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NATIONAL FOREST ACT (84/1998): LIST OF PROTECTED TREE SPECIES

Posted 15 December 2015

The Minister of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries has, in terms of section 12(1)(d) of the NFA, published  a list of protected trees as set out in the schedule to this notice.

In terms of section 15(1) of the NFA, no person may cut, disturb, damage, destroy, possess, collect, remove, transport, export, purchase, sell, donate or in any other manner acquire or dispose of any tree listed in terms of section 12 of the NFA, or any forest product derived from a protected tree, except under a licence granted by the Minister.