Federal Act on Forest
(Forest Act, ForA)

¹ The Con­fed­er­a­tion shall grant the can­tons on the basis of pro­gramme agree­ments glob­al fin­an­cial as­sist­ance for meas­ures to pre­vent and mit­ig­ate forest dam­age out­side the pro­tect­ive forest which is caused by nat­ur­al events or harm­ful or­gan­isms.

² By way of ex­cep­tion, it may provide fin­an­cial as­sist­ance by means of a rul­ing for in­di­vidu­al pro­jects that re­quire an as­sess­ment by the Con­fed­er­a­tion.

³ The amount of fin­an­cial as­sist­ance is de­term­ined by the risk to be hindered and the im­pact of the meas­ures.