Centre for Environmental Rights – Advancing Environmental Rights in South Africa

• Draft Forests Amendment Bill, 2015
• National Forests Amendment Bill, 2016

• Regulations (29 April 2009) – current as at May 2025

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 (11 April 2008)
• Exemptions (24 January 2014)

• 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)

• 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 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)