MARGINEANU Elena. - PhD in Law, University Lecturer, Free International University of Moldova (ULIM), (Chisinau, Republic of Moldova).

Email: margineanu.elena@gmail.com

Keywords: protective forest curtains, forest, forest vegetation, anti-erosion, evapotranspiration, ecosystem, biodiversity conservation.

The article analyzes the possibility of introducing a law on protective forest curtains into the national normative framework, following the existing provisions for this category of natural resource elements and the gaps between the responsibilities and rights of different categories of subjects regarding the management of forest protective curtains. The need to harmonize the phrase „protective forest curtains” in the entire spectrum of normative acts is highlighted, as currently the legislator operates with several interchangeable terms that can create unnecessary confusion in solving the addressed problem. At the same time, a clear underlining of the attributions of the local public authorities is necessary in order to monitor the quality of the forest curtains in the managed perimeter, since the lack of clarity of the existing attributions does not allow the implementation of the environmental objectives established by the public policy documents of the Republic of Moldova in its international commitments in the field of environmental protection.