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Regional Law No. 64-ZKO “On forest management”.

Country/Territory
Russian Federation
Territorial subdivision
Kursk
Document type
Legislation
Date
2007
Source
FAO, FAOLEX
Subject
Food & nutrition, Forestry, Wild species & ecosystems
Keyword
Fruits/edible nuts Forest management/forest conservation Timber Timber extraction/logging Non-timber products Fuelwood Authorization/permit Hunting/capture
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 regulates timber extraction, harvesting of edible and non-edible non-timber forest resources, collection of medicinal plants by citizens for individual personal needs, use of forests for hunting, and also exclusive cases of timber extraction in accordance with purchase and sale contracts of forest species. Citizens shall be granted the right of timber extraction for heating, housing construction and other individual personal needs through selective and clear cutting in accordance with purchase and sale contract of timber forest species. Timber extraction shall be performed prior issuance of felling authorization by the authorized state regional forest institution. Stay of citizens in forests and collection of non-timber forest resources shall be performed free of charge within established limits.

Full text
Russian
Website
regzakon.fpa.su

References - Legislation

Amended by

Regional Law No. 81-ZKO amending Regional Law No. 64-ZKO “On forest management”.

Legislation | Russian Federation | 2015

Keyword: Forest management/forest conservation, Forest species, Timber, Timber extraction/logging, Expropriation

Source: FAO, FAOLEX