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Section 73: Rights of private forest owners

National Forestry and Tree Planting Regulations

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The owner of a private forest shall have the right to- (a) buy, sell, transfer, exchange, lease, mortgage a forest or enter into an agreement in accordance with these Regulations; (b) sell or otherwise collect stumpage from other forest users and dispose the forest belonging to him or her; (c) request from the Authority or the District Forestry Officer support to prepare a management plan; and (d) access available incentives in his or her own right or in association with other persons.

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