Article 50
(1) Everyone is prohibited to damage forest protection infrastructure and facilities.
(2) Everyone granted an area utilization business license, an environmental service utilization business license, a timber and non-timber forest product utilization business license will be prohibited to undertake activities causing forest damage.
(3) Everyone is prohibited to :
a. work on and or use and or occupy forest areas illegally;
b. tramp forest areas;
c. undertake tree felling in a forest area with a radius or a distance of up to :
1. 500 (five hundred) meters of the edge of a dam or a lake;
2. 200 (two hundred) meters from the edge of a spring and the right and left sides of a river in a swampy area;
3. 100 (a hundred) meters from the right and left banks of a river;
4. 50 (fifty) meters from the right and left of the banks of a tributary;
5. twice the depth of a ravine from its edge;
6. 130 (a hundred and thirty) times the difference of the highest time and the lowest ebb from the coast.
d. burn a forest;
e. fell trees or harvest or collect forest products in a forest without a right or a license from an authorized official;
f. receive, purchase or sell, exchange, receive as a consignment, keep or own forest products which are known or should be suspected to originate in forest areas and to have been taken or collected illegally;
9. undertake the activities of general prospecting or exploration or exploitation of minerals in a forest area without a license from the Minister;
h. transport, control or own forest products not covered by a certificate on the legality of the forest products;
i. herd cattle in a forest area not specifically appointed for this purpose by an authorized official
J. carry heavy-duty equipment or other equipment which is usually used or should be suspected to be used to transport forest products in a forest area without the license from an authorized official;
k. carry equipment which is usually used to fell, cut or split trees in a forest area without a license from an authorized official;
I. throw away into a forest area items which may cause a fire and damage and endanger the existence or sustainability of the function of a forest; and
m. take out, carry and transport plants and wildlife not protected by the act and originating in a forest area with-out a license from an authorized official.
(4) The provision on taking out, carrying and or transporting protected plants and or animals is regulated pursuant to the prevailing acts.
