Forest Preservation Act (No. 14 of 1910). Pays/Territoire Eswatini Type du document Législation Date 1910 Source FAO, FAOLEX Titre completAn 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. Sujet Forêts Mot clé Mesures de protection des forêts Feux de forêts Coupe de bois/exploitation forestière Défrichement Forêt publique Infractions/sanctions Gestion forestière/conservation des forêts Aire géographique Afrique, Nations en développement sans littoral, Afrique Méridionale Résumé 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. Texte intégral Anglais