Regulation No. 1663 on protection of Bjønnknuten natural reserve, Drangedal and Kragerø municipality, Telemark.

The purpose of this Regulation is to protect a little affected forest area of particular importance for biodiversity due to boreonemoral profile, with rich deciduous forest and dead wood. The area of approximatelly 1 996 acres of rare and endangered species of wood-inhabiting fungi linked to oak and aspen. The objective of this 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.