Decision No. 62/2005/QD-BNN promulgating the Regulation on criteria for classification of special-use forests.

This Regulation shall apply to all types of forestry land including natural forests, land without forests, land with lost forests, etc. Special-use forests shall contribute to the conservation of nature, specimens of the national forest ecosystem and forest biological gene sources, and to environmental protection, etc. The criteria for classifying special-use forests are specified in Chapter II and include the classification of national parks, nature conservation zones (nature reserves) and species-habitat conservation zones, and landscape protection zones (forests of historical relic or scenic places).