Act on Special Measures for Ensuring a Stable Supply of Wood (Act No. 47). Country/Territory Japan Document type Legislation Date 1996 Source FAO, FAOLEX Subject Forestry Keyword Forest management/forest conservation Forestry protection measures Timber extraction/logging Collecting/harvesting Inspection International trade Protection of environment Geographical area Asia, Asia and the Pacific, Eastern Asia, North Pacific, North-West Pacific Abstract This Law provides special measures for stabilizing the production of wood, facilitating its distribution, and promoting the use of forestry products in areas where forests are considered to be rational in terms of forestry resources in view of the situation of forest resources. The purpose of this Law is to ensure a stable supply of timber and thereby contribute to the integrated development of the forestry and timber manufacturing industries. The prefectural governor considers the forest planning area specified by the provisions of Article 7, paragraph 1 of the Forest Act No. 249 of 1947, and the forest specified in paragraph (1), can be a designated area if there is a forest of a considerable forestry area that requires the rationalization of the use of forests in view of its age and other forestry resources. The Forestry Law is established in order to establish a work network and other facilities necessary to implement logging in the area of the Conservation Forests. Full text Japanese Website www.japaneselawtranslation.go.jp