ASPECTS REGARDING LEGAL PROTECTION OF FOREST ECOSYSTEMS

• Main Author: Cristian Popescu
• Format: Article
• Language: English
• Published: Editura Universitatii din Pitesti 2012-12-01
• Series: Current Trends in Natural Sciences
• Subjects: protection; exploitation; forest ecosystems; laws
• Online Access: http://www.upit.ro/uploads/facultatea_st/CTNS_1_2/Paper%2011.pdf

The first legislative concerns for the protection and exploitation of forests are occurring since the eighteenth century. Forest of the country has always been a priority for environmental policy. The institutional framework for forestry organization in Romania is represented mainly by the Ministry of Environment and National Administration of Forests – Romsilva. First Romanian Forest Code was adopted on 19 June 1881. In present, the main law governing the forest is given by Law No. 46 of March 19, 2008 (Forest Code). Forests are resources of interest economic, social, recreational, ecological and biological. Biodiversity conservation of forest ecosystems involves the sustainable management by applying intensive treatments that promote natural regeneration of species of fundamental natural forest type and forest conservation and quasi virgin. The main way to conserve forest ecosystems is represented by the establishment of protected areas of national interest.