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Order establishing the Huruluoya Conservation Forest under the Forest Conservation Ordinance (Chapter 451).

Country/Territory
Sri Lanka
Document type
Regulation
Date
2012
Source
FAO, FAOLEX
Original source
The Gazette of the Democratic Socialist Republic of Sri Lanka (Extraordinary) No. 1767/3, 16 July 2012, pp. 1A and 2A.
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 by Section 3 “A” of the Forest Conservation Ordinance (Chapter 451) as amended by Acts No. 13 of 1966, No. 56 of 1979, No. 13 of 1982, No. 84 of 1988, No. 23 of 1995 and No. 65 of 2009, I, Anura Priyadarshana Yapa, Minister of Environment, by this Order declares the Huruluoya Reserved Forest of 18,268.5554 Hectares bounded limit set forth in the Schedule hereto as Huruluoya Conservation Forest from 16 August 2012.

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

Amended by

Order on the Declaration of two forests within different Districts as Reserved Forests, under the Forest Conservation Ordinance (Chapter 451).

Legislation | Sri Lanka | 2011

Keyword: Forest management/forest conservation, Public forest, Zoning

Source: FAO, FAOLEX