What are the penalties for destroying trees without permission?

1. How to punish malicious damage to trees

Malicious damage to trees means violating the provisions of the Forest Law and failing to obtain a logging license, or even obtaining a logging license but violating the logging license. The act of cutting down precious trees on the unit's or individual's self-reserved hills or contracted forest land at the location, quantity, tree species, and method specified in the certificate, or destroying precious trees, resulting in their death or loss of safe growth conditions. It should be both the crime of "intentional destruction of property" and the crime of "destruction of trees".

Article 39 of the "Forest Law"

Whoever illegally cuts down forests or other forest trees shall compensate for the losses in accordance with the law; the forestry authorities shall order the forestry authorities to replant dozens of times the number of illegally cut trees. , confiscate the illegally logged trees or the proceeds from the sale, and impose a fine of not less than three times but not more than ten times the value of the illegally logged trees. In case of indiscriminate logging of forests or other trees, the forestry administrative department shall order the replanting of five times the number of trees that have been indiscriminately cut down, and shall impose a fine of not less than two times but not more than five times the value of the indiscriminately cut down trees. If the trees are refused to be replanted or the replanting does not comply with the relevant national regulations, the forestry department shall replant the trees on their behalf, and the necessary fees shall be paid by the offender. If illegal logging or indiscriminate logging of forests or other trees constitutes a crime, criminal responsibility shall be pursued in accordance with the law.

Article 344 of the Criminal Law

Whoever violates the provisions of the Forest Law and illegally logs or destroys precious trees shall be sentenced to fixed-term imprisonment of not more than three years, criminal detention or surveillance, and shall also shall be fined; if the circumstances are serious, he shall be sentenced to fixed-term imprisonment of not less than three years but not more than seven years, and shall also be fined.

Article 345 of the "Criminal Law"

Whoever illegally cuts down forests or other trees in relatively large quantities shall be sentenced to fixed-term imprisonment of not more than three years, criminal detention or surveillance, and shall also be sentenced to or A single fine shall be imposed; if the quantity is huge, the offender shall be sentenced to fixed-term imprisonment of not less than three years but not more than seven years and shall also be fined; if the quantity is particularly huge, the offender shall be sentenced to fixed-term imprisonment of not less than seven years and shall also be fined.

2. What are the standards for public security penalties for intentional destruction of forest property?

Prosecution standards for crimes;

Intentional destruction of public or private property is suspected of one of the following circumstances , a case should be filed for prosecution:

(1) causing losses of more than 5,000 yuan to public or private property;

(2) destroying public or private property more than three times;

(3) Gathering three or more people to openly destroy public and private property;

(4) Other serious circumstances.