Order No. 21 of the Federal Forest Service validating criteria and indicators of sustainable forest management. Country/Territory Russian Federation Document type Regulation Date 1998 Source FAO, FAOLEX Subject Forestry Keyword Forest management/forest conservation Timber extraction/logging Non-timber products Policy/planning Geographical area CIS (Commonwealth of Independent States), Eastern Europe, Europe Abstract Sustainable forest management shall be carried out with the consideration of ecological and socio-economic criteria. Criteria represent the totality of the main provisions regarding forest management that shall ensure conservation and sustainable development of forests. The Regulation sets the following criteria the following criteria and indicators: Criterion 1 – sustenance and conservation of the reproductive capacity of forests; Criterion 2 – sustenance of acceptable sanitary state and viabil Full text Russian Website www.vcom.ru