Regulation No. 1656 on protection of Grøneliane natural reserve, Birkenes municipality, Aust-Agder.

The purpose of the Regulation is to preserve a large continuous area of old spruce forest with a high proportion of yew and ancient conifers. The rare rich occurrence of yew consists of rather unusually rough dimensions and is of particular importance for biodiversity. Grøne Liane natural reserve is a good district graded coniferous area in the southern boreal vegetation zone. It contains fresh and lush hillsides with spruce in an elevated and substantial pine-dominated moorland and the areas extends approx. 1 051 acres. The objective is to maintain conservation values in the most untouched state, and possibly developing them.
The natural reserve protection shall include the following safety regulations: vegetation, including dead trees and bushes, are protected against damage and destruction – it is therefore forbidden to remove plants and fungi or parts thereof from the reserve. Planting or seeding of trees and other vegetation is prohibited. b) Wildlife, including nesting sites are protected against damage, destruction and unnecessary disturbance. The release of animals is prohibited. c) No measures that could change the natural environment may be implemented (construction of buildings, equipment, fences or other permanent or temporary facilities, parking of caravans, barracks, overhead lines, underground cables or sewers, construction of roads, drainage or other form of reclamation, removal, filling or storage mass, discharge of sewage or other concentrated contaminant, dropping of waste, fertilizing, liming or use of chemical pesticides). Littering is prohibited. d) Use of the natural reserve to major events is prohibited.