Bu araştırmayla, 5531 sayılı “Orman Mühendisliği, Orman Endüstri Mühendisliği ve Ağaç İşleri Endüstri Mühendisliği Hakkında Kanun’a” dayanarak kurulan serbest ormancılık bürolarında yaşanan hukuksal ve idari sorunlar ve bunlara ilişkin çözüm önerilerinin tespit edilmesi amaçlanmıştır. 5531 sayılı Kanun 2006 yılında yürürlüğe girmiş olup oldukça yeni bir uygulamadır. Bu nedenle uygulamada bazı aksaklıklar ve yeniden düzenlenmesi gereken hükümlerin bulunduğu bilinmektedir. Bu amaçla TMMOB Orman Mühendisleri Odasına kayıtlı meslek mensupları için özgün bir anket hazırlanarak, telefon, e-posta vb. yoluyla ulaşılarak anketleri doldurmaları istenilmiştir. Anket soruları analizinde, frekans değerleri ve yüzde oranları araştırma amacına yönelik yorumlanmıştır. Yapılan araştırmaya göre serbest ormancılık bürolarına bakıldığında, çoğunlukla erkek, 25-35 yaş aralığında, lisans mezunu, 10 yıla yakın faaliyet gösteren, 2006-2016 yılları arasında mezun,  kuruluş ili olarak Orman Bölge Müdürlüklerinin bulunduğu yerlerde kurulmuş, İstanbul Üniversitesi Orman Fakültesinden mezun, 5.000-10.000 TL arasında aylık ortalama geliri olan bir profil öne çıkmaktadır. Diğer yandan ormancılık büro sahiplerinin büyük oranda üzerinde durduğu sorunlar; işlerin daha hızlı ve pratik olarak yürütülmesine engel olan bürokrasi yoğunluğu, serbest ormancılık bürolarının faaliyet alanları ile ilgili fakültelerde verilen eğitimin yetersizliği, teorikte verilen eğitimin pratik ile desteklenmeyişi ve uygulamanın yetersiz oluşu, ormancılık bürolarının aşırı fiyat kırımı ve iş bitirme belgesinin gerekliliği vb. şeklinde sıralanmaktadır. Bu sorunların çözüm noktasında ise TMMOB Orman Mühendisleri Odası, ilgili üniversitelerin fakülteleri, devlet orman teşkilatı ve ilgili sivil toplum kuruluşları ile ilgili farklı kesim temsilcilerinin geliştireceği çözüm odaklı ortak bir paydada buluşmaya ihtiyaç olduğu tespit edilmiştir.

The aim of this study is to determine the legal and administrative problems, and the solution proposals related “Forest Engineering, Forest Industry Engineering and Woodworking Industrial Engineering about the Law” law no 5531. Almost all of the forests in Turkey are under the state ownership (99.9%).  According to the provision “State forests shall be managed and exploited by the State in accordance with the law” in the Article 169 of the 1982 Constitution, the management and governance of forests belong to the State. For this reason, the forestry sector has become a public sector since almost all activities related to forestry in Turkey are carried out by the state forestry organization. Law No. 5531 (also called as authorization law) is a legal arrangement that enables forest engineers to carry out professional activities outside the public institution and constitutes the necessary legal basis for these activities. Forestry offices which started to be established based on the law no 5531 has played an important role in carrying out a large number of activities related to forestry.Law No. 5531 entered into force in 2006 is a fairly new law. Therefore, it is known that there are some problems in practice, and provisions that are need to be amendment. For this purpose, an original questionnaire was prepared for the members of the TMMOB Chamber of Forest Engineers, and   were asked to complete the questionnaires through telephone, e-mail, etc. Finally, a total of 63 people were surveyed and the results were interpreted with frequency values and percentages.While analyzing the answers to the questionnaires, frequency values and percentages were interpreted for the purpose of the research. According to the data obtained; free forestry offices show a profile as are mostly men, aged between 25-35 years, graduated with the undergraduate degree, operating for nearly 10 years, graduated between 2006 and 2016, established in the locations of the Regional Directorates of Forestry in the province of Istanbul, graduated from the Faculty of Forestry of Istanbul University, with a monthly average income of TL 5.000-10.000. On the other hand, the problems that forestry bureau owners mostly faced and listed are bureaucracy density which prevents the works to be carried out more quickly and practically; the lack of education in the faculties related to the fields of activity of the free forestry offices, the lack of practical support in theory and the inadequate implementation; the excessive price breakdown of the forestry offices and the necessity of the completion certificate etc.Suggestions for solutions; merit should be given more importance in appointments, reducing the intensity of bureaucracy; uniform files should be requested; communication needs to be more warmer and more intimate, and private forestry practices should be used more intensively in the sector. The solution to problems encountered for the legislation and the Chamber of Engineers are; there is a need to be strictly inspected files without complaint; unfair competition should not be tolerated; make the processes objective away from politicization and to pay attention to the minimum unit prices of the Chamber of Engineers. In order to solve these problems, it was found that there is a need to meet in a solution-oriented common ground that will be developed by the representatives of TMMOB Chamber of Forest Engineers, faculties of related universities, state forest organization and related non-governmental organizations.