Federal Act on Forest
(Forest Act, ForA)

¹ The ali­en­a­tion of forest in the own­er­ship of com­munes and cor­por­a­tions and the di­vi­sion of forests re­quires the au­thor­isa­tion of the can­ton. This may only be gran­ted if the func­tions of the forest are not im­paired as a res­ult.

² If the ali­en­a­tion or di­vi­sion also re­quires au­thor­isa­tion in ac­cord­ance with the Fed­er­al Act of 4 Oc­to­ber 1991²⁵ on Rur­al Land Rights, the can­tons shall en­sure that the au­thor­isa­tion pro­cesses pro­ced­ures are com­bined and con­cluded by joint de­cision.