The Forestry Act Article 48-1

To encourage long-term reforestation by private individuals and/or organizations, the Government shall establish a reforestation fund. The sources of funding shall be as follows:1. Allocations from water rights fees;2. A reciprocation fund provided by those undertaking hillside development;3. Penalty fines for violations of this Act;4. Allocations from the engineering budget for water resource development projects;5. Allocations from government budgeting procedures;6. Donations;7. Other sources of income.The water-right fee in Section 1 and the proportion of the allocation from the engineering budget for water resource development projects in Section 4 herein shall be regulated by the central water conservation government agency in conjunction with the central government agency. At the time a permit is issued for hill development, the reciprocation fund fee in Section 2 shall be paid. The obligated party, calculation format, payment schedule, time period, procedures, and regulations shall be decreed by the central government agency and submitted to the Executive Yuan for approval.