The Forest Act was a law instituted by the Ministry of Agriculture and Fisheries (later Ministry of Agriculture, LNV, later Minister of Economic Affairs) on 20 July 1961 to protect the Dutch forests. The purpose of the act was to prevent the existing forest area from further decreasing in area. The law expired on January 1, 2017 and entered into the Nature Conservation Act.
The law implies that when someone wants to cut the forest on his / her plot, he has to report in writing at least one month before the cover. Within 3 years after the forest has actually been cut, it has to be replanted. Here is the province. Instead of replanting on the same plot, this may also be something else. This is called compensation. In most provinces, overcompensation is prescribed.
Forest areas are those forests consisting of 10 or more or ripening plants of at least 20 trees. In some cases there may be an exception, such as sprouting like Christmas trees, as well as the species of horse chestnut, Italian poplar, lime and mourning wolf. When a dunning takes place as a care measure of the remaining wood uprising, this is not covered by the Forest Law.
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