Every third Sunday of September we celebrate our professional holiday – Forest Workers’ Day!

Traditionally, on the eve of the holiday, the best representatives of the industry — those who restore, care for, and protect Ukrainian forests — were honored.

This year, the award ceremony took place at the picturesque site of the Training Center of SFE Forests of Ukraine in Boyarka. With welcoming speeches, the leadership of the State Agency of Forest Resources of Ukraine and SFE Forests of Ukraine, the head of the Ukrainian Foresters’ Society, and representatives of specialized research institutions addressed the guests.

Employees of the company’s structural units from all over Ukraine received letters of gratitude, badges of honor, and certificates from the State Agency of Forest Resources and the Verkhovna Rada of Ukraine.

The enterprise truly has much to be proud of!

Last year, devastating fires swept through forestry enterprises in Kharkiv region — now brought under control after being integrated into SFE Forests of Ukraine, with the burned area reduced by 5–7 times.

The Presidential program “Green Country” has been fulfilled. Record-breaking economic achievements have been reached: in just eight months, the enterprise transferred nearly 10 billion UAH in taxes to the state budget.

SFE Forests of Ukraine continues to grow, investing in the renewal of forestry equipment and infrastructure, road construction, development of recreation networks, modern seed centers, and mechanization of harvesting. Administrative staff and costs have been reduced, while salaries for field workers in the forests have been significantly increased.

The celebration was also joined by our true friends and partners — the military: commanders of our patronage brigades and forester-soldiers.

Colonel Yaroslav Lysenko, commander of the 43rd Separate Artillery Brigade, expressed gratitude and congratulations. Recently, the brigade received five cargo semi-trailers from our enterprise for transporting armored vehicles.

And once again, the holiday did not pass without providing assistance to the military.

Together with the Union of Forester-Warriors of Ukraine, SFE Forests of Ukraine handed over a large mobile bath-and-laundry complex to the 71st Separate Jaeger Brigade under our patronage.

A certificate for a workshop (professional equipment and tools) for producing ground drones was presented to Junior Sergeant Yurii Kravchenko, commander of the unmanned ground systems unit of the 49th Separate Rifle Battalion “Carpathian Sich”.

Mobilized forester Volodymyr Holovaniuk, company commander of the 35th Separate Marine Brigade, received several dozen FPV drones and generators.

The head of the Union of Forester-Warriors of Ukraine, Volodymyr Kovalchuk, emphasized that in two years of the organization’s activity, equipment and machinery worth almost 90 million UAH has been transferred to the Armed Forces of Ukraine. This became possible thanks to the support of the leadership and staff of SFE Forests of Ukraine.

The event also welcomed the youth movement of school forestry units, who recently launched the TikTok channel Forest Kids. Social networks have become not only entertainment but also a powerful educational tool. Teenagers are showing genuine interest in school forestry activities, joining initiatives, actively discussing videos, and even proposing their own ideas. They represent the future generation of Ukrainian foresters.