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Regional Law No. 152-OZ “On modalities and rates of timber extraction by citizens for individual personal needs”.

Country/Territory
Russian Federation
Territorial subdivision
Sverdlovsk
Document type
Legislation
Date
2007 (2009)
Source
FAO, FAOLEX
Subject
Forestry
Keyword
Public forest Forest management/forest conservation Timber Timber extraction/logging Fuelwood 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 1 January 2008.
Abstract

This Regional Law establishes that citizens shall have the right for timber extraction of forest species for individual personal needs in accordance with purchase and sale contract of forest species growing in public forest. Rates of timber extraction shall be established as follows: (a) for individual housing construction – up to 125 cubic metres once in twenty-five years; (b) for repairs and reconstruction of housing facilities – up to 25 cubic metres once in five years per family; (c) fuelwood for heating – up to 10 cubic metres annually; (d) up to 2 cubic metres of timber once in three years for other individual personal needs. Regional authorities shall establish annually total allowable standing timber for timber extraction.

Full text
Russian
Website
forest.midural.ru