Ministerial Decree No. 752 validating the Regulation on allotment of standing timber. Country/Territory Kazakhstan Document type Regulation Date 1995 Source FAO, FAOLEX Subject Forestry Keyword Timber Timber extraction/logging Non-timber products Land clearing Erosion Forest fires Authorization/permit Forest management/forest conservation 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 shall be compulsory for forest owners, timber cutters and other economic entities carrying out timber extraction and logging, non-timber products, cupping and resin tapping, land clearing and other forest activities not related to forest management. It shall be applicable to the whole forest estate. The aforesaid activities shall be carried out exclusively in accordance with forestry licence. This Ministerial Decree of ten Sections dealing with the following issues: (1) general provisions; (2) timber extraction; (3) period of timber extraction and logging; (4) cutting areas; (5) soft resin harvest; (6) harvest of non-timber products; (7) preparatory work; (8) examination of cutting areas; (9) forest fees; (10) liability. The form of the forestry licence shall be validated by the authorized forest management institution. Forest managers must: (a) prevent negative environmental impact; (b) prevent soil erosion; (c) comply with sanitary and fore safety requirements and in case of the outbreak of forest fires to extinguish them; (d) ensure conservation of wildlife species and their natural habitats; (e) carry out land clearing. Standing timber shall be allotted in the following cases: (a) main felling in the first and second categories forests except for protected areas; (b) cleaning cutting in the first and second categories forests; (c) other felling (land clearing for construction purpose and fire break). Full text Russian References - Legislation Repealed by : Ministerial Decree No. 1287 validating the Regulation on the trade of standing timber. Legislation | Kazakhstan | 2003 Keyword: Timber, Timber extraction/logging, Public forest, Protection forest, Authorization/permit, Forest management/forest conservation Source: FAO, FAOLEX