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Forestry Law of the Republic of Lithuania. Article 2
   15. The Directorate General of State Forests under the Ministry of Environment shall conduct the economic management of state-owned forests attributed to state forest enterprises, shall organise and co-ordinate restoration, maintenance, protection and utilization of forests and forest resources.

   The mission of the Directorate General of State Forests is to enhance the ecological, environmental, economic, recreational and other socially important values of state forests as the most important components of the whole state forestry by managing them in accordance with the principles of sustainable forest use and by rational use, restoration and enlargement of forest resources.