Ministerial Decree No. 804 regarding the authorised forestry institutions. Country/Territory Russian Federation Document type Regulation Date 1997 Source FAO, FAOLEX Subject Forestry Keyword Institution Forest service/forest officers Forest management/forest conservation 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 The Government decrees that the authorized forestry institutions are the Federal Forest Service and the Ministry of Agriculture and Food. Their sphere of competence comprises the use, the protection, the guardianship and the reproduction of forests. The extent of the authority and the field of its application of these Federal Institutions are regulated by the respective Statutes. Full text Russian Website www.forest.ru References - Legislation Implements Federal Law No. 22-FZ Forest Code. Legislation | Russian Federation | 1997 Keyword: Basic legislation, Forest management/forest conservation, Public forest, Right of use, Timber, Timber extraction/logging Source: FAO, FAOLEX