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The Act on Amendments to the Forest Act and the Nature Protection Act

avaldatud riigiteatajasEstonia· Riigikogu· ET

Introduced

6 March 2017

Last action

14 June 2017 · Accepted

Status

AVALDATUD_RIIGITEATAJAS

Sponsors

Rainer Vakra, Vabariigi Valitsus

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Source updated

14 June 2017

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Summary

The bill makes it clearer for the forest owner to make forest management decisions. The most important changes to the Forest Act provide for lowering the age of cutting spruces of fertile growth types and encouraging the use of alternative cutting types to clear cutting - peat cutting and selective cutting. The bill eases the restrictions on them. The currently valid rules regarding these types of felling do not promote effective forest renewal. The bill will be lowered the average age of spruces growing in fertile growth areas allowed for felling to 60 - 70 years. In the explanatory letter, it is stated that the average age of the currently felled spruces must be at least 80 years. However, the quality of the forest in 80-year-old fertile areas is lower, because about a third of such forest is mostly damaged by root and trunk rot. The change concerns about 4,200 hectares of forest land, which is 0.2 percent of Estonia's forests, of which 3,000 hectares are state forest. The minimum cutting age does not oblige the forest owner to cut. In order to protect the biodiversity of Estonian forests, as a counterweight, strict protection of grove and slope forests is ensured in an additional area of ​​27,000 hectares. Corresponding areas have been found on state lands, and RMK has stopped forest management there. The bill excludes the situation where the use of forest property depends on the decisions and actions of the border neighbor. Restrictions on valuable habitat will also be abolished to a size that is currently up to 7 hectares. On state land, protection is ensured for all areas that meet the definition of valuable habitat, on private land, protection continues on a voluntary basis.

Machine translation from Estonian. The official text remains authoritative.

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  1. 6 March 2017

    AVALDATUD_RIIGITEATAJAS

    Source: SE

  2. 14 June 2017

    Accepted

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