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Order No. 510 of the Ministry of Ecology and Natural Resources validating Forest Inventory Instruction.

Country/Territory
Russian Federation
Document type
Regulation
Date
2022
Source
FAO, FAOLEX
Subject
Forestry
Keyword
Forest management/forest conservation Public forest Protection forest Inventory Zoning Data collection/reporting Access-to-information
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
Entry into force notes
This Order enters into force on 1 January 2025.
Abstract

Forest Inventory Instruction establishes the rules of forest management. Forest inventory is a system of interrelated activities that are carried out in order to obtain relevant and reliable information about forests and forest resources, their location, condition, quantitative and qualitative characteristics used as information basis for the implementation of measures to conserve forests, forest planning, for maintaining the state forest register, forest assessment, to ensure sustainable forest management, multi-purpose, rational, continuous, sustainable use to improve their quality and increase their productivity. Forest inventory includes the following arrangements: (a) design of forest areas; (b) design of commercial forest, protection forest, reserve forests, as well as specially protected areas of forests; (c) fixing on the ground the location of the boundaries of forestries, district forestries and land on which operational forests are located, protective forests, reserve forests, as well as specially protected areas of forests; (d) forest inventory; and (e) designing measures for the conservation of forests. Forest management documentation prepared by the results of the forest management activities in forests located on the land of the forest fund (public forest), within the framework of the state assignment and accepted by the customer, is put into effect from the date of certification of the enhanced qualified electronic signature of an authorized official. Zoning of forest fund land according to the intensity of development of forests is made in order to prioritize the inclusion of objects of forest inventory into the forest inventory plan. For forestries, district forestries and (or) forest plots depending on the indicators of the criteria for forest development zones located on the land of the forest fund (public forest), the following degrees of intensity are established: (a) high; (b) above average; (c) average; (d) below average; and (e) low.

Full text
Russian
Website
publication.pravo.gov.ru

References - Legislation

Repeals

Order No. 122 of the Ministry of Natural Resources and Ecology validating Forest Management Instruction.

Legislation | Russian Federation | 2018

Keyword: Public forest, Forest management/forest conservation, Recreational forest, Protection forest, Inventory, Classification/declassification

Source: FAO, FAOLEX