Regional Decree No. 334 validating the Regulation on social forest inspectors. Country/Territory Russian Federation Territorial subdivision Trans-Baikal Document type Regulation Date 2015 Source FAO, FAOLEX Subject Forestry Keyword Public forest Forest service/forest officers Inspection Offences/penalties Legal proceedings/administrative proceedings 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 Regional Decree determines the status of social forest inspectors, recruitment thereof, the rights and the duties of social forest inspectors and legal protection thereof. Social forest inspectors shall operate as volunteers motivated by the desire to render assistance in protection of forests against violations of forest legislation. Social forest inspectors shall carry out the following functions: (a) assistance to Forest Officers in protection of forests against forest offences and breach of forest legislation; (b) prevention of offences; (c) participation in operations in case of the outbreak of emergency situations; and (d) dissemination of legal information, rules and regulations related to stay of citizens in forests. Full text Russian Website law7.ru