Ministerial Decree No. 386 validating the Regulation on land monitoring. Country/Territory Belarus Document type Regulation Date 2007 Source FAO, FAOLEX Subject Land & soil Keyword Monitoring Soil conservation/soil improvement Data collection/reporting Access-to-information Geographical area CIS (Commonwealth of Independent States), Eastern Europe, Europe, Europe and Central Asia Abstract This Ministerial Decree stipulates that land monitoring shall be part of the national environmental monitoring system. Land monitoring refers to a system for observing the state of land, changes in the structure and state of land resources and distribution of land by categories. It shall facilitate the collection, reporting, processing and analyzing of information in order to prevent negative processes and assess soil fertility conservation measures. Land monitoring shall focus on: (a) land degradation; (b) soil composition, structure and properties; (c) quantitative and qualitative characteristics of land and soil; and (d) forecasting changes to soil. Full text Russian Website pravo.by