Ministerial Decree No. 588 regarding the validation of the Statute of the Ministry of Natural Resources. Country/Territory Russian Federation Document type Regulation Date 1997 (1998) Source FAO, FAOLEX Subject Environment gen. Keyword Institution Monitoring Geographical area Arctic, Asia and the Pacific, Black Sea, Caspian Sea, CIS (Commonwealth of Independent States), Eastern Europe, Europe, Europe and Central Asia, North Pacific, North-West Pacific Abstract This Ministerial Decree establishes that the Ministry exercises its authority in three major fields: 1) the organization of geological supervision and the management of public land and subsoil; 2) water management, conservation and protection; 3) research, reproduction, use and protection of natural resources; 4) montoring of the state of subsoil and water bodies. The Ministry is authorized to organize the state geological supervision of the territory and the continental shelf of the Russian Federation, the depth of the World Ocean and the natural resources of Antarctica. Full text Russian Website www2.kodeks.net References - Legislation Implements Federal Law No. 27-FZ of 1995 on Underground Resources. Legislation | Russian Federation | 1995 (2000) Keyword: Basic legislation, Continental shelf, Concession, Exploration, Minerals, Mining, Management/conservation, Deep sea bed, Environmental fees/charges, Offences/penalties, Maritime zone Source: FAO, FAOLEX Federal Law No. 187-FZ of 1995 on the continental shelf of the Russian Federation. Legislation | Russian Federation | 1995 Keyword: Basic legislation, Continental shelf, EEZ-Exclusive Economic Zone, Maritime zone, Territorial sea, Navigation, Authorization/permit, Royalties/fees, Marine fisheries, Foreign fishing, Coastal zone management, Sovereignty Source: FAO, FAOLEX Implemented by Ministerial Decree No. 71 regarding validation of the Regulation on the Committee on natural resources of the Republic of Karelia, a territorial division of the Ministry of Natural Resources of the Russian Federation. Legislation | Russian Federation | 1998 Keyword: Institution Source: FAO, FAOLEX Order No. 324 of the Ministry of Natural Resources regarding the redesignation of water basin institutions. Legislation | Russian Federation | 1999 Keyword: Institution, Surface water, River basin institution Source: FAO, FAOLEX Order No. 248 of the Ministry of Natural Resources regarding the redesignation of water basin institutions. Legislation | Russian Federation | 1999 Keyword: River basin institution, Governance Source: FAO, FAOLEX Order No. 332 of the Ministry of Natural Resources regarding the redesignation of water basin institutions. Legislation | Russian Federation | 1999 Keyword: River basin institution, Governance Source: FAO, FAOLEX Order No. 257 of the Ministry of Natural Resources regarding the redesignation of water basin institutions. Legislation | Russian Federation | 1999 Keyword: River basin institution, Governance Source: FAO, FAOLEX Order No. 305 of the Ministry of Natural Resources regarding the redesignation of water basin institutions. Legislation | Russian Federation | 1999 Keyword: Inland waters, River basin institution, Governance Source: FAO, FAOLEX Order No. 136 of the Ministry of Natural Resources regarding the redesignation of water basin institutions. Legislation | Russian Federation | 1999 Keyword: River basin institution, Governance Source: FAO, FAOLEX Joint Regulation No. 56 of 1998 of the Ministry of Natural Resources and No. 58 of 1997 of the Federal Geological and Industrial Survey regarding the legalisation of the allotment of geological sites for the exploitation of underground resources. Legislation | Russian Federation | 1997 Keyword: Authorization/permit, Concession, Exploration, Minerals, Mining Source: FAO, FAOLEX Order No. 312 of the Ministry of Natural Resources regarding the redesignation of the territorial organs of the management of natural resources in the Republic of Adygeya. Legislation | Russian Federation | 1999 Keyword: Institution, Minerals, Inland waters, River basin institution Source: FAO, FAOLEX