Forest Preservation Act (No. 14 of 1910). País/Territorio Eswatini Tipo de documento Legislación Fecha 1910 Fuente FAO, FAOLEX Título completoAn Act to make provision for the preservation of trees and forests growing on Government land, and on Swazi nation land constituted under the Concessions Partition Act No. 2811907. Materia Bosques Palabra clave Medidas de protección forestal Incendios forestales Corte y extracción/explotación forestal Roza Bosques demaniales Infracciones/sanciones Ordenación forestal/conservación de montes Área geográphica Africa, Naciones en desarrollo sin litoral, Africa Meridional Resumen This Act places restrictions on the cutting of indigenous or government timber and provides otherwise for the protection of such timber. "Government timber" means any trees and bushes planted under the direction of the Minister on government land or on Swazi nation land and "indigenous timber" means forest trees or their saplings growing on Government land or on Swazi nation land, not planted by human agency. No cutting or interference with land close to where such timber grows shall take place without a permission of the Minister or authorized officer. Certain exceptions on these rules are made in respect of private forests. The Act also defines the offence of setting fire to any indigenous or government timber or brushwood. Texto completo Inglés