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Order establishing the Malasnagala Forest under the Forest Conservation Ordinance.

Country/Territory
Sri Lanka
Document type
Regulation
Date
2011
Source
FAO, FAOLEX
Original source
The Gazette of the Democratic Socialist Republic of Sri Lanka (Extraordinary) No. 1740/10, 10 January 2012, pp. 1A-2A.
Subject
Forestry
Keyword
Forest management/forest conservation Public forest
Geographical area
Asia, Asia and the Pacific, Indian Ocean, South Asian Seas, Southern Asia
Abstract

This Order declares the Malasnagala Forest, bounded by the limit set forth in the Schedule, as Malasnagala Reserved Forest from 1 February, 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