Agricultural Resources Conservation (Harvesting of Veld Products) Regulations (S.I. No. 28 of 2004)
Made 2004-03-26 · Text as of 2026-10-01
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About this law
- Language
- English
- Kind
- Regulation
- Organisation
- Zambezi Watercourse Commission (ZAMCOM)
- Country
- Botswana
- Subjects
- Forestry, Cultivated plants
- Keywords
- traditional rights/customary rights, fuelwood, non-wood forest products, biotechnology, authorization/permit
- Categories
- agriculture
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AGRICULTURAL RESOURCES CONSERVATION (HARVESTING OF VELD PRODUCTS) REGULATIONS (under section 16) (26 March, 2004) ARRANGEMENT OF REGULATIONS REGULATION 1. Citation 2. Interpretation 3. Prohibition of harvesting of veld products 4. Confiscated veld products S.I. 28, 2004. 1. Citation These Regulations may be cited as the Agricultural Resources Conservation (Harvesting of Veld Products) Regulations. 2. Interpretation In these Regulations, unless the context otherwise requires "harvesting" means cutting, burning, uprooting, transplanting, cultivating, digging up and collecting; and "veld product" includes (Mosukudu - Lippia scaberrima), (Mosukujane Lippia javanica), (Lengana - Artemisia afra), (Mahupu - Terfezia pfeilii), (Tlhokabotshwaro/ Sekopane/ Seboka - Hoodia species), (Mokolwane / Fan Palm Hyphane pertesiana), (Monna-o-nkgang/ Gala la tshwene - Myrothamnus flabellifoliuos), (Letlhaka/ Reeds - Phragmite australis), (Kombi/Poison vine Strophanthus kombe), (Mhetola/Indigo (basket dyes) - Indigofera species), (Phane Imbrasia belina), (Mogorwagorwane), (Morula fruits - Sclerocarya birrea), (Mmupudu fruits - Mimusops zeyheri), (Mmilo fruits - Vangueria infausta), (Motsintsila fruits - Betchemia discolor), (Mogwana/Moretlwa - Grewia species), (Morojwa - Azanza garckeana), (Motshikiri - Eragrostis pallens), (Mogorwagorwana Strychmos Cocculoides), (Monepenepe - Cassia Abbreviate), thatching grass, fire wood/dikgong or their parts or by products. 3. Prohibition of harvesting of veld products (1) No person shall, in Botswana, harvest any veld product for any purpose other than for domestic use unless he or she has obtained the written permission of the Board or any person authorised by the Board. (2) Any person who contravenes subregulation (1) shall be guilty of an offence and liable to a fine not exceeding P800 or to imprisonment for a term not exceeding eight months, or to both. 4. Confiscated veld products Where any person is found guilty of contravening regulation 3, the court shall order any veld product in respect of which the offence was committed to be forfeited to the State.