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Skogfond is a mandatory forest fund system for all forest owners in Norway. Forest owners are required to set aside funds into this forest fund, which provides financial reimbursement for sustainable investments and management of forest properties. The fund operates as a forced savings mechanism where forest owners can use the accumulated funds for approved investments on their property. When funds are disbursed for approved investments, forest owners receive partial tax exemption, except for disbursements covering value-added tax. The program supports various forestry activities including forest cultivation measures, road construction and maintenance, environmental initiatives, forest management planning, bioenergy facilities, forest insurance, training courses, and property boundary marking. To receive disbursements, forest owners must submit reimbursement claims to the municipality with documentation of completed investments that are professionally, economically, and ecologically sound and comply with regulations.

This grant program from the Norwegian Agriculture Directorate provides subsidies for environmental measures in forests. The program supports activities that preserve and develop environmental values related to biological diversity, landscape, outdoor recreation, and cultural heritage in forests. Forest owners can apply for funding for three types of measures: care measures (additional costs or losses when implementing measures to preserve and develop environmental values), long-term preservation (partial coverage of economic losses related to preserving special environmental values where consideration requires the forest owner to refrain from logging or modify forest management), and wilderness-like areas (coverage of additional costs in forestry to avoid road construction that would reduce wilderness-like areas). The environmental measures must be mapped, environmental values must be demonstrable and documented, and additional costs or losses must be sufficiently documented. Awards require a 10-year agreement with the municipality.