Document Type : Research Paper
Author
Associate Professor, Public International Law, of the faculty of Law & Political Sciences of University of Mazandaran, Mazandaran, Iran
Abstract
According to the forest logging cease plan which has been enacted in the Article 36 of Act on the seventh Progress Plan, the exploitation of wood from the country's forest trees is prohibited, and the wood industry must meet its need for raw wood from damaged trees and hand-planted trees. On the one hand, the implementation of this plan protects the country's vulnerable forests, but on the other hand, the legal mechanisms and the methods of implementing this plan are challenged with some problems that must be identified and resolved. This study examines the necessity of approving the plan to cease forest exploitation and its legal challenges with descriptive, analytical and legal pathology methods and concludes that legal ambiguities and the lack of detailed regulations and long-term strategies are serious obstacles for the management of the country's forests. A new comprehensive and integrated law is required for building new legal order for the country’s forest management.
Keywords
- Logging Cease plan, Iran&rsquo
- s forests, Forest Law, Sustainable management of forests, Wood planting,
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