Regulation No. 1658 on protection of Rubbelifjell natural reserve, Åmli municipality, Aust-Agder.

The purpose of the natural reserve is to preserve a large, relatively low-lying old woodland extending approx. 1 040 acres. Instances of dead and dying aspen and a rare and very important presence of coarse and old elm-linden forests with large grove spoke at Rubb Lifjellet area lends particular importance to biodiversity, rare and endangered species in particular. The objective of the Regulation 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.