The research deals with the relation of forests to the natural environment, newly developed environment, and environmental systems, which includes the landscape and forest environment, in order to study the characteristics and criteria of the definition of forests, and a summary of forest planning criteria. This will be the basis for analyzing the the current state of forests in Egypt. The research focuses on the forests established in Egypt and presents their data concerning their location, area, and their classification based on: the type of irrigation of the forest, and the executive management and supervisor of the forest. Also this includes the kinds of cultivation in each forest. The study presents a comparison between the successive information at different periods of time, in order to clarify the reasons for such discripancies. The research concludes with an assessment of the current state of forests. Then it discusses the characteristics and criteria of forests and their relationship to the current situation of forests in Egypt and draws some recommendations that may lead to the sustainability of forests in Egypt .