PECULIARITIES OF FOREST PROTECTION IN AUSTRIA
PECULIARITIES OF FOREST PROTECTION IN AUSTRIA

Summary/Abstract: Austria is above the EU average in terms of forest area (approximately. ½ of land area ) and occupies a leading position (second) in terms of the share of private ownership of forest land ( this being the dominant form of ownership, approximately ⅘ from the surface of forest lands). Among the peculiarities of the main regulation of this sector (Forest Code) are: (a) clarification of the conditions that the forest must meet , (b) spatial planning of forest habitat (forest spatial planning) (c) imposition of prohibitions to preserve the integrity of areas wooded and obligations for the conservation of certain categories of forests and (d) the group into three groups of key violations of this regulation are considered misdemeanors (administrative offenses), and the establishment of penalties quite mild (if not crimes within the jurisdiction of courts and are not sanctioned with more severe punishments or other administrative sanctions)

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