Criteria for filing cases of illegal logging of precious tree species

The filing standard of the crime of illegal logging is: 1, and the scale of illegal logging of forests or other trees is more than two to five cubic meters;

2, illegal felling of forests or young trees in the number of more than one hundred;

3. Criminals cut trees contracted by the state or collective for the purpose of illegal possession;

4. Criminals cut down national forests outside the scope of their own forest cutting licenses.

Legal basis:

Provisions of the Supreme People's Procuratorate and the Ministry of Public Security on the Standards for Filing and Prosecuting Criminal Cases under the Jurisdiction of Public Security Organs (1) Article 72 Whoever illegally fells forests or other trees is suspected of one of the following circumstances, he shall file a case for prosecution:

(a) illegal logging of more than two to five cubic meters;

(two) illegal felling of more than one hundred to two hundred young trees.

For the purpose of illegal possession, one of the following circumstances belongs to "illegal felling of forests or other trees" as stipulated in this article:

(a) unauthorized felling of forests or other trees owned by the state, collectively owned, owned by others or contracted by others;

(two) unauthorized felling of forests or other trees contracted by units or individuals;

(3) Cutting forests and other trees that are owned by the state, collectively owned, owned by others or contracted by others outside the places specified in the tree cutting license.

The number of trees specified in this Article and Articles 73 and 74 of these Provisions shall be calculated by the volume of standing trees, and the calculation method is as follows: the volume of logs divided by the timber output of the tree species; "Young trees" refer to trees below 5 cm in diameter at breast height.