Croatian Forestry Society (Croatian: Hrvatsko šumarsko društvo) has a source in the Croatian-Slavonian agricultural society, which was founded at the initiative of foresters in Zagreb in 1841. Forestry section was created on the December 26, 1846 in Prečec near Zagreb. That date marks the beginning of the Croatian Forestry Society.
The Forestry Society is solely responsible for the most significant accomplishments of forestry practice, education and science in Croatia: the enactment of the Law on Forests in the year 1852, and its strict application six years later; founding of the Economic and Forestry University in Križevci in 1860; publishing of the first scientific forestry-specialized publication in southeast Europe, Šumarski list ("Journal of Forestry") on January 1, 1877, which has since been continuously published to this day; preparation and participation in the Millennium Exhibition in Budapest in 1896, where the Kingdom of Croatia-Slavonia had its showroom, and forestry and wood processing its own special pavilion; construction of the Croatian Forestry House (in today's Mažuranić Square, Zagreb) in 1898, which is where the Forestry Academy began on 20 October. The Forestry Academy was the fourth institution of higher education at the University of Zagreb.
The Forestry Society now numbers around 2700 members and its proud of the continuity of its existence and activity, regardless of changes of government, state, technology and living conditions.