Regional Law No. 4-1152 “On forest management for hunting”. Country/Territory Russian Federation Territorial subdivision Krasnoyarsk Document type Legislation Date 2007 Source FAO, FAOLEX Subject Forestry, Wild species & ecosystems Keyword Forest management/forest conservation Protected area Non-timber products Fuelwood Contract/agreement Management/conservation Hunting/capture Ranching/captive breeding Registration Wild fauna 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 hunting management on forest parcels shall be carried out by legal persons and individual entrepreneurs in accordance with forest parcel lease contracts. Hunting management in protected areas shall be prohibited. Forest parcels used for captive breeding of wild fauna species subject to hunting must be located at a distance of no less than 1,000 metres from residential areas. Forest parcels for hunting management shall be allotted to the applicants through tenders. Hunting managers shall be granted the following rights: (a) use forest parcel, allotted in accordance with lease contract, for hunting management; (b) procure forest resources for organization of hunting; and (c) render services for hunting, captive breeding, grant the use of edible and non-edible non-timber forest resources, including medicinal plants and fuelwood, to hunters. Hunting managers must: (a) use forest parcels for specified purposes; (b) pay agreed rental fee within established deadline; (c) submit annually forest declaration; (d) ensure protection and conservation of wild fauna species, including endangered and protected ones; and (e) register annually the number of wild fauna species and the number of shot species and submit data to the authorized state wildlife management institution. Full text Russian Website www.24hunter.ru References - Legislation Amended by Regional Law No. 10-4731 amending Regional Law No. 4-1152 “On forest management for hunting”. Legislation | Russian Federation | 2010 Keyword: Forest management/forest conservation, Public forest, Contract/agreement, Management/conservation, Hunting/capture Source: FAO, FAOLEX