Private Forests Ordinance, 1959 (E.P. Ordinance No. XXXIV of 1959). Country/Territory Bangladesh Document type Legislation Date 1959 (1973) Source FAO, FAOLEX Long titleAn Ordinance to provide for the conservation of private forests and for the afforestation in certain cases of waste lands in Bangladesh. Subject Forestry Keyword Basic legislation Private forest Afforestation/reforestation Forest management/forest conservation Policy/planning Credit Forestry protection measures Offences/penalties Geographical area Asia, Asia and the Pacific, Indian Ocean, Least Developed Countries, South Asian Seas, Southern Asia Abstract This Ordinance provides for the conservation of private forests and for the afforestation in certain cases of waste lands in East Pakistan. The 64 sections of the Ordinance are divided into seven Chapters, i.e.: Preliminary (I); Conservation of Private Forests and Afforestation of Waste Lands (II); Rights in Forests (III); Penalties and Procedures (IV); Regional Forest Officers (V); Rules (VI); Miscellaneous (VII). Full text English Website bdlaws.gov.bd References - Legislation Amends Forest Act, 1927. Legislation | Bangladesh | 1927 (2000) Keyword: Framework law, Classification/declassification, Private forest, Public forest, Timber extraction/logging, Timber, Forest management/forest conservation, Forestry protection measures, Non-timber products, Planting material/seeds, Community management, Freshwater pollution, Pollution control, Water rights Source: FAO, FAOLEX