The Echuya Forest Reserve was constituted in 1939 and was first gazetted and declared as undemarcated crown forest of 4,144 ha in 1941. It was demarcated in 1944 and re-gazetted as a Central Forest Reserve by Legal Notice No. 41 of 1948 with an area of 3,403 Ha. Management is vested in the Ministry of Water and Environment (ex NFA) under Section 54(i) of the National Forestry and Tree Planting Act 2003, while Section 33(1) stipulates rights and privileges of communities.
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- 16 June 2026
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