Ministerial Decree No. 298 regarding the sphere of competence of the Forest Ministry. Country/Territory Belarus Document type Regulation Date 2004 (2006) Source FAO, FAOLEX Subject Forestry Keyword Institution Forest management/forest conservation Geographical area CIS (Commonwealth of Independent States), Eastern Europe, Europe Abstract Forest Ministry shall be the authorized state institution in the sphere of forest management carrying out common state policy in the sphere of forest management, protection and reproduction of forests and hunting. The Ministry shall carry out the following functions: (a) the state forest and hunting management; (b) forest inventory, monitoring and registration; (c) validation of felling instructions; (d) issuance of licences for some types of forest management; (e) issuance of hunting authorizat Full text Russian Website pravo.by