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Regional Law No. 22-ZRT “On forest management”.

Country/Territory
Russian Federation
Territorial subdivision
Tatarstan
Document type
Legislation
Date
2008 (2009)
Source
FAO, FAOLEX
Subject
Forestry
Keyword
Forest management/forest conservation Timber Timber extraction/logging Forest species Fuelwood Non-timber products 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 fits official publication.
Abstract

This Regional Law regulates forest management on regional territory. It establishes that forest parcels shall be reserved for timber extraction by citizens for individual personal needs. Citizens shall carry out timber extraction for individual personal needs in accordance with purchase and sale contracts of forest species. Regional executive bodies shall fix rates of fees for timber extraction by citizens for individual personal needs. This Regional Law establishes rates of timber extraction by citizens for residential housing construction and heating. Citizens shall be granted the right of free access to forests for collection and harvesting of non-timber forest resources, including medicinal plants.

Full text
Russian
Website
bazazakonov.ru

References - Legislation

Amended by

Regional Law No. 90-ZRT amending Regional Law No. 22-ZRT “On forest management”.

Legislation | Russian Federation | 2015

Keyword: Forest management/forest conservation, Public forest

Source: FAO, FAOLEX