Forest Act (2006).
Country
Type of law
Legislation
Date of original text
Abstract
This Act regulates the directing of forestry, forest survey and management and compensating the damage caused to the environment within the meaning of this Act, and provides for liability for violation of this Act. The purpose of this Act is to ensure the protection and sustainable management of the forest as an ecosystem. Forest management is sustainable if it ensures biological diversity, the productivity, regeneration capacity and vitality of forests, and the possibility of multiple uses of forest in a way that satisfies ecological, economic, social, and cultural needs. This Act applies to forest land and the flora and fauna thereof. The Act further provides for directing of forestry; forest survey; forest management; and state supervision.
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Web site
Date of consolidation/reprint
Notes
Consolidated version of the Act, as last amended by the Act of 20 June 2023, published in the State Gazette I, no. 1 of 30 June 2023.
Repealed
No
Serial Imprint
RT I 2006, 30, 232
Source language
English
Legislation status
in force
Legislation Amendment
No
Original title
Metsaseadus (2006).
Repeals