Article 491. Planting of Tree and Shrub Seedlings in Lieu of Illegally Cut or Destroyed Trees and Shrubs

If valuable species of trees and shrubs not included in the state forest fund are illegally cut and/or destroyed, the person who committed the offense shall, at their own expense and by decision of the body of the Ministry of Ecology, Environmental Protection and Climate Change of the Republic of Uzbekistan, plant in the place where the trees and shrubs were cut and/or destroyed (and, if there is insufficient land at that place for planting, plant the remaining seedlings at another site within the relevant administrative-territorial unit) one hundred tree and shrub seedlings of no less value than the trees and shrubs cut and/or destroyed, for each illegally cut and/or destroyed tree or shrub, and shall maintain them for three years.

If the decision of the body of the Ministry of Ecology, Environmental Protection and Climate Change of the Republic of Uzbekistan referred to in part one of this article is not voluntarily fulfilled by the offender, the issue of planting, in the place where the trees and shrubs were cut and/or destroyed and at another site within the relevant administrative-territorial unit, one hundred tree and shrub seedlings of no less value than the trees and shrubs cut and/or destroyed for each illegally cut and/or destroyed tree or shrub, and of maintaining them for three years, shall be resolved in court.

The procedure for determining the value of illegally cut and/or destroyed trees and shrubs, the species of seedlings to be planted in lieu thereof, as well as the time limits and locations for planting shall be established by the Cabinet of Ministers of the Republic of Uzbekistan.