Rights and duties of a forest owner

87 Abstract Rights and Duties of Forest Owner The purpose of my final thesis is to analyse rights and duties of a forest owner. Legal regulation of forest management is necessary for many reason. Above all, there is public interest in protection and preservation of forest as an irretrievable component of the environment. The thesis is composed of eleven chapters, each of them dealing with different aspects of forest management. First three chapters are introductory. They describe the development of ownership structure and forest categories. Then it looks at relevant Czech legislation, in particular at the Forest Act (N. 289/1995 Coll., as amended) and Act N. 114/1992 Coll., as amended, providing for the protection of nature and landscape. Chapter Four characterises the term Forest and discusses property rights to forests and their restrictions by the forest and forest-relating regulation. At this stage, I outline the basic duties of forest owner in his business activities. Next chapters focus on the main topic of my thesis, namely legal regulation of forest protection, specifically protection of land designated to fulfil the function of forest, protection of forest business activities and protection of forest against detrimental agents. A forest owner is obliged to follow broad set of conditions and limits..