczny Leśnictwa 2025, annex on PGL LP: afforestation and renewals including gap filling, 2023. |
| Hectares restored | 2024 | 59,426 | no (that year) | Odnowienia i zalesienia (forest renewal and afforestation) | Independently verified | [source](https://stat.gov.pl/download/gfx/portalinformacyjny/pl/defaultaktualnosci/5515/13/8/1/rocznik_statystyczny_lesnictwa_2025.pdf) GUS Rocznik Statystyczny Leśnictwa 2025 (published 1 Dec 2025), Tabl. 1(46) 'Odnowienia, zalesienia i inne prace hodowlane': 2024 renewals and afforestation in forests managed by the State Forests 59,426 ha (of which afforestation 695 ha); national total all ownerships 61,546 ha (artificial 48,514 ha, natural 12,153 ha, afforestation 879 ha). |
| Trees distributed | 2024 | 1,000,000 | no (that year) | #sadziMY seedling giveaway | Self-reported | [source](https://www.lasy.gov.pl/pl/informacje/aktualnosci/szosta-edycja-akcji-sadzimy-posadz-drzewo-z-lesnikami) Lasy Państwowe news item 8 Apr 2024 on the sixth #sadziMY edition (12 Apr 2024): 'leśnicy przygotowali aż milion sadzonek', given away free at all 429 forest districts. Earlier editions (from Sept 2020) were also described as one million seedlings. |

Confidence: self-reported is the organization's own published figure; independently verified means a third party confirmed it; estimated means TreeRM derived it and the note says how.

## Links

- x: https://twitter.com/LPanstwowe
- instagram: https://www.instagram.com/lasy_panstwowe/
- facebook: https://www.facebook.com/LasyPanstwowe/
- youtube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCIqkoDGCqY0GLQdxXloO45g

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