Law of Georgia on Management of Forest Fund (No. 3345-RS of 2010)

The purpose of this Law is to regulate matters related to the management of the forest fund, which shall be performed by the legal entity under public aw called the National Forestry Agency within the system of the Ministry of Environment Protection and Agriculture of Georgia. The main goals of the Agency when managing the forest fund shall be forest maintenance and reforestation; and the sustainable use of components of biological diversity in the territory of the forest fund. The main objectives of the Agency when managing the forest fund shall be to facilitate the determination and delineation of the borders of the forest fund; manage the forest fund; regulate forest use; implement measures for forest maintenance and reforestation; and supervise the territory of the forest fund. When managing the forest fund the Agency shall have powers to monitor the forest fund and create a database on the basis the results of monitoring; carry out forest maintenance and reforestation works, and improvement felling for these purposes; participate in the implementation of emergency measures during natural disasters in the territory of the forest fund; observe the rules for the protection from fire and in the case of fire hazard, take appropriate liquidation measures and immediately notify relevant bodies about the hazard; issue a ticket for timber harvesting; issue a ticket for using forest resources; prepare a licence area; transfer the forest fund with the right to use and prepare appropriate documentation; draw up reports of administrative offences and protect the forest from illegal cutting; issue documents for the extraction of objects of fauna (except for migrating birds) intended for hunting; provide other services in accordance with the Statute and goals of the Agency; timber harvesting; provide natural and legal persons with timber for the purposes and in the amount determined by an individual administrative legislative act of the Government of Georgia.