Kernrechtsfrage
Whether the wooded stand on parcels 2105 and 3727 qualifies as forest under federal law despite missing the cantonal minimum area.
Extrahierter Entscheid
Yes. The stand met the qualitative federal forest criteria; the 800 m2 cantonal minimum does not exclude forest status below that threshold.
Extrahierte Begründung
The decisive test is the federal qualitative concept of forest. Quantitative cantonal criteria are only aids and cannot exclude forest where the stand can form forest soil, edge, interior climate and perform forest functions. The stand had such characteristics and fulfilled welfare and ecological/recreational functions.