Order No. 71 of the Forest Ministry establishing the terms of logging and inspection of felling areas. Country/Territory Belarus Document type Regulation Date 1999 Source FAO, FAOLEX Subject Forestry Keyword Timber Timber extraction/logging Afforestation/reforestation Forest management/forest conservation Geographical area CIS (Commonwealth of Independent States), Eastern Europe, Europe, Europe and Central Asia Abstract The Deputy Minister, for the purpose of improvement of forest fire prevention and the sanitary state of forests, and also for timely reforestation, orders to establish that the deadline for the transportation of timber from felling areas where the felling period according to the felling licence expires by 31 December shall be set annually by 15 March of the next year. If the felling licence envisages other deadlines for felling periods the terms of transportation of timber must not exceed two months and a half. The inspection of felling areas by logging organizations must be carried out within two weeks since the deadline established for the transportation of timber. Full text Russian Website www.kaznachey.com