Presidential Decree No. 382 “"On measures to reduce the area of forest fires in the Russian Federation". Country/Territory Russian Federation Document type Regulation Date 2022 Source FAO, FAOLEX Subject Forestry Keyword Forest management/forest conservation Public forest Forest fires 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 Presidential Decree enters into force on the date of signature. Abstract The President, with a vie of reducing the areas of forest fires in the Russian Federation, decrees that the Government of the Russian Federation, together with the top officials of the constituent entities of the Russian Federation, should ensure that the area of forest fires on the land of the forest fund in 2022-2030 is reduced by at least 50 percent compared to the level of 2021. The Government of the Russian Federation within a month must approve for the constituent entities of the Russian Federation for the period up to 2030 the target indicators for the annual reduction in the area of forest fires on the land of the forest fund, as well as the methodology for calculating such indicators. The highest officials of the constituent entities of the Russian Federation shall ensure: (a) achievement of the target indicators provided in this Decree; (b) gradual achievement by 2030 of the level at which the share of forest fires on the land of the forest fund, liquidated within the first day from the moment of detection, in the total number of forest fires on the land of the forest fund will be 100 percent; and (c) annually, no later than March 1 of the year following the reporting one, submit to the Government of the Russian Federation a report on the implementation of this Decree. Full text Russian Website www.szrf.ru References - Legislation Implemented by Governmental Decree No. 1409 validating the Methodology for calculating the target indicators for the annual reduction in the area of forest fires on the land of the forest fund for the constituent entities of the Russian Federation for the period up to 2030. Legislation | Russian Federation | 2022 Keyword: Forest management/forest conservation, Public forest, Forest fires, Data collection/reporting, Access-to-information Source: FAO, FAOLEX