Regional Law No. 2-OZ "On protection of the population and the territory against natural and technological disasters". Country/Territory Russian Federation Territorial subdivision Ivanovo Document type Legislation Date 1997 (2009) Source FAO, FAOLEX Subject Environment gen. Keyword Hazards Public health Early warning system Data collection/reporting Access-to-information 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 14 days after the date of its official publication. Abstract This Regional Law regulates the issues of protection of the population and territory against natural and technological disasters. Regional territorial subsystem of the federal early warning system shall be set up and the following tasks shall be assigned thereto: (a) performance of special programs for the prevention of the outbreak of disasters and raising sustainability of the functioning of organizations; (b) data collection, processing and dissemination of information in the sphere of protection of the population against natural and technological disasters; (c) supervision and control; (d) mitigation of the consequences of natural and technological disasters; and (e) protection of human health. Full text Russian Website www.regionz.ru