Order No. 350 of the Ministry of Natural Resources validating Sanitary Regulation in the forests of the Russian Federation. Country/Territory Russian Federation Document type Regulation Date 2005 Source FAO, FAOLEX Subject Forestry Keyword Forest management/forest conservation Forestry protection measures Pests/diseases Timber extraction/logging Monitoring Biodiversity 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 the scope, the types of forestry protection measures, the modalities of carrying out thereof and sanitary requirements ensuring conservation of the biological sustainability of forest plantations in the process of forest management and forest use, and also while carrying out activities not related to forestry and forest management. Forestry protection measure must be carried out with the consideration of the purposeful use and natural qualities of forests and forest protection shall be based upon forest zoning, conservation of biodiversity and sustainable management. Damages caused to the forest estate by the violation of this Sanitary Regulation shall be compensated in accordance with the Russian legislation. Forestry protection measure shall include: (a) forest pathology inspection and monitoring; (b) supervision over forest pests and diseases and prophylaxis thereof; (c) sanitary recovery arrangements; and (d) the state supervision over the application of the aforesaid arrangements. Legal and natural persons carrying out forest management shall undertake the following sanitary recovery arrangements: (a) selective sanitary felling; (b) final sanitary felling of the damaged and impaired forest species; and (c) land clearing. Full text Russian Website www.wood.ru References - Legislation Repeals Order No. 5 of the Federal Forest Service regarding the validation of the Forestry Sanitary Regulations for the province of Moscow. Legislation | Russian Federation | 1999 Keyword: Forestry protection measures, Land clearing, Timber extraction/logging, Forest management/forest conservation Source: FAO, FAOLEX Order No. 10 of the Federal Forest Service regarding the validation of the Forestry Sanitary Regulations. Legislation | Russian Federation | 1998 Keyword: Forest management/forest conservation, Timber extraction/logging, Afforestation/reforestation Source: FAO, FAOLEX Order No. 214 of the Federal Forest Service regarding the amendments to the Forestry Sanitary Regulations. Legislation | Russian Federation | 1998 Keyword: Timber, Land clearing, Timber extraction/logging, Forest management/forest conservation Source: FAO, FAOLEX Amended by Order No. 72 of the Ministry of Natural Resources amending Order No. 350 of the Ministry of Natural Resources validating Sanitary Regulation in the forests of the Russian Federation. Legislation | Russian Federation | 2006 Keyword: Timber extraction/logging, Forest management/forest conservation Source: FAO, FAOLEX