{"id":120574,"date":"2018-10-27T00:00:00","date_gmt":"2018-10-26T21:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/rhn.ro\/new-legislative-project-allows-ski-slope-investors-to-remove-land-from-forest-fund-without-compensatory-reforestation\/"},"modified":"2026-03-28T09:22:12","modified_gmt":"2026-03-28T07:22:12","slug":"new-legislative-project-allows-ski-slope-investors-to-remove-land-from-forest-fund-without-compensatory-reforestation","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/rhn.ro\/en\/new-legislative-project-allows-ski-slope-investors-to-remove-land-from-forest-fund-without-compensatory-reforestation\/","title":{"rendered":"New Legislative Project Allows Ski Slope Investors to Remove Land from Forest Fund Without Compensatory Reforestation"},"content":{"rendered":"<div>A bill approved earlier this year allows the removal of certain forests from the national forest fund for mining works solely by paying the fees provided by law, without the obligation to reforest other areas in compensation.<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div>A new project now proposes extending this facility to the creation and operation of ski slopes of &ldquo;national interest and public utility.&rdquo;.<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div>According to the provisions of the Law from the beginning of the year, the lands removed from the forest fund will be intended for the execution of mining works of national interest by state companies, declared of public utility, for the exploitation of lignite deposits.<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div>Recently, a new project extends these provisions to the creation and operation of ski slopes, a measure to be applied equally to both state companies and private investors.<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div>Also this year, Parliament decided that protected natural areas could be modified for the exploitation of mineral resources, for which licenses had been issued as of June 29, 2007, without the need for a Government decision and the Academy&#8217;s approval in this regard. The lawmakers&#8217; argument was that there are old mining concession licenses for lands that were subsequently declared protected natural areas.<\/div>\n<div>&nbsp;<\/div>\n<p>Source: <a href=\"http:\/\/www.profit.ro\" data-wplink-url-error=\"true\">Profit<\/a><\/p>\n<h3>Frequently Asked Questions<\/h3>\n<p><strong>What does the new legislative project provide for ski slopes?<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>The project allows the removal of land from the forest fund for the creation of ski slopes of national interest without the obligation to reforest other areas in compensation.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Who are the beneficiaries of these legislative changes?<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>The facility applies to both state-owned companies and private investors developing ski projects declared of public utility.<\/p>\n<p><strong>What other sectors benefit from the reforestation exemption?<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>National interest mining works for lignite exploitation already benefit from similar provisions according to previously adopted legislation.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A bill approved earlier this year allows the removal of certain forests from the national forest fund for mining works solely by paying the fees provided by law, without the obligation to reforest other areas in compensation. A new project now proposes extending this facility to the creation and operation of ski slopes of &ldquo;national&hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":0,"featured_media":67447,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2858],"tags":[],"thb-sponsors":[],"class_list":["post-120574","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-tourism"],"article_style_override":"","post-style":"","post_via":"","post-top-image":"https:\/\/rhn.ro\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/11\/turism-2.jpg","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/rhn.ro\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/120574","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/rhn.ro\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/rhn.ro\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/rhn.ro\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=120574"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/rhn.ro\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/120574\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/rhn.ro\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/67447"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/rhn.ro\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=120574"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/rhn.ro\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=120574"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/rhn.ro\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=120574"},{"taxonomy":"thb-sponsors","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/rhn.ro\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/thb-sponsors?post=120574"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}