Regional Law No. 31-kz “On ensuring fertility of agricultural land”. Country/Territory Russian Federation Territorial subdivision Stavropol Document type Legislation Date 2006 (2020) Source FAO, FAOLEX Subject Land & soil Keyword Agricultural land Soil conservation/soil improvement Soil pollution/quality Financing Pesticides Fertilizers/nutrients 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 its official publication. Abstract The scope of this Regional Law shall be to ensure fertility of agricultural land by owners, landlords, land tenants and leaseholders. The main arrangements for ensuring soil fertility shall be: (a) elaboration and realization of regional programs; (b) soil, agrochemical, phytosanitary, ecological and toxicological inspection; (c) investments in soil conservation and reproduction; and (d) improvement of soil quality and fertility. Owners, tenants and leaseholders of agricultural land must: (a) prevent soil pollution, littering and degradation; (b) carry out agricultural production by methods ensuring reproduction of soil fertility and preventing negative environmental impact; (c) inform authorized institutions of soil pollution and degradation of agricultural land; and (d) not apply ecologically hazardous fertilizers, ameliorators and pesticides. Possessors, owners, users, including tenants, of land plots shall have the right to perform agro-technical, agrochemical, land reclamation, phytosanitary and anti-erosion reproductive measures for restoration of agricultural land fertility; receive information from executive bodies of the regional authorities in accordance with the established procedure related to the state of soil fertility on their land and the dynamics of its condition and the right to compensation of losses in full, including loss of profit for deterioration of agricultural land as a result of the activities of other persons. Full text Russian Website pravo.gov.ru References - Legislation Implemented by Regional Law No. 55-kz “On conservation and reproduction of protection forests on agricultural land”. Legislation | Russian Federation | 2019 Keyword: Agricultural land, Public land, Soil conservation/soil improvement, Forest management/forest conservation, Public forest, Protection forest, Afforestation/reforestation, Registration Source: FAO, FAOLEX