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Ministerial Decree No. 1169 on forest classification.

Country/Territory
Russian Federation
Document type
Regulation
Date
1997 (2005)
Source
FAO, FAOLEX
Subject
Forestry
Keyword
Public forest Protection forest Classification/declassification Forest management/forest conservation
Geographical area
Arctic, Asia and the Pacific, Black Sea, Caspian Sea, CIS (Commonwealth of Independent States), Eastern Europe, Europe, Europe and Central Asia, North Pacific, North-West Pacific
Abstract

The Premier stipulates that the classification of forests in accordance with protection categories and attribution of the status of the first category thereto shall be carried out by the central office of Federal Forest Agency. The territorial branches of the Federal Forest Agency shall classify public forests as piney wood belts, protection forest belts along the shorelines of water bodies, arid, semi-arid or mountain areas, unless related to transfer of forests from one category to another.

Full text
Russian
Website
www.government.ru