Ordinance
on Forest
(Forest Ordinance, ForO)

¹ The de­for­est­a­tion de­cision cov­ers the fol­low­ing:

a.

the areas in which de­for­est­a­tion is au­thor­ised or re­fused and the af­fected plots with spe­cific­a­tion of the co­ordin­ates;

b.

the nature and scope of the com­pens­at­ory meas­ures and the af­fected plots with spe­cific­a­tion of the co­ordin­ates;

c.

the dead­lines for the use of the de­for­est­a­tion per­mit and for the ful­fil­ment of the ob­lig­a­tions as­so­ci­ated with the de­for­est­a­tion, in par­tic­u­lar those in­volving com­pens­at­ory meas­ures;

d.

the un­re­solved ob­jec­tions;

e.

any fur­ther con­di­tions and re­quire­ments.

² The FOEN shall keep stat­ist­ics on the de­for­est­a­tion pro­jects au­thor­ised by the Con­fed­er­a­tion and the can­tons. The can­tons shall make the ne­ces­sary in­form­a­tion avail­able to the FOEN.⁸