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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