why can't I cut down my own trees? Just because of the lack of a permit, that is, a cutting license. Without this certificate, even if you look at yourself, you will be punished.

During the Chinese New Year, the author heard about a village near my hometown. A villager was arrested and fined a lot of money for cutting down his own trees. What is the reason?

It turns out that this villager has contracted a piece of forest land outside the village for many years. Now that the trees have grown up, he wants to cut them down and sell them for money, so he finds someone to cut down dozens of big trees himself. As a result, before the tree was sold, someone came from above and arrested him. By the end of the year, I heard that the farmer was sentenced to a sentence, which seemed to be several months, but he was suspended and fined a lot of money.

This incident has aroused heated discussion among people in many nearby villages. Many rural people don't understand that it is obviously the land contracted by themselves, the trees planted by themselves, and cutting down and selling money is not the same as harvesting their own wheat. Why is there such a result? In particular, many people in the village have planted trees at home, in front of and behind their houses. Can they cut them down in the future?

I was puzzled when I heard it for the first time, so I searched online and found that such things are common in rural areas: in March 22, an old farmer in Xishui County, Hubei Province was fined by the county forestry department for cutting down 18 trees on his mountain and replanting five times as many trees; At the beginning of 219, a villager in Foshan, Guangdong Province was sentenced to three years' imprisonment, suspended for three years and fined 1, yuan for cutting down his own eucalyptus forest. In December 218, a villager in Dao County, Hunan Province was sentenced to one year's imprisonment, suspended for three years and fined 1, yuan for cutting down the Chinese fir in the forest farm contracted by himself. Such an example happens every year in rural areas.

So, what is the reason? Why should farmers be fined and sentenced for cutting down their own trees? Forestry experts said that there is only one reason, that is, they are all "unlicensed logging" and belong to "deforestation". The crime of deforestation refers to the act of violating the provisions of the forest law, issuing a cutting license without the approval of the relevant departments, or arbitrarily cutting the place, quantity, tree species and methods stipulated in the cutting license, and leaving a large number of forests or other trees on the mountain by myself.

The Forest Law clearly stipulates that "to cut trees, you must apply for a cutting license and cut them according to the provisions of the license; Rural residents cut private plots and scattered trees owned by individuals in front of and behind their houses. "

These farmers cut down trees, but they didn't get a cutting license. Experts say that if you don't get a cutting license, or if you exceed the number stipulated in the cutting license, you will be fined or even sentenced.

Therefore, the trees planted by farmers themselves do not mean that they can't be cut down, but they must apply for a tree cutting license in advance and apply to the forestry department. If there is such a certificate, it can be cut down completely. In addition, if you buy other people's trees and then cut them down, you have to apply for a permit. If you illegally purchase or transport trees that you know are illegally cut or felled, you should also bear corresponding responsibilities.

However, it doesn't mean that farmers have to get a certificate to cut down all trees. The "Forest Law" stipulates that "cutting trees must apply for a cutting license and cut according to the provisions of the license; Rural residents cut private plots and scattered trees owned by individuals in front of and behind their houses. " In other words, if you cut down one or two trees, or scattered trees in front of and behind your house, you don't need to apply for a cutting license.

Therefore, people in rural areas should be aware that if they want to cut down large areas of mountains and forests contracted by themselves, they must apply for a permit in advance; If it is one or two trees in your yard or behind your house, you can safely cut them down without applying.

In the past, many rules and regulations in rural areas were not perfect, and in many cases it was more like a human society. However, the more rural areas develop in the future, the more important the rules and regulations will be, and farmers' friends must know more about it to prevent serious consequences from being ignorant of the law.