These Regulations are designed to standardise applications for payment of compensation under the Forestry Acts.

This Order establishes the list of requested technical documentation and the modalities of transfer of forest land to the category of unforested land for the purposes related to forest management. The aforesaid transfer can be carried out by initiative of the owners of forests and forest managers. The scope of forest land shall be construction of cone-drier, seed storage facilities of forest species, and planting of forest nurseries. District forestry administration shall submit application, containing technical survey and map of the forest land plot, to the local executive body.

The Government decrees to validate the Regulation in accordance with Annex 1, to validate compensation norms for agricultural and forestry damages in accordance with Annexes 23 and to establish compensation factor for forestry damages and for land deterioration in accordance with Annex 4. Compensation royalties for agricultural and forestry damages are refunded to the republican budget. Annex 1 contains the Regulation that comprises 3 Sections subdivided in 29 paragraphs. Section 1 lays down the general provisions.

The Action Plan is a national plan with a sectoral approach. The time frame of the Plan is 10 years between 2010 -2020. The objectives of the Plan are a) improvement of forest management; b) capacity building; c) protection of forests; d) forestry sector development; e) development of private sector.To increase forest production and to reduce the risks of forest production losses, strong control mechanisms will be enforced, environmental protection and forest management will be improved. The seedling production capacity will also be improved.

The Governor shall appoint a Chief Forest Officer (sect. 3). The Governor may appoint forest officers (sec.4). The Agricultural Superintendent and other specified officials shall be ex-officio Forest Officers (sect. 5). The Governor in Council may declare any area of Crown land to be a forest reserve (sect. 6) or to be a prohibited area (sec.13) or declare any area on private land to be a protected forest (sect. 7). Section 8 specifies prohibited activities. Owners of land which is declared a protected forest may be compensated (sect. 11).

The Strategy for the Development of the Forestry and Pastures Sector in Albania is a national strategy with a sectoral approach, whose objectives are: a) protection of forests, pastures and biodiversity; b) encouragement and maintenance of the sustainable management of forests and pastures; c) consolidation of linkages with the market economy; d) involvement of local stakeholders and users in the development of the forestry sector; e) institutional and legal reform of the forestry sector at national and local level.

This Law makes provisions for the financial compensation, or compensation in kind, to persons who had been owners of agricultural lands, pastures, meadows, forests and forest lands, according to definitions in article 1 of this Law and to the persons that are recognized as their legal heirs. The right to compensation in value or in kind with agricultural lands, pastures, meadows, forests and forest land is recognized to ex-owners or their heirs, whose property is registered, or in their absence, when ownership is certified by a decision of the court of the proper district (art. 4).

This Law consisting of 27 articles aims at regulating the green cover protection in Libya. It establishes that the General People's Committee for Agricultural Land Reclamation and Reconstruction is responsible for protection, development and management of public forests and rangelands, and contributes to administrate private forests and pastoral farms.

This Law sets the necessary rules and procedures aimed to define and regulate the restitution (restoration of land ownership) of forests and forest lands.The rules provided by this Law are related to: both state and private owned forests and forest lands, as also defined by other relevant Laws and Regulations (see article 2 of the text); and to various administrative issues such as status of restored ownership of forests and forest lands of former owners who have received the compensation for their properties, as well as former homeowners who have paid their debt to the state (and similar a

This Act seeks to empower communities to fully engage in sustainable management and conservation of forests of Liberia by creating a legal framework that defines and supports community rights in the management and use of forest resources. It provides the legal framework that empowers local communities located in or near forest lands to access, manage, use and benefit from forest resources on those lands for sustenance and livelihood improvements as well as for community development. The Act provides for forestry land to be classified as Community forestry land.

This Law establishes the forms of property and ownership, legal and economic grounds in the sphere of property relations, and sets forth terms and conditions of the origin of property rights, ensuring protection and conservation of property. Objects of ownership can be land, subsoil, mining allotment, water resources, air space, forest fund, flora, fauna, and intellectual property.

The National Forest Policy of Montenegro is a national sectoral policy whose main objectives are: a) to ensure and improve long-term resistance and productivity of forests and other ecosystems; b) to ensure the maintenance of plant and animal species; c) to ensure sustainable forest administration and sustainable implementation of social, economic and environmental forest functions; d) to ensure the contribution of forests to social and economic development of rural areas; e) to ensure long-term development and competitiveness of wood industry.