Regional Law No. 248-ZZK “On some issues of protection of the population and the territory against natural and technological disasters”. Country/Territory Russian Federation Territorial subdivision Chita Document type Legislation Date 2009 (2012) Source FAO, FAOLEX Subject Environment gen. Keyword Hazards Local government Monitoring Risk assessment/management 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 ten days after the date of its official publication. Abstract This Regional Law establishes organizational and legal provisions in the sphere of protection of the population, environment, including land, water and air, against natural and environmental disasters. It shall have the following purposes: (a) determination of the plenary powers of state bodies, local government and organizations in the sphere of protection of the population and territory against natural and technological disasters with the consideration of geographic and climatic particulars of the regions; (b) prevention of the outbreak and propagation of disasters; (c) reduction of damages and losses caused by disasters; and (d) mitigation of the consequences of disasters. Regional territorial subsystem of the national monitoring system shall be responsible for data collection, processing and dissemination of the information related to disasters and timely information of the population thereof, forecast of disasters and assessment of risks originating therefrom. Full text Russian Website lawsrf.ru References - Legislation Amended by Regional Law No. 1219-ZZK amending Regional Law No. 248-ZZK “On some issues of protection of the population and the territory against natural and technological disasters”. Legislation | Russian Federation | 2015 Keyword: Hazards, Local government Source: FAO, FAOLEX