498 JOURNAL OF FORESTRY 



1. Local communities are authorized to adopt regulations for the 

 handling of protection forests and other forests under private owner- 

 ship. Protection forests are defined as forests which serve as pro- 

 tection against landslides, floods, or drifting sand, or as special pro- 

 tection to another forest or to built-up land, and also as forests which. 

 because of their situation at high altitudes, by the sea, or in the far 

 north have such unfavorable growth conditions as to be in danger of 

 complete destruction if too heavily cut or otherwise mishandled. Com- 

 pletely cleared areas can also be regarded as protection forests when it 

 appears probable that such areas may in course of time become refor- 

 ested and again serve as protection forests. 



2. The boundaries of protection forests are fixed by the governing 

 body (council) of each community on recommendation of a committee 

 of three, at least two of whom must be forest owners, assisted by the 

 State forest supervisor in the community, or, if there is a supervisor, by 

 another forester designated by the body in charge of forest afifairs. 



3. Regulations for the handling of protection forests are similarly 

 adopted by the community council on recommendation of the forest 

 supervisor, or of the forester appointed by the body in charge of forest 

 affairs, after comment by the committee appointed to recommend the 

 boundaries of protection forests. Before these regulations become 

 valid they must be ratified by the king, which, of course, implies ap- 

 proval by the national forest service. 



4. Community councils are also authorized to adopt regulations for 

 the prevention of forest destruction in general. These regulations, 

 which must be ratified by the king, apply to all privately owned forests 

 in the community outside of homesteads. In addition to general rules 

 for the handling of forests, they may contain special provisions, such 

 as the following: 



That dift'erent rules shall apply to cutting for sale, manufacture at 

 industrial establishments, or export from tlie kingdom, and to cutting 

 for other purposes. 



That no green trees may be cut until all dry trees, tops, and waste 

 have been utilized, so far as this material is serviceable for the purpose 

 and can be taken without undue difficulty. 



That burning of heather, juniper, or moor shall be forbidden except 

 in cases where burning is approved by the forest inspector as a means 

 of promoting forest growth. 



That an assessment may be levied on the proceeds from timber cut 

 for sale, manufacture by industrial establishments, or export from 

 the kingdom, to be used for promoting the reproduction of the forest. 



