FOREST LEGISLATION’S ROLE IN THE PROTECTION OF ROMANIAN FORESTS

Dogaru Lucreţia

Abstract

In this article, we will analyze the main normative acts elaborated in the field of forestry from a

historical and evolutionary perspective, with the aim of emphasizing their role and importance to the

protection of Romanian forests. In order to ensure a consistent approach, we will briefly present the

main forest laws adopted and applied in Romania, starting with the nineteenth century.The legal

approach to the concept of forest protection implies presenting all the legal means offered to the

individualsthat are engaged in forest related social interactions with the purpose of protecting the

social values that are closely connected to this good.The legal forestry mechanisms that ensure that

these extremely important goods are lawfully protected have an essential role among forest protection

instruments.The legal regulations that impact the forest fund include both the forest codes adopted in

Romania and all the legal regulations relevant to the forest protection field and contained in

numerous other normative acts.

The main methods used in tackling this subject were: the logical method, the historical method

and the comparative method.

The current study attempts to outline evolution of the Romanian legislator’s concern to regulate

the forest social relations and to establish the basic rules of development, conservation and

sustainable management of the Romanian forests. All together, we will highlight the tendencies of the

historical periods in which these normative acts were adopted and applied.

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