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). Full text English