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Decree No. 93 of the Cabinet of Ministers “On additional measures for conservation of precious tree species and shrubbery not pertaining to state forest fund.

Country/Territory
Uzbekistan
Document type
Regulation
Date
2020
Source
FAO, FAOLEX
Subject
Forestry
Keyword
Forest management/forest conservation Forest species Forestry protection measures Timber Timber extraction/logging Authorization/permit Local government
Geographical area
Aral Sea, Asia, Asia and the Pacific, Central Asia, CIS (Commonwealth of Independent States), Europe and Central Asia, Landlocked Developing Nations, North Asia
Abstract

This Decree shall be applicable to trees and shrubbery not pertaining to state forest fund and establishes measures for classification precious species and approves measures for the conservation thereof. It proclaims moratorium for cutting precious tree species and shrubbery and prohibits the issuance of timber extraction permits for cutting thereof by local government. In case of allotment of land plots with precious tree species and shrubbery growing thereon, land allotment permit must contain information and data on the presence and location on land area of precious tree species and shrubbery, envisage forestry protection measures for the protection thereof and, in case of impossibility of conservation, no less than 50% of precious trees and shrubbery must be re-planted.

Full text
Uzbek
Website
lex.uz