Law No. 5/2016 proclaiming the moratorium on forests in the Republic of Albania.

The goal of the Law is to reduce the interventions in the forestry fund, degraded as a result of over exploitation, and to improve and rehabilitate the fund’s conditions. The Law prohibits exploitation activities in public and private forest fund throughout the Republic of Albania as well as the trade in forest products, timber exports, construction logs, fire woods, and wood coal. Exceptions to the Law include exploitation for fire wood for local populations, change in destination of the forestry and pasture fund, and exploitation for purposes of regeneration and debris cleaning. The existing exploitation rights are suspended and will be renegotiated only to allow for activities that fall within the exceptions scope.
The Law will remain into effect for ten years from its entry into force. The Ministry of Environment, the Ministry of Interior, the Ministry of Finance, and the Municipalities are responsible for the Law enforcement.