There are many ways for private forest owners to manage their properties. One way is to manage property by oneself, using an individual approach; however, this case study focuses on cooperative solutions, which, in many cases, are much more challenging due to the incorporation of multiple players and the structures of their forests, not to mention the needs and objectives related to forest management. Cooperative forest management has different forms, as shown by numerous theoretical and socioeconomic empirical findings. This case study discusses the operations of traditional and new organisational forms of cooperation among Lithuanian forest owners.

Keywords: forest, owners, management, organisations, cooperation, case