Hunting Act. Pays/Territoire Estonie Type du document Législation Date 2002 (2003) Source FAO, FAOLEX Sujet Espèces sauvages et écosystèmes Mot clé Chasse/capture Faune sauvage Protection des espèces Gibier Autorisation/permis de chasse Droit pour l'autorisation/permis de chasse Inspection Périodes Aire géographique Europe, Europe et Asie Centrale, Pays de l'Union Européenne, Europe du Nord Entry into force notes This Act enters into force on 1 March 2003. Résumé This Act provides the nature of the right to hunt, regulates the use of hunting grounds, wild game resources and products of hunting, and establishes the organization of hunting and measures for the protection of wild game. The purpose of this Act is to ensure the preservation of wild game resources as renewable resources for as large a number of persons as possible. The right to hunt is the right of a land owner to establish conditions for the organization of hunting, to hunt and to prohibit hunting on the land belonging to the land owner to the extent and pursuant to the procedure provided by law. A land owner who holds a hunting certificate may hunt, except for hunting big game, on the land owner’s registered immovable provided that the area of the immovable within a circular boundary exceeds 20 hectares. The right to hunt extends to the spouse or child of the land owner provided that the spouse or child holds a hunting certificate. All hunting grounds are subject to survey and management planning, by hunting district, in accordance with the hunting grounds survey and management planning guidelines at least once every ten years. Hunting grounds shall be divided into hunting districts. A hunting district is a hunting ground with an area of at least 5000 hectares within a circular boundary. Wild game are animals which are habitually hunted, which are not protected under nature conservation and the hunting of which is not contrary to good hunting practice. Big game shall be separately distinguished among wild game. The list of wild game shall be established by a regulation of the Minister of the Environment. Texte intégral Anglais Site web www.legaltext.ee Références - Législation Abroge Law on Hunting Management. Législation | Estonie | 1994 Mot clé: Institution, Aire protégée, Autorisation/permis de chasse, Chasse/capture Source: FAO, FAOLEX Abrogé par Hunting Act (2013) Législation | Estonie | 2013 (2023) Mot clé: Autorisation/permis de chasse, Chasse/capture, Droits de chasse, Faune sauvage, Gibier, Allocation/quota, Certification, Évaluation des ressources/des dommages, Responsabilité/indemnisation, Gestion/conservation, Autorisation/permis, Législation de base, Infractions/sanctions, Protection de l’environnement, Protection des espèces, Équipement de chasse/méthodes de chasse, Monitorage Source: FAO, FAOLEX