Order No. 70 of the Federal Forest Service validating the Regulation on main use felling in the forests of the Eastern Siberia. Country/Territory Russian Federation Document type Regulation Date 1994 Source FAO, FAOLEX Subject Forestry, Water Keyword Timber extraction/logging Mountain area Protection forest Soil conservation/soil improvement Afforestation/reforestation Forest management/forest conservation Water conservation zone 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 The Regulation is a normative act applicable to main use felling in the forests of the Eastern and is compulsory for all owners of the forest stock and loggers irrespectively of their departmental subordination and for inspecting authority. The Regulation is applicable to the forests of the regions of the Eastern Siberia except for the forests of the Baikal lake basin. The forests of the Eastern Siberia are sub-divided into mountain forests and flat land forests requiring autonomous regime of forest management. The present Regulation envisages a system of felling ensuring: a) continual, inexhaustible and rational use of forest resources; b) conservation of forestation conditions necessary for timely and efficient reforestation with precious species on cutting areas; c) conservation of water protection and soil protection properties of forests, prevention of soil erosion on mountainsides. In the forests of the Eastern Siberia depending on natural particulars and end use of forests shall be carried out three systems of main use felling: 1) selection felling; 2) gradual felling; 3) clear felling. Full text Russian Website www.vcom.ru