Regional Law No. 1815-KZ “On exceptional cases of timber extraction and procurement of non-timber products in accordance with purchase and sale contract of forest species”.

Subject

Forestry

Keyword

Forest management/forest conservation Protection forest 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 10 days after the date of its official publication.

Abstract

This Regional Law establishes exceptional cases of timber extraction and procurement of non-timber products in accordance with purchase and sale contract of forest species in the following exceptional cases: (a) timber extraction in protection forests in the course of selective felling of mature and overmature growing stock on forest parcels non allotted on lease or in permanent (open-ended) management; (b) timber extraction in the process of prevention of environmental or technological disasters, or for mitigation of the consequences thereof; (c) timber extraction in the process of felling for construction of communications and utilities lines; and (d) timber extraction for supply of fir trees (spruces) and other coniferous forest species for New Year festivities in the period from 20 November to 25 December.

Full text

Russian

Website

www.dlhkk.ru

References - Legislation

Amended by

Regional Law No. 3331-KZ amending Regional Law No. 1815-KZ “On exceptional cases of timber extraction and procurement of non-timber products in accordance with purchase and sale contract of forest species”.

Legislation | Russian Federation | 2016

Keyword: Forest management/forest conservation, Protection forest, Timber, Timber extraction/logging

Source: FAO, FAOLEX