Order No. 178 of the Federal Forest Agency regarding distant forest pathology monitoring. Country/Territory Russian Federation Document type Regulation Date 2008 Source FAO, FAOLEX Subject Forestry Keyword Monitoring Pests/diseases Forest fires Data collection/reporting Access-to-information 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 Director of the Federal Forest Agency, in order to develop forest pathology monitoring to gather information for decision-making, orders the validation of the Regulation on the forest pathology monitoring information system. This system shall be used for: (a) keeping a database on changes in forest pathology, including areas destroyed by fire or other causes; (b) mapping; and (c) dissemination of information. The main source of information shall be satellite data. Full text Russian Website www.rosleshoz.gov.ru