Order No. 325 of the Ministry of Agriculture validating the Instruction on state registration of the forest fund. Country/Territory Kazakhstan Document type Regulation Date 2008 Source FAO, FAOLEX Subject Forestry Keyword Public forest Registration Inventory Data collection/reporting Geographical area Aral Sea, Asia, Caspian Sea, Central Asia, CIS (Commonwealth of Independent States), Europe and Central Asia, Landlocked Developing Nations, North Asia Abstract This Order establishes that all the forest plots of 0,05 ha and over shall be subject to mandatory state registration. State registration shall be (a) annual for each calendar year period; and (b) periodical – once in five years. The following preparatory work shall be carried out for state forest registration: (a) completeness and correctness of data related to change of forested area in the forest fund since the previous registration; (b) forest inventory data for the previous years; and (c) specification of subdivision of forests by categories. Explanatory note shall be attached to state registration of the forest fund form. Public forest owners shall submit to the registration authority information related to floodplain forests and riparian woodland and classification by categories thereof. Full text Russian Website www.minagri.kz