Czech forest owners can no longer count on the state to compensate them for low prices with huge sums. Wood has become more expensive, the ministry argues.  Municipal and private Czech forest landowners are starting to submit their latest applications for extraordinary subsidies, which they have become accustomed to in recent years. The last time they reached 3.6 billion crowns (EUR 141 million), which compensates for the low prices of wood resulted from the bark beetle infestation. They will be paid at the end of this year and at the beginning of next year. "We announced that ...