Law of 2 June 1936 enacting measures to halt deforestation
- Buffers: 50 metres each bank of a river, 100 metres each side of the watershed divide, 100 metres upstream of springs.
- Authorisation runs through the rural police officer and the sub-district commander, after the agricultural service's formal opinion.
- Trees on squares, streets and public roads are covered.
- The 1937 decree-law moved the authority to a qualified agricultural agent a year later.
The law of 2 June 1936, published in Le Moniteur No. 48 of 4 June 1936 under Sténio Vincent.
The preamble states the urgency of halting deforestation of the country's mountains and plains and the felling of trees on squares and along streets and public roads. Article 1 forbids damaging, cutting, uprooting or burning any tree or group of trees, without special authorisation from the sub-district commander given to the applicant through the rural police officer and after the formal opinion of the Service National de la Production Agricole et de l'Enseignement Rural, on steep mountain land, within 50 metres of each bank of a river, within 100 metres of each side of the watershed divide along mountain crests, and within a 100-metre radius upstream of springs.
The enforcement route is the point of interest: authorisation runs through the rural police and the sub-district commander, which is how forest protection was administered in rural Haiti. The 1937 decree-law moved the authority to a qualified agricultural agent a year later.
How to cite
Legislative Body of Haiti, Law of 2 June 1936 enacting measures to halt deforestation, https://www.fao.org/faolex/country-profiles/general-profile/en/?iso3=HTI
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- Government of Haiti