Forest Management Association Act (Act No. 558/50). Country/Territory Finland Document type Legislation Date 1950 (1991) Source FAO, FAOLEX Subject Forestry Keyword Non-governmental entity Private forest Timber extraction/logging Royalties/fees Forest management/forest conservation Geographical area Arctic, Europe, Europe and Central Asia, European Union Countries, North-East Atlantic, Northern Europe Abstract A Forest Management Association is a corporation of forest owners, aiming at the improvement of professional forestry knowledge and skills among its members and other forest owners in the district and to promote and develop forestry in other ways in the district (sect. 1). Eligible for membership of the corporation are forest owners who pay the "forestry fee" a tax to be fixed by the Taxation Board but levied by municipalities. Collected funds are administered by the Forestry Board also for the benefit of Forest Management Associations (sect. 14). (18 sections) Full text Swedish References - Legislation Repealed by Forest Conservation and Management Associations Act (Act No. 534 of 1998). Legislation | Finland | 1998 (2010) Keyword: Forest management/forest conservation, Non-governmental entity, Private forest, Timber extraction/logging, Royalties/fees Source: FAO, FAOLEX