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Decree No. 108 of the Cabinet of Ministers validating the Regulation on growing of forest and planted forests.

Country/Territory
Latvia
Document type
Regulation
Date
2001
Source
FAO, FAOLEX
Subject
Forestry
Keyword
Afforestation/reforestation Private forest Forest management/forest conservation Forest service/forest officers Forest species Registration
Geographical area
Europe, Europe and Central Asia, European Union Countries, Northern Europe
Abstract

This Decree establishes the following rules: (a) criteria of assessment of growing of forest species and care thereof; (b) modalities of growing and registration of planted forests; and (c) modalities of management of planted forests and timber extraction therein. It also establishes criteria for considering grown coniferous and broadleaved forest species. Care of grown planted forest species shall be considered improvement cutting. In order to obtain acknowledgement of growth of forest species forest owner or legal possessor of forest shall file report to state forest service. Plantation forests shall not be planted on protection areas, protection coastal marine area and protection areas of waterbodies, and also in micro-nurseries.

Full text
Russian
Website
latvia.news-city.info