171. The Government, by regulation, may prescribe, in respect of the forests in the domain of the State, standards of forest management regarding(1) the surface and location of cutting areas;
(2) the protection of the shores of lakes and watercourses;
(3) the protection of water quality;
(4) the installation and use of piling, lopping and sawing areas;
(5) the location and construction of roads;
(6) the site of forest camps;
(7) forest management activities according to the resources to be protected or the territorial units whose destination is determined in a land use plan referred to in section 25;
(8) the application of the silvicultural treatments;
(9) the protection of forest regeneration.
For the purposes of subparagraph 7 of the first paragraph, the Government, by regulation, may determine what resources are to be protected and define the territorial units whose destination is determined in a land use referred to in section 25.
The standards prescribed under this section may vary according to the different territorial units on a plan referred to in section 25 and include a requirement to carry on forest management activities or prohibit such activities in one or other of such territorial units.
1986, c. 108, s. 171; 1987, c. 23, s. 94; 1993, c. 55, s. 29; 1999, c. 40, s. 140.