As long as there's an advantage in burning down forest grounds, to e.g. use them for future project development, there will be a temptation...
Hence why not remove this temptation by designating forest grounds to be used only for trees and never for anything else. Even when burnt down to the ground, new trees can be planted and an attempt can be made to recover as much as is possible of what's lost. Not allowing other uses removes the temptation of arson.
! Sorry but it sounds funny to me! I live in greece, we have such laws but every single year huge forest grounds are burned and after few months it is forgotten, none is punished and you can see villas here and there... and yes a smaaal portion is replanted. Of course i hope it works for other socially superior countries 
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