Forestry Law (No. I-671 of 1994).

This Law establishes the legal framework governing forest restoration, protection, management, and use, and aims to ensure that forests of all ownership types are managed according to sustainable and balanced forestry principles. It defines key forestry concepts, including forests, forest land, forest resources, forest ownership, management, infrastructure, and different types of logging. The law classifies forests into four functional groups — reserve forests, special-purpose forests, protective forests, and commercial forests — and establishes management objectives, restrictions, and permitted activities for each category.
The law regulates forest ownership, administration, and management responsibilities. It specifies the rights and obligations of the state, private owners, forest managers, and forest users; governs the acquisition and transfer of forest land; establishes pre-emption rights for certain forest land transactions; and designates forests of national significance. It assigns responsibilities to the Ministry of Environment, the State Forest Service, forest enterprises, municipalities, and environmental control authorities. The law also provides for forest inventory, the State Forest Cadastre, forest management planning, forestry statistics, and the approval and implementation of forest management projects.
The law contains detailed provisions on forest use, restoration, afforestation, harvesting, protection, and land-use change. It requires forest regeneration following harvesting, establishes rules for logging and forest resource use, regulates conversion of forest land to other land uses, and provides conditions for infrastructure development on forest land. It also establishes measures for protection against fire, pests, diseases, pollution, and other threats, regulates public access to forests, and sets out financial mechanisms supporting forestry activities. The law further provides for liability and compensation for damage caused by violations of forestry legislation and recognizes the application of international agreements concerning forest management and conservation.