Order No. 498 of the Ministry of Natural Resources on classification of forests as protection forests, commercial forests and reserve forests. Country/Territory Russian Federation Document type Regulation Date 2007 Source FAO, FAOLEX Subject Forestry Keyword Forest management/forest conservation Classification/declassification 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 to classify forests as follows: (a) forests of second and third group (except for reserve forests) – commercial forests; (b) forests of the third group (reserve forests) – reserve forests; and (c) forests of the first group – public forest, protection forest, sanitary forests, precious forest, fruit and nut plantings. Full text Russian Website www.forestforum.ru