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Forestry Rights Registration and Timber Harvest Guarantee (Amendment) Act 2012 (No. 8 of 2012).

Country/Territory
Vanuatu
Document type
Legislation
Date
2012
Source
FAO, FAOLEX
Original source
Laws of the Republic of Vanuatu, 2012.
Long title
An Act to amend the Forestry Rights Registration and Timber Harvest Guarantee Act [CAP 265].
Subject
Forestry
Keyword
Forest management/forest conservation Timber Timber extraction/logging Data collection/reporting
Geographical area
Asia and the Pacific, Least Developed Countries, Melanesia, Oceania, Small Island Developing States, South Pacific
Abstract

This Act amends the Forestry Rights Registration and Timber Harvest Guarantee Act in subsection 12(1) by inserting after “operations” insert “and in relation to purchasing or trading of sandalwood and the processing and exporting of sandalwood, sandalwood oil or any sandalwood product derived from harvesting operations” and by adding at the end of section 15 “(5) The owner of the accredited timber plantation must report to the Director General on the following matters: (a) the amount of timber that is harvested; and (b) the amount of sandalwood harvested, traded, processed or exported.”. Section 12 defines the operations that are subject to forestry legislation. Section 15 specifies conditions of accreditation of a timber plantation or proposed timber plantation.

Full text
English
Website
www.paclii.org

References - Legislation

Amends

Forestry Rights Registration and Timber Harvest Guarantee Act (No. 28 of 2000).

Legislation | Vanuatu | 2000 (2006)

Keyword: Forest management/forest conservation, Timber, Timber extraction/logging, Land tenure, Lease, Right of use, Land-use planning

Source: FAO, FAOLEX