Currently, the State Forest Management Center (RMK) is responsible for the decisions of which forests are under protection, but these decisions might be transferred to local government in the future. A draft law in processing states that the RMK should have to ask the local government for a felling permit going forward.
Minister of Public Administration Jaak Aab (Center) has sent a proposal to the government to allocate 10 percent of the income tax of corporate dividends to local municipality governments, based on the number of people working in the local government's region. The amendment could be implemented in 2026 and bring local governments €53 million.