Order No. 72 of the Federal Forest Agency validating the Instruction on state registration of forest fund. Country/Territory Russian Federation Document type Regulation Date 1997 Source FAO, FAOLEX Subject Forestry Keyword Public forest Inventory Forest species Registration 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 Abstract This Instruction establishes compulsory requirements for state registration of forest fund (public forest) with a view of rational management, conservation, protection of forests, periodical supervision over quantitative and qualitative changes of forest fund and provision with reliable information state bodies, local self-government, and natural and legal persons concerned. State registration and inventory shall be carried in accordance with the following positions: (a) distribution of forests by protection classes; (b) distribution of forests by prevailing forest species and age groups of trees; and (c) general data on forests not pertaining to forest fund. Full text Russian Website lawru.info