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Order establishing the Petiyagoda 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. 1761/11, 7 June 2012, pp. 8A and 9A.
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 of the Forest Conservation Ordinance 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 of chapter 451, I, Anura Priyadarshana Yapa, the Minister of Environment by this Order declares the Petiyagoda Forest of 1355.8316 Hectares bounded by limit set forth in the Schedule as Petiyagoda Reserved Forest from 1 July 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