Ministerial Decree No. 70 on rules for logging. Country/Territory Azerbaijan Document type Regulation Date 1999 Source FAO, FAOLEX Subject Forestry Keyword Afforestation/reforestation Forest management/forest conservation Forest species Protection of environment Protection of species Sustainable use Timber extraction/logging Land clearing Geographical area Asia, Caspian Sea, CIS (Commonwealth of Independent States), Europe and Central Asia, Landlocked Developing Nations, Western Asia Abstract This Decree sets out provisions on general provisions in Section I, time of cutting trees in Section II, amount and degree of intensity of cutting trees and time of re-cutting in Section III, organization of and technology for cutting trees in Section IV and tree age determined for cutting in Section V. This Decree states that there are two approaches for cutting trees: reforestation for forest rehabilitation and thinning treatments. The purposes of cutting trees are (i) efficient use of forest resources, (ii) forest rehabilitation, (iii) resilient and high-yielding tree plantation, (iv) forest conservation, (v) environmental protection and (vi) expansion of forest areas. This Decree also specifies tree species forbidden to be cut. Full text Azerbaijani Website www.e-qanun.az References - Legislation Implements Forest Code (1997). Legislation | Azerbaijan | 1997 (2021) Keyword: Framework law, Afforestation/reforestation, Forest management/forest conservation, Forestry protection measures, Forest species, Offences/penalties, Dispute settlement, Non-timber products, Timber, Pests/diseases, Forest fires, Timber extraction/logging, Monitoring, National parks, Public forest, Registration, Protected area Source: FAO, FAOLEX Amended by Ministerial Decree No. 501 amending several Ministerial Decrees in the field of forestry and repealing the Ministerial Decree No. 197. Legislation | Azerbaijan | 2019 Keyword: Afforestation/reforestation, EIA, Forest management/forest conservation Source: FAO, FAOLEX