Ordinance
on Forest
(Forest Ordinance, ForO)

(Art. 38 para. 1 ForA)⁶⁷

¹ The level of glob­al fin­an­cial as­sist­ance for meas­ures that con­trib­ute to the main­ten­ance and im­prove­ment of the bio­lo­gic­al di­versity of the forest is based on:

a.

the num­ber of hec­tares of forest re­serves that are to be des­ig­nated and main­tained;

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b.⁶⁸ ...

c.

the num­ber of hec­tares of hab­it­ats to be main­tained, in par­tic­u­lar the forest mar­gins, which provide hab­it­at con­nectiv­ity;

d.

the ex­tent and qual­ity of the meas­ures for the pro­mo­tion of an­im­al and plant spe­cies, the con­ser­va­tion of which is a mat­ter of pri­or­ity for bio­lo­gic­al di­versity;

e.⁶⁹

the num­ber of hec­tares out­side forest re­serves to be des­ig­nated as areas with a high pro­por­tion of old wood and dead­wood or with suf­fi­cient trees demon­strat­ing char­ac­ter­ist­ics that are of par­tic­u­lar value to bio­lo­gic­al di­versity (bi­otope tree);

f.

the num­ber of hec­tares of the forms of forest cul­tiv­a­tion to be main­tained, such as wooded pas­tures, cop­pices with stand­ards and cop­pice forests and chest­nut or wal­nut groves;

g.

the qual­ity of the ser­vices provided.

² The amount is ne­go­ti­ated between the FOEN and the can­ton con­cerned.

³ The fin­an­cial as­sist­ance may only be al­loc­ated, if the pro­tec­tion of the eco­lo­gic­al as lis­ted un­der para­graph 1 let­ters a and c–f is guar­an­teed con­trac­tu­ally or in any oth­er suit­able way.

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