Decree amending the Decree on protection forests and forests with a special purpose.

This Decree of the Government of the Republic of Slovenia, which is composed of four articles and one Annex, provides that protection forests are forests that protect landslides, forests on steep slopes or banks of waters, forests exposed to strong winds, forests in torrential areas protecting the land from erosion and avalanches, forest belts which protect forests and land from wind, water, snowfall and avalanches, forests on agricultural and suburban area with the function of biodiversity conservation. The present Decree establishes also provisions concerning operations in protection forests, originally specified in art. 9 of the amended Decree.