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Afforestation


Definition:

Establishing young forest cultures on land previously outside silviculture (not included in the area of forest land).



Wasteland may be designated for afforestation, as may agricultural land not suitable for agricultural production and agricultural land not in agricultural cultivation as well as other land suitable for afforestation, and in particular:

1) land around: the sources and springs giving rise to rivers and streams, divide areas, riverbanks and the shores of lakes and reservoirs,

2) areas of quicksands and sand dunes,

3) steep slopes, areas affected by rockfalls, precipices and hollows,

4) spoil heaps and areas in which the exploitation of sand, gravel, peat or clay has ceased.


Source:
  • Act of 28 September 1991 on Forests
    Place of publication: (Dz. U. z 2024 r. poz. 530)

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