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Order No. 419-a of the State Committee on Environmental Protection validating the Regulation on keeping the Red Book.

Country/Territory
Russian Federation
Document type
Regulation
Date
1997
Source
FAO, FAOLEX
Subject
Wild species & ecosystems
Keyword
Endangered species Registration Data collection/reporting Monitoring Protection of species
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 stipulates that the Red Book is the official register containing data on rare and endangered species of wild fauna and flora on the territory of the Russian Federation, its continental shelf and the EEZ. The Red Book shall be kept by the State Committee on Environmental Protection jointly with the Ministry of Agriculture and Food, the Federal Forest Service, the Academy of Science and regional executive bodies. Keeping the Red Book shall include: (a) data collection and processing; (b) monitoring; (c) recording (cancellation) of wild fauna and flora species; (c) publication; and (d) issuance of licences to hunt endangered and protected animals and harvest protected plants.

Full text
Russian
Website
www.kodeks.ru

References - Legislation

Implements

Ministerial Decree No. 158 of 1996 "On Red Book of the Russian Federation."

Legislation | Russian Federation | 1996

Keyword: EEZ-Exclusive Economic Zone, Continental shelf, Protection of species, Fishery management and conservation, Maritime zone, Biodiversity, Endangered species, Registration, Stock enhancement/repopulation

Source: FAO, FAOLEX