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