Act No. 100/1977 on the management in forests and state administration of forestry.

In all forests regardless the size and administration (ownership, use), a planned management must be applied to ensure and improve the functions of forests with maintaining the permanent effect of forests and creating the prerequisites for the rationalization of forestry. Forest management serves those purposes and forest management plans are its results. The forest management plans represent a tool of the purposeful management in forests pursuing the improvement of the functions of forests; they determine on the basis of the most recent scientific and technical knowledge the goals and tasks of the management in forests, especially from the point of view of silviculture and forest protection, conservation and formation of the environment (timber logging and other forest functions). The Act consists of 9 Sections that contain 38 paragraphs. Section 1 (Paragraphs 1-12) regards management in forests. Section 2 (Paragraphs 13-16) regards professional forest management. Section 3 (Paragraphs 17-19) regards access to forests and regulation of some activities performed in them. Section 4 (Paragraphs 20-24) regards obligations in forest protection and measures to prevent forest damage. Section 5 (Paragraphs 25-29) concerns the organs of the state administration of forestry and the scope of their activities. Section 6 (Paragraphs 30-32) deals with supervision in forestry. Section 7 (Paragraph 33) regards revocation cancellation and annulment of forestry permits. Section 8 (Paragraph 34) regards fines. Section 9 (Paragraphs 36-38) lays down common, abolishing and concluding provisions.