Order No. 185 of the Ministry of Natural Resources validating the Regulation on care of forests. Country/Territory Russian Federation Document type Regulation Date 2007 Source FAO, FAOLEX Subject Forestry Keyword Forest management/forest conservation Agro-forestry Protection forest Afforestation/reforestation 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 establishes that care of forests shall be carried out with a view of raising forest productivity and conservation of useful properties of forests by means of selective felling of trees and shrubbery, carrying out agro-forestry and other arrangements. Care of forests shall be carried out by shall be carried out by the authorized persons managing forests in accordance with forest management project, by the regional executive bodies and local self-government within their competence. In the process of care of forests shall be authorized intermediate felling of forest trees of all age groups for the purpose of improvement of forest species composition and quality of forests, rendering them more resistant to negative impact and improvement of ecological functions of forests. Agro-forestry arrangements shall consist in afforestation and creation of protection forests. Other arrangements shall include regeneration felling, brashing, forest fertilization and removal of unfavourable woody plantations. The purposes of intermediate felling shall be: (a) qualitative improvement of forest species composition; (b) improvement of resistance of forest species; (c) conservation and reinforcement of protective functions of forests; (d) reduction of growing age of mature timber; and (e) rational use of timber. Full text Russian Website www.garant.ru References - Legislation Repealed by Order No. 626 of the Ministry of Natural Resources and Ecology validating the Regulation on care of forests. Legislation | Russian Federation | 2017 Keyword: Forest management/forest conservation, Protected area, Timber, Timber extraction/logging, Non-timber products, Forest species, Agro-forestry, Protection forest, Afforestation/reforestation, Biodiversity, Local government, Monitoring Source: FAO, FAOLEX