Operator Laws

• Indian Forest Act 1927

• Wildlife Protection Act 1972

• Forest Conservation Act 1980

• National Forest Policy 1988

• Panchayats (Extension to the Scheduled Areas) Act, 1996.

• Biological Diversity Act 2002

• Plant Quarantine (Regulation of Import into India) Order, 2003

• The Scheduled Tribes and Other Traditional Forest Dwellers (Recognition of Forest Rights) Act, 2006

• Supreme Court orders and judgements on forests including use, trade, transit and on saw mills, wood balance etc.

• Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species (CITES) 1973

• European Union Timber Regulation

• The Lacey Act - Chapter 53 of Title 16, United States Code (including May 2008 amendments)