CHAPTER I GENERAL PROVISIONS
Article 1(Purpose) #
The purpose of this Act is to contribute to enhancing the quality of life for residents in underdeveloped mountain villages and promoting the balanced development of national land and the sound development of the national economy by promoting rights and interests of forest managers, strengthening the competitiveness of forestry and developing the underdeveloped mountain villages through structural improvement of forestry.
Article 2(Definitions) #
The terms used in this Act are defined as follows: <Amended on Feb. 29, 2008; Dec. 26, 2008; Feb. 4, 2010; Mar. 23, 2013; May 29, 2016; Mar. 21, 2017; Jan. 8, 2019; Dec. 3, 2019>
1. The term "forestry" means any afforestation business (including the creation, management and operation of natural recreational forests, arboretums and gardens prescribed in the Forestry Culture and Recreation Act and the Act on the Creation and Furtherance of Arboretums and Gardens), forest product manufacturing business, forest product distribution and processing business, wildlife breeding business and other incidental businesses, as prescribed by Ordinance of the Ministry of Agriculture, Food and Rural Affairs;
2. The term "forest manager" means any person engaged in forestry, as prescribed by Presidential Decree;
3. The term "forest product" means any forest product provided for in subparagraph 7 of Article 2 of the Creation and Management of Forest Resources Act;
3-2. The term "special forest product" means any cultivated mountain ginseng and other forest products (including dried products) prescribed by Presidential Decree, subject to special management in terms of the protection of consumers and improvement of quality;
3-3. The term "wood-cultivated ginseng" means a plant cultivated in a mountainous district prescribed in subparagraph 1 of Article 2 of the Mountainous Districts Management Act, which belongs to the genus Panax in the family of wild sarsaparilla and passed the quality inspection prescribed in Article 18-4 of the Act;
3-4. The term “forestry machinery and equipment” means machines, equipment and tools used in the forestry sector, prescribed by Ordinance of the Ministry of Agriculture, Food and Rural Affairs;