Joint Order No. 172 the Ministry of Natural Resources and of the Federal Forest Agency regarding forest management. Country/Territory Russian Federation Document type Regulation Date 2006 Source FAO, FAOLEX Subject Forestry Keyword Institution Forest management/forest conservation Forest service/forest officers Geographical area CIS (Commonwealth of Independent States), Eastern Europe, Europe Abstract This Order establishes the sphere of competence of the Federal Forest Agency at the regional level. The Agency shall carry out the following functions: (a) issuance of the authorization geological exploration (except for well sinking) on the plots of forest fund; (b) distribution of forests by forest inventory groups; and (c) organization by forestries of land survey of the land plots adjoining forest fund. Full text Russian Website www.lawrussia.ru