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Order No. 85 of the Ministry of Ecology, Geology and Natural Resources validating the Regulation on the performance of works in state forest fund that are not related to forestry and forest management.

Country/Territory
Kazakhstan
Document type
Regulation
Date
2020
Source
FAO, FAOLEX
Subject
Forestry, Mineral resources
Keyword
Forest management/forest conservation Public forest Forest species Contract/agreement Afforestation/reforestation Environmental audit Local government Exploration Mining Minerals
Geographical area
Aral Sea, Asia, Caspian Sea, Central Asia, CIS (Commonwealth of Independent States), Europe and Central Asia, Landlocked Developing Nations, North Asia
Entry into force notes
This Order enters into force ten days after the date of its first official publication.
Abstract

This Regulation establishes the procedure for the performance of works in state forest fund that are not related to forestry and forest management. Works shall be intended construction works, extraction of common minerals, laying communications, extraction of uranium mining by in-situ well leaching and other works not related to forestry and forest management, if this does not require transfer of forest fund land to other land categories and (or) expropriation of land from state forest fund. The aforesaid works shall be carried out in accordance with the decision of the local (provincial) executive body in coordination with the authorized body in the presence of a positive conclusion of the state environmental audit. The applicant for the approval of works in state forest fund, shall submit to the authorized body copies of the following documents: (a) written approval of the forest institution; (b) act of selection of a land plot in state forest fund; (c) extracts from the forest map (map sheet) at a scale of 1:10000 from of the forest management project, indicating the boundaries of the requested land plot; (d) written consent of the state agency in charge of which a forest institution is located; (e) written consent of a territorial subdivision of the authorized agency; (f) environmental expertise; and (g) in case of extraction of uranium and common minerals shall be requested subsoil management contract (license), positive conclusion of environmental audit and draft contract with the forestry institution for compensatory planting of forest species during the first three years of subsoil development at double the used area and their maintenance prior to conversion to forested area during the use of areas of the state forest fund for uranium mining by in-situ borehole leaching method.

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