Regional Law No. 396-88 “On urban forests”. Country/Territory Russian Federation Territorial subdivision Saint Petersburg Document type Legislation Date 2010 (2011) Source FAO, FAOLEX Subject Forestry Keyword Forest management/forest conservation Recreational forest Protection forest Forestry protection measures Afforestation/reforestation Forest species Registration 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 The scope of this Regional Law shall be to ensure the right of citizens to favourable environment, favourable living conditions and it shall regulate the issues related to distribution, management, reproduction and registration of urban forest species. Urban forest shall include recreational forest, protection forest and urban protected areas. Minimum rates of afforestation, planting and forest plantations shall be established with a view of conservation and expansion of urban forest fund. Urban forests shall be subject to forest inventory. The modalities of sanitary felling in urban forests with a view of removing damaged and ill forest species and shrubbery shall be established by the Regional Government. Full text Russian Website regzakon.fpa.su References - Legislation Amended by Regional Law No. 723-149 amending Regional Law No. 396-88 “On urban forests”. Legislation | Russian Federation | 2015 Keyword: Forest management/forest conservation, Recreational forest, Afforestation/reforestation Source: FAO, FAOLEX