The Renewable Heat Incentive Scheme Regulations 2018 No. 611

SCHEDULE 4 Land criteria

PART 2 Land criteria for solid biomass which is wood or wholly derived from wood, excluding energy crops

7.  For the purposes of paragraph 5, “Forest Europe Sustainable Forest Management Criteria” means the criteria for sustainable forest management in Lisbon Resolution L2 of the third Ministerial conference on the Protection of Forests in Europe held in June 1998(1).

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Lisbon Resolution L2 is entitled “Pan-European Criteria, Indicators and Operational Level Guidelines for Sustainable Forest Management”. Copies are available at http://www.foresteurope.org/ministerial_conferences/lisbon1998.