Regional Law No. 68-OZ “On delimitation of authority of government bodies in the sphere of forest relations”. Country/Territory Russian Federation Territorial subdivision Ryazan Document type Legislation Date 2007 (2010) Source FAO, FAOLEX Subject Food & nutrition, Forestry Keyword Fruits/edible nuts Public forest Forest management/forest conservation Forest service/forest officers Timber Timber extraction/logging Non-timber products Forest species Policy/planning Contract/agreement 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 delimitation of plenary powers of regional administration between the regional government authorities. Regional Legislative Assembly shall have the following competence: (a) validates regional laws in the sphere of forest management; (b) establishment of the modalities and rates of timber extraction by citizens for individual personal needs; (c) establishment of the modalities of procurement and collection of edible non-timber forest resources and medicinal plant for individual personal needs; (d) establishment procurement of non-timber forest products for individual personal needs; (e) establishment of the rules of forest management for hunting purposes; and (f) establishment of exceptional cases of timber extraction in accordance with purchase and sale contracts of forest species. Governor validates regional forest plan. Regional Government shall have the following plenary powers: (a) ownership and management of public forest parcels; (b) forest fees and charges; (c) timber extraction tariffs; and (d) modalities of conclusion of purchase and sale contracts of forest species. Full text Russian Website www.les-rzn.ru References - Legislation Amended by Regional Law No. 78-OZ amending Regional Law No. 68-OZ “On delimitation of authority of government bodies in the sphere of forest relations”. Legislation | Russian Federation | 2011 Keyword: Forest management/forest conservation, Forest service/forest officers, Forest fires Source: FAO, FAOLEX Regional Law No. 28-OZ amending Regional Law No. 68-OZ “On delimitation of authority of government bodies in the sphere of forest relations”. Legislation | Russian Federation | 2015 Keyword: Public forest, Forest management/forest conservation, Governance Source: FAO, FAOLEX Regional Law No. 88-OZ amending Regional Law No. 68-OZ “On delimitation of authority of government bodies in the sphere of forest relations”. Legislation | Russian Federation | 2015 Keyword: Public forest, Forest management/forest conservation Source: FAO, FAOLEX