Ministerial Decree No. 1512 validating the Regulation on allocation and inventory of cutting areas in public forests. Country/Territory Kazakhstan Document type Regulation Date 2011 Source FAO, FAOLEX Subject Forestry Keyword Public forest Inventory Timber Timber extraction/logging Non-timber products Forest management/forest conservation Geographical area Aral Sea, Asia, Caspian Sea, Central Asia, CIS (Commonwealth of Independent States), Europe and Central Asia, Landlocked Developing Nations, North Asia Abstract This Ministerial Decree establishes the modalities of allocation and inventory of cutting areas in public forests. Allocation and inventory of cutting areas shall be carried out by state forest manager. Registration of standing timber shall be carried out in the following forms: (a) by cutting area; (b) by number of trees destined for cutting and timber extraction; and (c) by amount of extracted timber. Allocation of cutting areas for procurement of non-timber forest products is not envisaged. Documentation related to public forest fund (cutting areas of public forest) shall include: (a) maps of cutting areas; and (b) annual evaluation of cutting area. Full text Russian Website adilet.minjust.kz