Order No. 257 of the Ministry of Natural Resources regarding the redesignation of water basin institutions. Country/Territory Russian Federation Document type Regulation Date 1999 Source FAO, FAOLEX Subject Water Keyword River basin institution Governance 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 purpose of this Order is to improve the structure of management and conservation of public water. This Order decrees to redesignate the Moskva and Oka water and waterworks institution as the Moskva and Oka water institution with the status of inter-regional territorial branch of the Ministry of Natural Resources of the Russian Federation and to abstract from it the Desna dam management department, chemical research basin laboratory, transport unit and informational and analytical division. All these abstracted units are to be conformed together for the setting up of the Federal Department of water and waterworks "TSENTRREGIONVODHOZ". Full text Russian Website www.kodeks.net References - Legislation Implements Ministerial Decree No. 195 of the Ministry of Natural Resources instituting local branches of the Ministry. Legislation | Russian Federation | 1999 Keyword: Institution, Public land, Minerals, River basin institution, Sustainable use Source: FAO, FAOLEX Ministerial Decree No. 588 regarding the validation of the Statute of the Ministry of Natural Resources. Legislation | Russian Federation | 1997 (1998) Keyword: Institution, Monitoring Source: FAO, FAOLEX