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Order establishing the Bakmitiyawa-Timbirigolla Reserved Forest under the Forest Conservation Ordinance (Chapter 451).

Country/Territory
Sri Lanka
Document type
Regulation
Date
2010
Source
FAO, FAOLEX
Original source
The Gazette of the Democratic Socialist Republic of Sri Lanka (Extraordinary) No. 1673/45, 1 October 2010, pp. 1A-5A.
Subject
Forestry
Keyword
Forest management/forest conservation Public forest Zoning
Geographical area
Asia, Asia and the Pacific, Indian Ocean, South Asian Seas, Southern Asia
Abstract

By virtue of powers vested in Section 3 of Forest Conservation Ordinance (Chapter 451) as amended by Act No.13 of 1966, Act No. 56 of 1979, Act No. 13 of 1982, Act No. 84 of 1988, Act No. 23 of 1995 and Act No. 65 of 2009. I, Anura Priyadarshana Yapa, Minister of Environment by this Order declares the State Lands located within 47136.3142 hec. of land depicted in schedule 01, 02, 03 and 04 and except the land area given in schedule 05 and 06 which are located within that as Bakmitiyawa-Timbirigolla Reserved Forest from 1 October 2010.

Full text
English
Website
www.documents.gov.lk

References - Legislation

Implements

Forest Ordinance (No. 16 of 1907 - Chapter 283).

Legislation | Sri Lanka | 1908 (1979)

Keyword: Framework law, Forest management/forest conservation, Timber extraction/logging, Protected area, Classification/declassification, Transport/storage, Forest service/forest officers, Offences/penalties

Source: FAO, FAOLEX