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The subject of this article is to analyse the legal situation of forest associations in the Polish legal system, based on historical and contemporary legal regulations. The study presents the relationship of forest associations with non-state forestry and their role in improving the spatial structure of non-state forest land in Poland. The progressive, social and legal as well as economic and legal changes, generating increasing role of the forest associations in the development of new organizational forms in forestry were also indicated. The article widely presents de lege ferenda comments to improve the situation of forest associations in the Polish legal system. In the context of forest associations, the need for political and material changes in the Polish legal system were also indicated.