However, over the past 20 years the forest area has been relatively stable. Clear-cuts have been banned by law for many years, and a few years ago a moratorium on logging in all Hyrcanian forest was decided by the government (IUCN Consultation, 2020). The maps of Global Forest Watch and Global Forest Change document a total decrease of forest cover in the three Hyrcanian Provinces Gilan, Mazandaran, Golestan from 2001-2019 of 3,423 ha, which is 0.27% of the total forest area of 1.29 Million ha (Global Forest Watch and Global Forest Change).