Ministerial Decree No. 150 validating the Regulation on the State Forest Service.

Subject

Forestry

Keyword

Forest management/forest conservation Forest service/forest officers Enforcement/compliance Offences/penalties

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

This Ministerial Decree establishes that for the purpose of ensuring conservation of forests, biological diversity and forest ecosystems the State Forest Service shall be set up. The State Forest Service shall have as its duties: (a) to ensure the enforcement of forest legislation; (b) to ensure the state supervision over the state, management, protection, conservation and reproduction of forests. The State Forest Service shall have the competence as regards to: (a) prevent and suppress crimes and administrative offences; (b) to ensure order on the territory of forest estate. The state forest officers shall be authorized: (a) to check authorization for the management of forest estate; (b) to draw up reports on administrative offences regarding forest estate; (c) to confiscate forest resources, logging equipment and means of transport.

Full text

Russian

Website

www.garant.ru

References - Legislation

Repeals

Ministerial Decree No. 850 regarding the validation of the Statute of the Federal Forest Service.

Legislation | Russian Federation | 1998

Keyword: Institution, Forest service/forest officers, Forest management/forest conservation, Forestry protection measures, Afforestation/reforestation

Source: FAO, FAOLEX