Order No. 153 of the State Committee for Construction and Communal Housing Complex (Gosstroy RF) validating the Regulation on urban green belts. Country/Territory Russian Federation Document type Regulation Date 1999 Source FAO, FAOLEX Subject Forestry Keyword Public forest Recreational forest Protection forest Afforestation/reforestation 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 This Order regulates the planting, conservation and maintenance of urban green belts, which shall include green areas and forested areas that are classified as public recreational forest, protected forest and forest nurseries. All trees and shrubs located within an urban area construction zone and subject to extraction or re-planting shall be registered in the general construction plan, which shall substantiate plans for extraction or re-planting according to the age and state of the trees and shrubbery in question. Annex 4 contains the form for afforestation plans, specifying the afforestation area and the quality, quantity and species of trees and shrubs subject to planting or re-planting. Full text Russian Website www.ecominfo.spb.ru