The Forest Law of 23 August 2023 ("Forest Law") entered into force
on 1 October 2023. The Forest Law was introduced with the aim to
creating a robust and coherent general legal framework for
Luxembourg forests, bringing together the main previously existing
texts in a single, structured piece of legislation.
The objectives of the Forest Law are multiple: ensuring the
sustainable management of forests so that they can fulfil their
ecological, economic and social functions in a balanced way;
protecting them, as a natural and landscape environment; conserving
and enhancing biological diversity in forest ecosystems;
maintaining the national extent of forests and their distribution
between ecological regions; maintaining the health and vitality of
forests so that they can contribute to the carbon cycle and the
protection of water and soil, and maintaining and promoting
forestry and the forestry economy.
