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Forest and timber: Legislation
The most important acts and ordinances relating to forest, wood and natural hazards.
(All available in German, French and Italian)
Forest Ordinance (ForO) (externer Link, neues Fenster) - Federal Ordinance of 30 november 1992 on Forests
Federal act on Hunting and the Protection of Wild Mammals and Birds (JSG) (externer Link, neues Fenster) - Federal Act of 20 June 1986 on Hunting and the Protection of Wild Mammals and Birds
Federal Act on the Protection of Nature and Cultural Heritage (NCHA) (externer Link, neues Fenster) - Federal Act of 1 July 1996 on the Protection of Nature and Cultural Heritage
Hydraulic Engineering Act (externer Link, neues Fenster) - Federal Act of 21 June 1991o n Hydraulic Engineering
Ordinance on Chemical Risk Reduction (ORRChem) (externer Link, neues Fenster) - Ordinance of 18 May 2005 on Risk Reduction related to the Use of certain particularly dangerous Substances, Preparations and Articles
Pflanzenschutzverordnung (PSV) (externer Link, neues Fenster) - Ordinance on Plant Protection of 28 February 2001
Release Ordinance (RO) (externer Link, neues Fenster) - Ordinance of 10 September 2008 on the Handling of Organisms in the Environment
Subsidy Act (externer Link, neues Fenster) - Federal Act of 5 October 1990 on Finances and Subsidies
International conventions
Enforcement aids and guidelines
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