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Ministerial Decree No. 177 regarding organization and carrying out state environmental (ecological) monitoring.

Country/Territory
Russian Federation
Document type
Regulation
Date
2003
Source
FAO, FAOLEX
Subject
Environment gen.
Keyword
Monitoring Data collection/reporting Access-to-information
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 state environmental (ecological) monitoring shall be intended complex system of observation of the state of environment, assessment and forecast of the change of environment due to impact of natural and anthropogenous factors. It shall include monitoring of atmospheric air, land, forests, waterbodies, wildlife species, the Baikal lake, continental shelf, EEZ, internal sea and territorial sea of the Russian Federation, and also subsoil monitoring. The Ministry of Natural Resources and other federal executive bodies shall carry out the following functions: (a) organization and functioning of the state system of observations over the state of environment; (b) coordination with the regional authorities of environmental (ecological) monitoring; and (c) data collection, processing, reporting and formation of state information resources on the state of environment and natural resources management.

Full text
Russian
Website
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References - Legislation

Repeals

Ministerial Decree No. 1229 of 1993 regarding setting up Integral state system of ecological monitoring.

Legislation | Russian Federation | 1993

Keyword: Institution, Environmental planning, Hazards, Access-to-information, Monitoring, Policy/planning

Source: FAO, FAOLEX

Repealed by

Ministerial Decree No. 681 validating the Regulation on state ecological monitoring (state environmental monitoring) and state fund of ecological (environmental) monitoring data.

Legislation | Russian Federation | 2013

Keyword: Monitoring, Special fund, Data collection/reporting, Access-to-information, Registration

Source: FAO, FAOLEX