Regional Law No. 1188-ZRK “On delimitation of plenary powers of state bodies in the sphere of forest relations”. Country/Territory Russian Federation Territorial subdivision Karelia Document type Legislation Date 2008 Source FAO, FAOLEX Subject Food & nutrition, Forestry Keyword Fruits/edible nuts Public forest Forest management/forest conservation Forest service/forest officers Timber Timber extraction/logging Non-timber products Forest species Contract/agreement 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 Regional Law enters into force on the date of its official publication. Abstract This Regional Law establishes delimitation of plenary powers of regional administration between the regional government authorities. Regional Legislative Assembly shall have the following competence: (a) establishment of the modalities and rates of timber extraction by citizens for individual personal needs; (b) establishment of the modalities of procurement and collection of edible non-timber forest resources and medicinal plant for individual personal needs; (c) establishment rates of procurement of non-timber forest products for individual personal needs; (d) establishment of the rules of forest management for hunting purposes; and (e) establishment of exceptional cases of timber extraction in accordance with purchase and sale contracts of forest species. Regional Government shall have the following plenary powers: (a) ownership and management of public forest parcels; (b) forest fees and charges; (c) timber extraction tariffs; and (d) modalities of conclusion of purchase and sale contracts of forest species. Authorized state forest institution shall have the following plenary powers: (a) concession of forest parcels; (b) elaboration of forest management plans; (c) issuance of forest management authorization; (d) forest fire protection, afforestation and reforestation in forest fund; and (e) forest inventory and forest supervision. Full text Russian Website www.gov.karelia.ru References - Legislation Amended by Regional Law No. 1777-ZRK amending Regional Law No. 1188-ZRK “On delimitation of plenary powers of state bodies in the sphere of forest relations”. Legislation | Russian Federation | 2014 Keyword: Public forest, Forest management/forest conservation Source: FAO, FAOLEX Regional Law No. 1882-ZRK amending Regional Law No. 1188-ZRK “On delimitation of plenary powers of state bodies in the sphere of forest relations”. Legislation | Russian Federation | 2015 Keyword: Forest management/forest conservation, Forest species, Planting material/seeds Source: FAO, FAOLEX Regional Law No. 1848-ZRK amending Regional Law No. 1188-ZRK “On delimitation of plenary powers of state bodies in the sphere of forest relations”. Legislation | Russian Federation | 2014 Keyword: Public forest, Forest management/forest conservation, Timber, Timber extraction/logging, Inventory Source: FAO, FAOLEX