Ministerial Decree No. 830 validating the Regulation on soil conservation. Country/Territory Russian Federation Document type Regulation Date 2002 Source FAO, FAOLEX Subject Land & soil Keyword Soil conservation/soil improvement Soil rehabilitation Erosion Expropriation 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 the modalities of soil conservation of for the purpose of prevention soil degradation, restoration of soil fertility and rehabilitation of the polluted soil. Soil conservation shall be authorized in the following cases: (a) water and soil erosion, siltation, desertification and reindeer pastures; (b) land affected by subsidence as a result of subsoil management; and (c) land affected by radioactive and oil pollution. Proposal for soil conservation must contain: (a) substantiation; (b) mapping of territory subject to soil conservation; (c) proposals for expropriation of land subject to soil conservation; and (d) calculation of losses of agricultural production and timber extraction as a result of land degradation. Full text Russian Website www.businesseco.ru References - Legislation Repeals Ministerial Decree No. 555 regarding validation of the Regulation on the modalities of conservation of degraded agricultural land and land contaminated by toxic industrial waste and by nuclear waste. Legislation | Russian Federation | 1992 (1994) Keyword: Agricultural land, Soil conservation/soil improvement, Soil pollution/quality, Soil rehabilitation Source: FAO, FAOLEX Repealed by Governmental Decree No. 800 validating the Regulation on recultivation and conservation of land. Legislation | Russian Federation | 2018 (2019) Keyword: Agricultural land, Soil conservation/soil improvement, Drainage/land reclamation, Enforcement/compliance Source: FAO, FAOLEX