Regulación das axudas ó seguro forestal en España
ISSN: 2340-860X, 2386-5229
Year of publication: 2013
Issue: 1
Pages: 105-116
Type: Article
More publications in: Cadernos de dereito actual
Abstract
The forest insurance is included in the Agriculture Insurance Plan. There is developed a general law to all the insurances included in this Plan; however there is also developed specific regulation to forest insurance. To apply these insurances, the legislation creates the National Agricultural Insurance Institute and the Insurance Compensation Consortium develops economic measures to cover the compensations. Thus, the Spanish law regulates the forest insurance policy and public subsidies are also included to incentive the forest insurance contracting. These subsidies are focused to pay a percentage of the premium. This ratio depends of the type of landowner or forest manager, the years as a forest insured and other technical characteristics; nevertheless a minimum subsidy is guaranteed. The regional government could extend this subsidy. The forest insurance covers the damages that will cause the wildfires or the climatology in the forest stand. The coverage could be for forest stand damages and/or restoration costs, but both depend on the insured specie and the kind of land.
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