Ministerial Decree No. 561 validating the Regulation on transfer of unforested areas to forested areas in public forest. Country/Territory Kazakhstan Document type Regulation Date 2010 (2015) Source FAO, FAOLEX Subject Forestry Keyword Public forest Afforestation/reforestation Forest species Forest management/forest conservation Inventory Geographical area Aral Sea, Asia, Caspian Sea, Central Asia, CIS (Commonwealth of Independent States), Europe and Central Asia, Landlocked Developing Nations, North Asia Entry into force notes This Ministerial Decree enters into force 10 calendar days after the date of its first official publication. Abstract This Ministerial Decree establishes the procedure for transfer of unforested areas to forested areas in public forest by state owner. The following categories of unforested land areas (felling sites, burnt forest areas, dead stand and glades), where afforestation and reforestation arrangements have been performed, contributing to natural reforestation or natural regeneration of the forest, and unforested land areas recognized as forestable, if they are forested with forest species or their natural reforestation occurred. The objective of this Ministerial Decree shall be to promote timely conversion to forested and natural forested land of reforested plantations when they reach certain quality levels and quantitative parameters depending on the natural zone. Transfer of unforested land areas to forested areas shall be performed in accordance with ongoing surveys and inventory of the aforesaid areas by forestry institutions. Full text Russian Website egov.kz References - Legislation Implements Forest Code (No.477-II of 2003) Legislation | Kazakhstan | 2003 Keyword: Framework law, Afforestation/reforestation, Forest management/forest conservation, Monitoring, Public forest, Timber extraction/logging, Planting material/seeds, Sustainable use Source: FAO, FAOLEX Repeals Order No. 12 of the Committee on Forestry and Hunting validating the Regulation on transfer of unforested land to forested land within state forest fund. Legislation | Kazakhstan | 2005 Keyword: Public forest, Afforestation/reforestation, Forest species, Forest management/forest conservation, Transfer Source: FAO, FAOLEX