Regional Law No. 2455-III “On modalities and rates of timber extraction by citizens for individual personal needs”. Country/Territory Russian Federation Territorial subdivision Buryatia Document type Legislation Date 2007 (2009) Source FAO, FAOLEX Subject Forestry Keyword Forest management/forest conservation Timber Timber extraction/logging Fuelwood Forest species Contract/agreement Family farming 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 that citizens shall have the right for timber extraction of forest species for individual personal needs, including fuelwood for heating, building timber for housing construction and repairs, in accordance with purchase and sale contract of forest species. Timber extraction authorization shall be issued for payment, but small ethnic communities of the North, Siberia and Far East of the Russian Federation in places of their traditional living and economic activity shall be exonerated from payment of fees. Rates of timber extraction shall be established as follows: (a) fuelwood for heating – up to 40 cubic metres annually; (b) for housing construction once in twenty-five years – up to 200 cubic metres for residential building once only; (c) for repairs and reconstruction of housing facilities and household outbuildings – up to 50 cubic metres once in ten years; (d) for construction and repairs of household outbuildings – up to 25 cubic metres once in ten years; and (e) ; (c) for construction and repairs of fences, sheds etc. – up to 5 cubic metres of wood strips of standing timber once in five years per family. Full text Russian Website zakonprost.ru References - Legislation Amended by Regional Law No. 1529-V amending Regional Law No. 2455-III “On modalities and rates of timber extraction by citizens for individual personal needs”. Legislation | Russian Federation | 2015 Keyword: Grazing, Forest management/forest conservation, Timber, Timber extraction/logging, Fuelwood, Forest species, Pastoralism Source: FAO, FAOLEX