The article presents the commune ownership structure of woodland in the Wielkopolska voivodeship in the years 1990-2001 and factors accounting for the spatial differences it displays. An analysis of changes that had occurred in the area of state- and privately-owned woodland over the study period was made. The reasons of the changes were described, too. The research showed that the dominant role in the Wielkopolska forestry was played by the State Forests, an organisation controlling nearly 90% of the voivodeship’s woodland area. It was also found that only slight changes in the woodland tenure system over the years 1990-2001 had taken place.

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