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Basic Forest Act.

Country/Territory
Serbia and Montenegro
Document type
Legislation
Date
1965
Source
FAO, FAOLEX
Subject
Forestry
Keyword
Basic legislation Public forest Policy/planning Institution Timber extraction/logging Inspection Afforestation/reforestation Protection forest Protected area Forest management/forest conservation
Geographical area
Europe, EUROPE AND CENTRAL ASIA, Mediterranean
Abstract

The 67 sections of this Act are divided into 6 Chapters: General Provisions (I); Forest Management (II); Rounding -off and Consolidation of Forests (III); Forest Inspection (IV); Penal provisions (V); Temporary and Final Provisions (VI). Provisions of Chapter II have been placed under the following headings: Basic Forest Plan (sections 25-28), Forest Exploitation, Maintenance, regeneration and Improvement (sections 29-41), Forest Protection (sections 42-46). This Law basically provides for the special protection of publicly-owned forests and forest land managed by economic organizations and labour organizations (sec.1). With a view to proper forest exploitation, forest management zones are created (sect. 5) These zones can include public as well as private land. Labour organizations may manage and exploit private forests (sect. 10-11).

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