Federal Act on Forest
(Forest Act, ForA)

¹ The Con­fed­er­a­tion may com­mis­sion or provide fin­an­cial as­sist­ance for the fol­low­ing pur­poses:

a.

re­search on the forest;

b.

re­search and de­vel­op­ment of meas­ures for the pro­tec­tion of the forest against harm­ful ef­fects;

c.

re­search and de­vel­op­ment of meas­ures aimed at pro­tect­ing hu­man life and sig­ni­fic­ant ma­ter­i­al as­sets against nat­ur­al events;

d.

re­search and de­vel­op­ment of meas­ures to boost the mar­ket for wood and the use of wood.

² It may es­tab­lish and op­er­ate re­search in­sti­tutes.