Art. 41

(Art. 38 para. 1 ForA)¹

1. The level of global financial assistance for measures that contribute to the maintenance and improvement of the biological diversity of the forest is based on: the number of hectares of forest reserves that are to be designated and maintained; b.².
   3. the number of hectares of habitats to be maintained, in particular the forest margins, which provide habitat connectivity;
   4. the extent and quality of the measures for the promotion of animal and plant species, the conservation of which is a matter of priority for biological diversity;
   5. ³ the number of hectares outside forest reserves to be designated as areas with a high proportion of old wood and deadwood or with sufficient trees demonstrating characteristics that are of particular value to biological diversity (biotope tree);
   6. the number of hectares of the forms of forest cultivation to be maintained, such as wooded pastures, coppices with standards and coppice forests and chestnut or walnut groves;
   7. the quality of the services provided.
2. The amount is negotiated between the FOEN and the canton concerned.
3. The financial assistance may only be allocated, if the protection of the ecological as listed under paragraph 1 letters a and c–f is guaranteed contractually or in any other suitable way.
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