Ministerial Decree No. 45 validating the Regulation on forest management. Country/Territory Kazakhstan Document type Regulation Date 2004 Source FAO, FAOLEX Subject Forestry Keyword Public forest Forest management/forest conservation Inventory Registration Monitoring 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 regulates forest management of the state forest fund. Forest management shall be carried out in accordance with common scheme established by the authorized forest institution. The purpose of forest management shall be to ensure the annual renewal of forest management projects of public forest owners. In the process of forest management shall be carried out the following arrangements: (a) inventory; (b) mapping; (c) registration of forest resources; and (d) monitoring. Forest management shall cover the period of three years and shall be carried out in three stages: (a) preparatory (the first year); (b) field (the second year) and (c) cameral (the third year). Full text Russian Website www.carec.kz