National Forests Act No. 84 of 1998
1 April 1999
Proposed amendments to this Act
Regulations
- Regulations (29 April 2009)
General Notices Published under this Act
- National Forests Advisory Council: Procedures and Code of Conduct (22 September 2000)
- Assignment of certain provisions of the Act to SANParks (11 February 2005)
- National Level Principles, Criteria, Indicators and Standards (24 August 2007)
Exemptions
- Exemptions (11 April 2008)
- Exemptions (24 January 2014)
Declaration of protected tree species, champion trees, natural forests and other declarations
- Annual List of all Tree Species which are protected under Section 12 of the Act (27 January 2023)
- Declaration of Lists of National Forest Types as Natural Forests (18 July 2008)
- Declaration of Particular Groups of Trees as “Champion Trees” (6 November 2015)
- Declaration of Phase 2A of the Olifants River Water Resources Development Project Offsite Mitigation Area as a Controlled Forest Area (12 November 2010)
- Declaration of Appointment of Forest Officers (16 January 2015)
- Declaration of Phase 2A of the Olifants River Water Resources Development Project Offsite Mitigation Area as a temporarily protected woodland (28 April 2017)
- Notice of declaration of particular groups of trees as “champion trees” (18 October 2019)
Release of Forest Land
- Sederberg, Grootvadershoek, Hawekwas (Limietberg) and Koelberg Forest Reserves (17 June 2005)
- Jagersvlakte, Soopjesvlakte (3 February 2006)
- Riet Spruit (18 August 2006)
- Greater St Lucia Wetland Park (1 April 2007)
- Humansdorp (26 October 2012)
Draft Notices and Regulations under this Act
- Draft List of Particular Trees or Groups of Trees as “Champion Trees” (3 July 2015)
- Draft South African Criteria, Indicators and Standards for Sustainable Forest Management (6 November 2015)
- Draft List of National Forests as Natural Forests (3 March 2017)
- Draft list if Particular Trees or Groups of Trees as “Champion Trees” (30 June 2017)
- Intention to declare portion of the farm Kathu 465 AS as a forest nature reserve (18 August 2017)