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