Ministerial Decree No. 215 validating the Regulation on classification of protection forests. Country/Territory Uzbekistan Document type Regulation Date 2000 Source FAO, FAOLEX Subject Forestry, Water Keyword Protection forest Classification/declassification Water conservation zone Geographical area Asia, Central Asia, CIS (Commonwealth of Independent States), Landlocked Developing Nations, North Asia Abstract This Ministerial Decree establishes classification of protection forests by categories as follows: (a) prohibited forest belts on riverside, banks of lakes, water reservoirs and other waterbodies; (b) prohibited forest belts protecting spawning grounds of precious marketable fish species; (c) anti-erosion forests; (d) protection forest belts along railway and roads; (d) forests of arid and semi-arid areas; (e) urban forest belts; (f) sanitary protection forest belts around the sources of potable Full text Russian Website pravo.uz